camping tips - you know you are roughing it when. . .
posted September 7, 2006 - 1:39amThis depends on your definition of roughing it. We're not talking a new survivor show. these are truly some ways to tell whether or not you are roughing it.
If your camping consists of hunting for food and foraging, I would have to say you are roughing it.
If you are bathing in a nearby stream while you're freshly rock scrubbed clothing is hanging from the branches of a nearby tree you are roughing it.
If you treat your one roll of toilet paper like a bag of gold you are roughing it
If you rely on the sun to wake you up, tell you what time it is, and to tell you when it's time to go to bed there's a good chance you are roughing it
If you didn't bring your cell phone you are roughing it
If a log is your pillow and newspaper or dried leaves is your blanket you are roughing it
If you rely on a campfire to cook your meals and to provide a light source you are roughing it
If your closest friend is a chipmunk you are roughing it
If you boil your water over a campfire and allow it to cool before you drink it you are roughing it
If you know which plants are safe to eat and which ones aren't you are roughing it
If you cannot wait to see the starry sky and talk to Orion the hunter because he is your friend and he listens to you you are roughing it
If you have to go locate a beehive to collect the honey to sweeten your food you are roughing it
If you can identify the sounds animals make at night as well as their tracks you are roughing it
If you know where the best patch of wild strawberries are you are roughing it
If one of your favorite activities during the day is collecting firewood you are roughing it
If you can tell the weather just by looking at the sky or clouds or sniffing in the air you are roughing it
If you know the phases of the moon and plan your camping trip during the full moon because you know you won't have to light a campfire that night you are roughing it
If you know the best spot in the woods to use as a bathroom and how to cover it with leaves and twigs to hide the scent you are roughing it
If you are not experiencing computer withdrawal and your laptop is not with you you are roughing it
If you walk through the woods on a full moonlit night without using a flashlight you are roughing it
If you just concocted a recipe for muskrat stew using the wild mushrooms that you collected today along with several bulbs of wild garlic to add flavoring you are roughing it
If everything tastes best cooked over a campfire you are roughing it
If you know how to repair a broken tent pole by substituting it with a tree branch you are roughing it
If you have recently acquired a beard while camping you are roughing it
if you have gotten to the point where you are getting good at catching fish with your hands you are roughing it
If you set out containers to collect rainwater to rinse your hair with after you wash it in the stream you are roughing it
If you send messages to your friends via carrier pigeon you are roughing it
If you know how to repair a tear in the tent canvas using tree sap, dry grass, and leaves you are roughing it
If you know that the antidote for poison ivy is the Jimson weed right next to it in the patch you are roughing it
If that rubbing two sticks together thing really works and you are an expert at it you know you are roughing it
And
If you decide to go on another campaign trip like this one because you truly like it you are roughing it

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