“Would you camp there alone?” This is the #1 question I have been asked since starting this project.It seems so many of us are craving alone time with nature.Since I have been venturing out SOLO stands to reason why I’ve reflected, pondered, even brooded about it. My journal is filled with this subject. In fact, … More Camp Life – Personal Safety- Going SOLO – Thoughts
I just needed to share this! I love Opossums. I got to know them when I worked with the rescued education opossums at the Wildlife Care Center of Virginia. They are amazing animals. They are not affected by the bite of a venomous snake, they have more teeth than any other mammal, and their babies … More I love Opossums
USAL BEACH~ a PRECIOUS piece of Northcoast Splendor! Six miles north of Hwy. 1 at the southern end of Sinkyone Wilderness (the Lost Coast) Usal Creek enters the sea forming a beach in the otherwise steep coastal cliffs. I have fantasied about camping in this remote section of coast ever since I first heard about … More I’ve come to appreciate camping in the rain as a quintessential coastal camping rite of passage…and I’ve loved every freaking minute of it!!
Once upon a time I’d pre make PBJ’s, bring a box of hot cocoa, maybe some hot dogs and marshmallows and considered myself (& family) ready for a campout.Not anymore. I need my veggies and…turns out… I LOVE CAMP COOKING…You can too. Now days I have a tote ready to go (best idea, ever!) with … More Playing at Camping-The Kitchen Kit & Pantry
Making plans for your Summer Camp Out? These sites might help: https://www.fs.usda.gov/activity/klamath/recreation/camping-cabins/?recid=13053&actid=29 https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/stnf/home/?cid=stelprdb5152256 https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd624981.pdf
Yowza this place is BEAUTIFUL -but the camping is really crummy…wha wha. Spent the weekend at Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The camping at Burlington was sooooooooooo noisy; Hwy 101, cars on the Avenue, generators, super late night party campers. To top it all off the Campground is adjacent to State Park Housing with not one, … More Yowza this place is BEAUTIFUL -but the camping is really crummy…wha wha.
The “Check-In Buddy” – Camping off the beaten path is really fun, until its not. So far my wanderings have been crisis free (knock on wood – a really BIG piece). Car trouble, a tree across a road, injury, are some of the things I think about that could trap me in the wilds. Cell … More Camp Life – Personal Safety
Hahahaha…remember this one!(at the very least check out the “fox” at min. 3:04)The Lack’s Creek camp out fox sounded quite a bit different This is the sound I actually heard at night at Lack’s Creek….
Coast Range Mountainside camping in the little remote Hidden Gem – Lack’s Creek! This place, is wild and dark and the most spectacularly phenomenal amazing quiet I have encountered yet (only one single engine plane for a couple of minutes and no other human made sounds)!!!In the night, a Northern Saw-Whet Owl serenade, so cool, … More A Nemophilist’s Dream Come True
Wild Witchy Woman…There are all kinds of other campers out there doing the same thing I am, lovin’ the outdoors. What an eclectic group! Here’s the list I made last camp season:The Residential Camper, the Fire Tender, the Mayor, the Solo Guy, the Creepy Solo Guy, the Hikers, the Rafters, the Party Campers, the Outdoors … More Camp Culture- The shape & Character of Other Campers
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