• beyondtheveil said on May 13, 2009....

  fraggles- Lets see, no beer, no ice, no hot dogs, and I can only imagine what you will use to dig the hole for do-do, not to mention covering it up.
  
  I'll be happy to read your bathroom story, though.
  

• fragglesrock said on May 13, 2009....

  hey beyond! let's just say this ain't what i had in mind! not so sure i'm going to go through with this one, but then i think...isn't it all about stepping OUTSIDE my comfort zone once in a while? i just don't want to step outside my comfort zone into my own shit....

• Hegemone said on May 13, 2009....

  Ummm, well, if it were me I'd probably pick a different way to step outside my comfort zone.  Maybe start smaller ... a camping trip where you still might have to carry your stuff a mile uphill, but there will be bathrooms at the top, lol.  If you do choose to go, I hope you have fun and don't fall in your crapper either!

• wombat said on May 13, 2009....

  Oh, can I come, too?  Ky is my old home....really.  Never heard of "Gander Mountain--in the eastern part, I assume.
   
  But it sure sounds fun.  Except that I now can't tolerate the outdoors any longer than I need electricity to hold myself together. But to answer the question of old...does a bear s.... in the woods.  Yes, when necessary, so bring the x-tra rolls.
   
  Have fun for me!

• Mr_Box said on May 13, 2009....

  hmm well if there's no beer, no real food and no toilet, that sounds like torture and not fun..lol i wouldn't go. i like the type of camping you envisioned. 
  
  
  you pull the car up to the site, set your tent up, and start drinking and eating marshmallows. what's camping without marshmallows?? astronaut food? do they even have freeze dried smores....

• queenparanoia said on May 13, 2009....

  go for it!!!

  i like camping and it's fun!!! anyway some few suggestion to make a trip easier for you...

  if you cant bring beer then just bring some hard liquor. share it of course.

  how about canned food? can you guys do that? and just bring the neccesity.

  and instead of toilet paper can you bring those wet wipes or what you call them???

  i never tried shitting on the ground before but hey it wouldnt kill ya if you try it!!!

  have fun camping fraggles!!! ;-)

• GrapeKoolaid said on May 13, 2009....

  The noble savage Vs. Indoor plumbing...  That's the classic debate of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.  :D
  
  Did I mention that there are wild animals out there?!!  I wouldn't want to see a blog from trav saying how you got dragged away by wild creatures of the night.  That'd be a bummer. 
  

• travelr712 said on May 13, 2009....

  wombat, gander mountain is a camping store chain in this area :-)
   
  lions and tigers and bears, oh my! :-P

• wombat said on May 13, 2009....

  Oh!  Learn something new every day.....!  thanks travelr.

• fragglesrock said on May 13, 2009....

  hegs - i'm hearin' what you're sayin'....start smaller when stepping outside my comfort zone...lol.  i'll try not to step in my crap ;)
   
  wombie - ROLFMAO!!! i'll definitely bring "extra rolls" ;)  btw....didn't know you have roots don yonder in 'tucky ;)  gander mountain is a camping store up this way...
   
  mr box - hello!!! sadly, i don't think they have freeze dried s'mores :(  my version of camping up until a few years ago was driving up to my uncle's and sleeping in his pop-up camper in his backyard....even then i'd get a little scared of the outiside, nighttime, noises....lol :)
   
  qp - hard liquor...YOU ARE A GENIOUS!!!! i like the idea of the wet wipes....sure beats accidentally grabbing a poison ivy leaf ;)
   
  grape - ah yes, the clasic debate, i am familiar with it ;)  i'm not so worried about being dragged off by a wild creature, i'm more worried that trav will have to post a blog about me suffering from heart failure from my out of shape ass trying to make it up the mountain ;)

• fragglesrock said on May 13, 2009....

  trav - you beat me to it, about gander mountain....i'm not as frightened of the lions, tigers and bears as i am of the possible fix-up ;)

• diabolicdame said on May 13, 2009....

  OMG.. I can completely relate to you.. I'm a city creature and number 2 on the ground is.. ack..!!! I hope you.. erm.. have fun.. :-)

• crybabylu said on May 14, 2009....

  you sure love an adventure!

• destinydiva said on May 14, 2009....

  lmao fraggles :-) your idea of camping is my idea of camping :-)
  your friends idea of camping is wayyyy too like actual camping for my liking :-) but it may be worth it for the experience??  fraggles, this is you dear!!  you will have fun whatever astronaught food your eating and we'll have fun hearing about your 1 mile hike up the mountain afterwards :-) lol xx
  

• uniquely-ironic said on May 14, 2009....

  They lied to you my friend!  That's called backpacking, not camping!  You might have fun, if you're into dried food and digging holes for your poop while being totally sober ............ bwa ha ha ha ha!

• Brunettebmshell said on May 14, 2009....

