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[chickadoodles]

I'm with you, Canoe! I refuse to be hot in a tent, so I won't go once nighttime temps are above 70. I really don't want to be wet either, so rain in the forecast will make me cancel. I want to teach the boys to camp, but I am too old to be ready to really rough it. At the river, my brother has a drive-to lot where he built a pavillion. It has a huge covered deck and has a small 10x12 room on the side with a window unit AC, trundle bed, and a bathroom! I plan to take the boys and let them set up tents, but I will be in that room on the couch! My DH refuses to voluntarily sleep anywhere but in his bed, so it's up to me to go with the boys. It is far enough out in the boonies that I don't want them there alone, but I can be comfortable enough in that room. That will let me teach them about camp site prep, cooking over a fire, and safety - but will mean I will be comfortable while sleeping.

I hear ya Wisher and Canoe.
I hope your boys have fun! Sound like a very cool set up your brother has on the river have fun!

I want a hotel or cabin or an RV to camp in. lol

 

[getaclue]

Tent camping is best in the fall, early winter, and early spring here. Otherwise, it's just too darned hot inside one.

 

[getaclue]

This is a little of our garden so far this year:



And the beans:


There are potatoes in front of the pole beans too.

 

[getaclue]

Brrrrrr. It's getting downright chilly out. It's raining, and down to 69 degrees out. I may have to break out the winter wear, and trade my tank top for a T-shirt, and put some socks on with my sandals.

 

[scottcaddy]

kingfrodo, It's looking good. If it were me doing the project, I would cut the doorknob hole large enough to accommodate a heat lamp, put hardware cloth on the one side, and put chicks in it. It would then serve as a multitasking coffee table.

Very Nice idea!!

Scott

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Quote: Air and heat are nice amenities.
Everybody has their own idea of camping. Growing up, other than state park and national forest camping we also camped on our farm for a couple years till we got the house built so I got used to camping in isolation. When I was in the army in Germany, I would hike along the Tauber and Main rivers. There would be 'campgrounds' along the way. Not a tent in sight. It was solid mobile homes, barely any greenery to be seen. Looking across the top, it was a forest of TV antennas.
My father in law loves camper camping. When we go trout fishing, my family is up in the primitive camp area with perhaps 1 or 2 other tents in site. The in-laws are in the campground with water and electric hookups and packed solid with trailers, pop-ups, etc. In other words, close neighbors everywhere you look. The whole place is abuzz with conversation, radio and TV noises. Nothing wrong with it but I just like to get far away from people. Put the tent and minimal gear in the canoe and downstream I go till I find a secluded gravel bar. Set up camp and the only sound is the river, birds, crickets - and the occasional bobcat, watch the bald eagles cruise the river, see deer visit. You don't hear those things or see those things with a hundred people around making noise. If you float during the week, even the most popular float streams in MO only get about 20% of the weekend traffic. Winter is better yet. I once floated 90 miles of the Current river in November. I took a week and didn't see another canoe. The only person I saw the whole week was a guy in a Jon boat taking pictures. He was so shocked to see someone in a canoe in November, he asked if he could take my picture for his blog.
Once, while at a trout park, we visited the in-laws camp. My father-in-law said, "you should get yourself a camper". I just said - "it won't fit in my canoe".

This is a little of our garden so far this year:


And the beans:


There are potatoes in front of the pole beans too.

Nice, I'm jealous. It's snowing here now.

Brrrrrr. It's getting downright chilly out. It's raining, and down to 69 degrees out. I may have to break out the winter wear, and trade my tank top for a T-shirt, and put some socks on with my sandals.

Booooo!

~~Saturday was such a tease here in Lower Alabama. It was 78 and sunny all day.


I finished my refurbished old door coffee table and got it in the house. I used the milk paint I bought earlier this year up in Birmingham when I went to see Wisher. I'm trying to think of another excuse to head back up there and get more chicks.

Very nice.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

My daughter texted me and said she shipped a bunch of stuff that should arrive in 4-6 weeks so I should be on the lookout for it.
I'm sure she bought a bunch of those colorful lanterns and realized she couldn't carry them all over.
Her quote.
"~~Just shipped practically EVERYTHING home I've bought so far. Hoping it makes it to the other side of the world safely"

Ok, so now I'm amazed, she's in Hue city and just posted this. All I can say is Wow!

"~And the adventure continues! Just bought this bad boy, complete with American flag detailing (completely coincidental) to ride through the rest of Vietnam!"




"~$1 for this sweet man to hand carve a spare key for my new ride."

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Raining here...again...... >>sigh<<

Maybe I should plant rice paddies.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

It's been really dry here and the little bit of snow won't help much. After the hard freeze tonight I'm getting the hoses out.