Want to know where I have been?
If you were wondering about my absence lately, well wonder no more.
I was off with the family camping.
Or, rather, being flooded out of a tent.
The smell of stagnant water is still clinging to my nostrils, half the gear is still damp or muddy, and the experience of wet dog arse in my face at 5:30am will stick with me forever.
Still, we had a laugh.
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August 21st, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Haha. I can relate. We got rained out the last day of our camping trip, but the rest of the trip was fun.
Pictures:
http://www.makoviney.com/2008/08/02/camping-pictures/
My house smelled like musty socks and campfire smoke for a couple days. Even after doing the laundry.
Glad to have you back.
Don Mak
August 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
the experience of wet dog arse in my face at 5:30am will stick with me forever.
Don’t suppose you had a camera handy?
August 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pm
@Don - Heh, misery loves company :)
@Ahmed - Not that early in the morning I didn’t ;)
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
I’m cycling down to Beverley this weekend… wish me luck :) (I’m not camping though, I’m staying in a youth hostel).
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:43 am
I sympathise, we had a similar trip a few years ago. Oddly, it was fun though.
October 26th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
A similar occurrence happened to my family and I when we took a drive from New York all the way to Moab, Utah and went camping there for a week. Let me tell you, the first 2 days were grueling because of the amount of rain that poured down there. I was lucky enough to have set up multiple canvas and cords to secure them. I even went so far as to keep our kids dry by putting them up on the mobile camper, but my wife and I were SOL since we’re real nature enthusiasts and dealt not so much with the moisture, but the non-stop thunder and lighting we were getting all the way to dawn. it was the strangest thing too on the 3rd day. When the sun came up that day, the rain dissipated. We didn’t see another drop for the rest of the trip. I am sorry that you had all your gear ruined, but it was nice to read that you all did manage to have a laugh afterwords.