  
  
  **GASP!**
  
  
  No..... beer?!? I'm appalled. What kind of barbarians don't take beer on a camping trip?! Instead of going on that bogus "camping trip", I'd stay home, pop open a beer, grap my portable grill, bring it into the bathroom and cook a hamburger while taking a #2! 
  
  
  
  

• MsStar39 said on May 14, 2009....

  I say no, tell them maybe next time, Don't forget about the bugs. I would not go unless I had a camper near by. I even hate outhouses.

• cuppajava said on May 14, 2009....

  Fraggles in the forest - interesting mental picture - maybe some time out in the woods would do you some good.Nature has that habit of having a good effect on people.Myself,I think the last time i went i was 23 - i went with the guys from the band and some friends.I think  we bought more booze than food.One of my all knowing friends decided to store all the booze in the river near by.A flowing river mind you.So, he blocked up a little section,and stuck all the booze in the water,and walked away.I guess he didnt realise that still water freezes in below zero temperature.

• mixednuts said on May 14, 2009....

  ever campted in a YURT?

• starchini said on May 14, 2009....

  bleh, not to camp....I can handle pooing on the ground, I can even deal with bad food...but- no beer?  Wtf?  Are these people nuts?  Thats like.....a sin...

• Lucytorial said on May 14, 2009....

  God you are pathetic.... haven't you camped before? like really camped? or does your tender little american ass not know what real camping is?? LOL Frags!
   
  Camp queen here, good old camp shower - called river.
  Good old camp food, called whatever animal you can kill on the spot and eat without fear of fever.
  Good old stinky haired, sweaty bodied walking through bush and bramble.... LOL go go go Frags, go feral!

• Me-Myself&I said on May 14, 2009....

  go and enjoy Mother Nature. i am with Lucy. it is grand to go wild in the wilderness. i dare you! ;~)

• fragglesrock said on May 15, 2009....

  *****UPDATE******

  thank you for your comments! sorry that it rudely took me so long to get back to this post...i was buried at work yesterday and spent my entire evening (from 5pm - 10pm) at the ball diamond...

  so here's the scoop...after much pondering i decided NOT to go...lemme explain..

  the plans were that one of the guys that was planning on going was going to drive down early, scout out the site and (this is important) be our pack horse for the gallons of water.  plans changed and pack horse can't go.  when i realized i'd have to carry gallons of water a mile uphill.....let's just say i gracefully bowed out. 

  *********************************************************************************************

  dd - i'm a city creature too (mostly), even the port-a-potties are scary to me ;)

  uni - you're right, they did lie!!!!!!! when i called my friend to bow out i told her i'd be happy to set up camp somewhere and THEN go on a hike (without carrying gallons of water and tons of gear) :)

  bmshell - "cook a hamburger while taking a #2!"  ROFLMAO!!!! this just completely made my day!!!!!! i can't quit laughing at that image :)

  msstar - you are soooo right about the bugs! i JUST got rid of my chigger bites from the new orleans bayou...i'm not ready to go through THAT again ;)

  cj - oh man! so all your booze was frozen into the river?! bwahahahaaa!

  mixed - what the hell is a yurt? now i have to go google...

  star - you and i are on the same page (except for the pooing on the ground part)  :)

  lu - "go feral!" that fucking cracked me up...i had a mental image of myself after a day or two of camping like that...my eyes getting that wild look to them...lol!

  me-my - i think in part i psyched my own self out telling myself that i'm too outta shape to make the trek, i had serious visions of me dying on that mile uphill hike..lol..and no cell service...and me just yelling at the rest of the group "just leave me here! go on without me!!!"

  
  

   

• Lucytorial said on May 15, 2009....

  LOL I had the same mental image.... your hair sticking out all directions, snarl..... BWAA HA HA HA princess, I can understand not wanting to haul shit... thats called fucking overland treking... bugger that mate.  I just need a level creek, tent and fire pit... all within easy walking distance to the car.  LOL

• Brunettebmshell said on May 15, 2009....

  
  
  Haha glad you enjoyed that. And hey, I'm all about camping and roughing it a little.... but pooping in a hole I dug myself?.... nah uh, no way, no how! 
  
  
  BUT if it was absolutely necessary, and I really couldn't hold it any longer, best believe there better be some damned beer handy to help make me forget about what I had to do.... blech! Gross!

• Lucytorial said on May 15, 2009....

  BB ~ te he he hee nothing funnier than sqatting on the ground, loo paper in hand, doing a borry and falling ass over tit because of said beer.. LOL Its happened to me before, thank christ no one can see you out there camping and roughing it like that.

• Brunettebmshell said on May 18, 2009....

  Loose-a-goose- That's you Lucy, haha. I don't know why, but I've really wanted to call you that for a while. Are we at that point in our relationship yet? Figured I'd just throw it out there, if you don't like it, you just send it right back. lol
  
  
  What's a borry??? 
  
  
  "Falling ass over tit..." bwaahhaha. Hilarious mental picture!

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