Anyone else like backpacking/camping?

cubbieblue82
cubbieblue82 Posts: 292
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Anybody else here have a passion for being in the outdoors? I've been doing it all my life, and never feel more relaxed then when I'm hiking or canoeing. If you do, what are some of the best places you've gone? Any crazy stories from camping trips you can share?

I'm planning a trip to Yosemite this summer and cannot wait! Warm weather cannot come soon enough.
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,162
    hell yeah i love all outdoor activities thank god i married a woman who feels the same ,i can remember the time i wen't out west for the US festival camped out in SAN BERNADINO valley freaking hot as hell but really fun ....
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,217
    YES
    big time

    counting the days until my boy is old enough to do some fishing, camping and hiking with me
  • sennin
    sennin Posts: 2,146
    Yellowstone (5 times)
    Mt. Rainier
    Lochsa River, ID
    Selway River, ID
    Kelly Creek, ID
    Lena Lakes, WA

    Too many stories for one post!
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,162
    Get_Right wrote:
    YES
    big time

    counting the days until my boy is old enough to do some fishing, camping and hiking with me

    there you go it will be fun ,i camp out on the beach in SMITHTOWN & it's great i can fish hike and if i have to go home in a blink i'm there talk about spoiled ....:D
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  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,217
    josevolution wrote:
    there you go it will be fun ,i camp out on the beach in SMITHTOWN & it's great i can fish hike and if i have to go home in a blink i'm there talk about spoiled ....:D

    that is spoiled, but its still the sound ;)

    Ive got the reservoirs, bear mountain and croton park pretty damn close
    but the boy is too young to be near hooks or campfires :(

    one more year me thinks, and he will be ready.
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    definitely!!

    the best nights of sleeping are always in my tent with the fly off ...

    yosemite is a great spot ... lots of multi-day hikes on the JMT ...

    goto NZ - you'll love it
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,162
    Get_Right wrote:
    that is spoiled, but its still the sound ;)

    Ive got the reservoirs, bear mountain and croton park pretty damn close
    but the boy is too young to be near hooks or campfires :(

    one more year me thinks, and he will be ready.

    yeah the closer the better when camping with youn'ins i did that for the 1st few yrs, as to get them used to it and as soon as they started to act up i could just drive them home and return to brake camp this yr i'm planning on heading upstate or new england for some .....
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  • edvedder913
    edvedder913 Posts: 1,810
    cubbieblue82 wrote:
    Anybody else here have a passion for being in the outdoors? I've been doing it all my life, and never feel more relaxed then when I'm hiking or canoeing. If you do, what are some of the best places you've gone? Any crazy stories from camping trips you can share?

    I'm planning a trip to Yosemite this summer and cannot wait! Warm weather cannot come soon enough.


    NO.

    beach only
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    I love the outdoors, all types of activities, but I have to say, if I can day hike over camping, I will. I really do not enjoying camping out. I have never once slept a wink while camping. I hate sleeping bags. Also, I tend to get bored once it gets dark and you make camp. seems like every time i go camping there are burn bans in effect so I can't even make a fire.
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,345
    I pretty much love all outdoor activities! Camping/backpacking is the shit.

    I recently went backpacking and camping with a friend who "loved to camp" but had never really been "camping"/backcountry camping, only site camping. I told her it was a HUGE difference...
    Well anyways, we spent the entire day hiking, found a good spot out next to this little stream, set up camp as the sun was setting, made some good food, had a few drinks...life was good!!! Needless to say, she won't be doing any site camping anytime soon. hehehe!
  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    Last year I grabbed my backpack and went to Southeast Asia....lots of hiking (north Thailand, Laos, Malaysia) and canoeing (Halong Bay in Vietnam)...
    If you like backpacking you should definitely go there...you also have good parties (South Thailand), shopping (Singapore) and ruins (Cambodia)...I miss those days :(
  • rhinomagic
    rhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,553
    Living in Florida, we do a good bit of beach camping. The trails here aren't great, but you can hike them pretty much year-round. We also have done a good bit of kayaking on north FL rivers, Gulf of Mexico, and Carribbean Sea just off Key West.

    Right now, my wife and I are laying down early plans to hike the Pacific Crest Trail in 2010. Hope it doesn't 'go to fire'!

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  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    Indeed! Do it all the time. I'm never as happy as I am when my wife and I are deep in the wilderness of central Idaho and there are no other humans around. Spent the weekend before last snowshoeing into a remote area to dig and sleep in a snow cave and will do something similar this weekend. Way too many stories to even get started. Got chased by a black bear once and showed the people I was with who was clearly the fastest sprinter.
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  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Got chased by a black bear once and showed the people I was with who was clearly the fastest sprinter.
    LOL...:D can imagine that!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    eyedclaar wrote:
    Indeed! Do it all the time. I'm never as happy as I am when my wife and I are deep in the wilderness of central Idaho and there are no other humans around. Spent the weekend before last snowshoeing into a remote area to dig and sleep in a snow cave and will do something similar this weekend. Way too many stories to even get started. Got chased by a black bear once and showed the people I was with who was clearly the fastest sprinter.

    aren't you supposed to slowly back away from a blackbear?
  • chinobaeza
    chinobaeza Santiago Posts: 2,489
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    aren't you supposed to slowly back away from a blackbear?
    I think you answered your own question: "supposed" ;):)
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    yes...each year me and my wife backpack into canyonlands at the end of june/beginning of july. there are no other people in the park, due to heat. after a day of hiking around and finding areas to cool off (joint trail is the best), we get back to camp. it is an amazing feeling to peel off all the clothes and just lounge around the camp.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • eyedclaar
    eyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    aren't you supposed to slowly back away from a blackbear?

    Most theories regarding appropriate reactions to dangerous wildlife are thrown out the window when said beasty is charging right at you. Technically, I should have played dead, but I'm a fast sprinter and the people I was with were not. You don't have to outrun the bear, just the people you are with.
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    also...i think it would be a fun if someone started/planned an adventure for pj fans to do together.

    a couple of years ago i wanted to have some fans meet up so we could raft the grand canyon.....seems most fans spend their money on pj related issues. no big deal, the trip was still a great experience.

    could you imagine the thread, instead of talking about shows, we could talk about rapids and getting our asses kicked.

    ohhhh.......the dreams i have.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,162
    ajedigecko wrote:
    also...i think it would be a fun if someone started/planned an adventure for pj fans to do together.

    a couple of years ago i wanted to have some fans meet up so we could raft the grand canyon.....seems most fans spend their money on pj related issues. no big deal, the trip was still a great experience.

    could you imagine the thread, instead of talking about shows, we could talk about rapids and getting our asses kicked.

    ohhhh.......the dreams i have.

    that would be awsome i would do that ,why should we just keep it to pj activities ...
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