Camping 2009

This past weekend Christopher and I went camping, this is like an annual event where C's co-worker Chianelli will plan this rafting/camping trip up in warrensburg for a weekend and Chris ever the boyscout will inevitably sign us up...i'm a city girl through and through...so in order for Chris to get me to agree to continue going with him...we do out camping a bit more luxuriously...let me take you through luxury camping one oh one

firstly, you get a big tent, much bigger than is required for the two people that will share it... WE got a 6-8 person cottage tent for us, exhibit A
Next you want to make sure you have the best accomodations as you possibly can, this means air bed...

(source amazon.com)

trust me it won't matter if you got a root under the tent or WHATEVER, you won't feel a thing since you'll be elevated from the ground! we got a queen one... and then put 300+ thread count sheets on (don't use your ultra nice sheets because it will just get ruined in the woods) and voila, it's like a travel hotel in the sticks! not too shabby at all

This year we decided to add onto our little luxury camping accomodations by affixing a fan/latern to the ceiling of the tent, ala

(source: rei.com)

granted we didn't use this much because it was WAY colder than we thought it would be in august in NY, the ceiling light really did help when there wasn't a flashlight handy...just reach up and flip the switch and " ahhhhhh let there be light!" it's fabu, really! just take my word for it aight?

i have to say besides the "omg i freezed my arse off that first night" experience, everything else was pretty good, i wouldnt have known i was camping out...it's these portable comforts that make camping bearable for a non wilderness girl like me...so fear not ladies! if your man wants to go camping, by all means agree to go with him and outfit your abode away from home with a few extra "amentaties" :)

oh, it also helps when you go to a campsite with water spigots and electrical outlets, makes a world of difference...

come to think of it... did i really camp out? like for reals? maybe not...but i like to cheat myself and think i did... i mean i SMELLED like i did after the weekend was over and got the battlescars (mosquito bites) to prove it... i deserve a gold star!

here are some other photos from the weekend for those of you who are curious how we made out

view of inlet where we launched our canoe, nice isn't it?

on top of mt hackensack (portrait via auto timer on camera sitting on a rock, hence not that close and not centered, solly!)

hike up mt hackensack, i almost died.. ok maybe not but i had a wimpy moment, it was actually an easy hike i have to admit, less than an hour up and less than an hour down.

breakfast of camping champions! home fries over a campfire! i'm marrying a man who can cook! this is good news.

view of schroon river at 6am, look at that mist and reflection... isn't it romantic? it's like something out of a storybook

this is our campsite, fiance to the left, tent and car to the right, picnic table about dead center...the spigot and electrical box is right in front of the car haha

alright so i never said i REALLY REALLY roughed it... it wasn't too bad...until next year schroon river!

(we stayed at schroon river campsites in warrensburg new york, it's like a the foot of the adirondaks national park... you can google it for more info)

side story: we had to head to walmart after our ridiculously cold night, we underpacked on the linens and had to buy a sleeping bag, also my last night camping, some mosquitos decided to have open feast on my face and bit BOTH my eyelids... they swelled up and i looked like rocky balboa for like 2 days...not one of my better moments i gotta say...