.

deadendp

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife is spending wayyyy too much money on camping stuff now. Everyday Amazon is bringing 3 or 4 boxes. I think she is missing the point on roughing it now.

Tell her that just because they sell it doesn't mean that you need it. I admit that we go with far more than a tent and a backpack. Over the years we have paired things down a bit. I do need to pick up some of those glowing bracelets to clothespin to the tent stakes. My husband tends to trip over those in the middle of the night.

RKCNDY

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife is spending wayyyy too much money on camping stuff now. Everyday Amazon is bringing 3 or 4 boxes. I think she is missing the point on roughing it now.

She gets another point...

Amongst the Ani

No, she loses a point. Now we had to get a car top as everything won't fit in the car. Guess who is paying for all of this stuff, me.

deadendp

I've always wondered-- are those car top carriers actually big enough to haul much of anything? Noticed them this weekend and a lot of people had them. Just don't know. What will your car top carrier hold?

Amongst the Ani

deadendp said:

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife is spending wayyyy too much money on camping stuff now. Everyday Amazon is bringing 3 or 4 boxes. I think she is missing the point on roughing it now.

Tell her that just because they sell it doesn't mean that you need it. I admit that we go with far more than a tent and a backpack. Over the years we have paired things down a bit. I do need to pick up some of those glowing bracelets to clothespin to the tent stakes. My husband tends to trip over those in the middle of the night.

She ordered 3 lanterns. 3 for petes sake. I will pass that along as the 1 we have wasn't enough. Everyone needs their very own in her world. I told her, we buy a slew of those glow in the dark sticks and you mark the path to the hole for the bathroom. No one gets lost. WTF am I going to do with 4 lanterns. She bought the kids whistles so they can call us if they get lost. This was a chance to slim down on the number of kids. Joking of course but whistles. The kids will drive us insane all weekend with them. She loses 2 points for this.

deadendp

Amongst the Ani said:

deadendp said:

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife is spending wayyyy too much money on camping stuff now. Everyday Amazon is bringing 3 or 4 boxes. I think she is missing the point on roughing it now.

Tell her that just because they sell it doesn't mean that you need it. I admit that we go with far more than a tent and a backpack. Over the years we have paired things down a bit. I do need to pick up some of those glowing bracelets to clothespin to the tent stakes. My husband tends to trip over those in the middle of the night.

She ordered 3 lanterns. 3 for petes sake. I will pass that along as the 1 we have wasn't enough. Everyone needs their very own in her world. I told her, we buy a slew of those glow in the dark sticks and you mark the path to the hole for the bathroom. No one gets lost. WTF am I going to do with 4 lanterns. She bought the kids whistles so they can call us if they get lost. This was a chance to slim down on the number of kids. Joking of course but whistles. The kids will drive us insane all weekend with them. She loses 2 points for this.

Glow sticks. I put them on my kid when she was little. She didn't fall off the cliffs and nothing ate her.

We have ONE camp lantern. We have a tripod for the fire. We have a camp stove for when it rains and we end up not being able to cook over the fire. Three camp chairs. We take two tents, but they are the little ones that only sleep three people anyhow. One is for sleeping. (One single cot and one queen sized air mattress that has a self inflator/deflator and nothing else fits in there.) One is for changing/bathing. I keep all of the clothes and toiletries in there. Clothes are kept in laundry baskets. I take a box of food. We go to farmer's markets when we are out. We have one cooler. We take my iPod for music. No electricity. Spotty phone service. Washing camp dishes with water heated over the fire. (No disposable plates and whatnot.) I do have some camp pots and pans. Laundry line strung to dry things out. Solar powered weather radio. We have solar shower bags, too. It all fits in the back of my RAV just fine. Strap the bikes to the back and throw a few fishing rods and some tackle in there and my man is a happy guy.

RKCNDY

Does she know about Cabela's?

Mrs Ani! Let me show you this awesome store...*insert evil laugh here*

deadendp

My guess is that Mrs. Ani is an Amazon Prime member and enjoys the benefits of free 2 day ship.

RKCNDY

deadendp said:

My guess is that Mrs. Ani is an Amazon Prime member and enjoys the benefits of free 2 day ship.

Hey, I signed up for prime because of 'prime day's (what a let down)...now I've been ordering stuff every few days because I love getting packages. "oh, a present for me?!?"

Amongst the Ani

My wife uses amazon prime. You can get stuff so cheap. She spent less than $100 for all that stuff. I have been watching the order history to see when I need to intervene. I'm trying to let her have fun as this is her first time ever. She grew up in Poland with an outhouse and always tells me stories how it scared her. She hates outdoors at night because of it.

RKCNDY

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife uses amazon prime. You can get stuff so cheap. She spent less than $100 for all that stuff. I have been watching the order history to see when I need to intervene. I'm trying to let her have fun as this is her first time ever. She grew up in Poland with an outhouse and always tells me stories how it scared her. She hates outdoors at night because of it.

I didn't realize your wife was Polish...ahhh...the jokes shall commence.

deadendp

Amongst the Ani said:

My wife uses amazon prime. You can get stuff so cheap. She spent less than $100 for all that stuff. I have been watching the order history to see when I need to intervene. I'm trying to let her have fun as this is her first time ever. She grew up in Poland with an outhouse and always tells me stories how it scared her. She hates outdoors at night because of it.

I get it. She already roughed it.

JWPearl

mental illness

Indifference71

We just moved and there isn't a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's anywhere close to us.

dankind

Indifference71 said:

We just moved and there isn't a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's anywhere close to us.

Looks like you'll have to join a CSA. Poor things.

Indifference71

dankind said:

Indifference71 said:

We just moved and there isn't a Whole Foods or Trader Joe's anywhere close to us.

Looks like you'll have to join a CSA. Poor things.

LOL. It's rough living in the suburbs. There was a whole foods right next to my gym 2 blocks away. Now I have to drive to both!

DancedNLaughter

I need a vacation after my vacation

deadendp

Thread closures.

northerndragon

deadendp said:

Thread closures.

+1

whispering hands

northerndragon said:

deadendp said:

Thread closures.

+1

+2