Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-10 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Real helpful, frank. Or should I say frankette? I prefer francine when I'm in one of ~those~ moods... g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-10 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Indeed. I was rather alarmed in another thread to learn that your cat is called Patch. Mousey Tongue would have seemed more your style. Actually, her name is Patches (in the plural). She came to me as an adult, pre-named. I was thinking of

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-09 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/8/2006 7:04:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Here's the website from my trip, by the way. Yes, it's been three years... but I'm still working on it. I've still got about 1/2 the trip photos to upload. http://www.exposedfilm.net/journal/seattle/index.htm

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 10:40:21PM -0400, Adam Maas wrote: Bob W wrote: People do keep them as pets, however. My eldest daughter had one. She called him Trotsky. The apple doesn't fall far... Indeed. I was rather alarmed in another thread to learn that your cat is called Patch.

OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Jerome Reyes
Marnie, Off the top of my head here are some thoughts from my 6 week camping trip 3 years ago... Rechargeable flashlights and other accessories *seem* like a good idea, but they don't seem to last as long as when they're powered by regular batteries. They also don't seem to give much warning

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread mike wilson
From: Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also invest in a good mattress. Some opt for the foam / rubber pads which are okay... but I was gone for so long that I opted for an air mattress (my tent was that big). It was comfortable, but the extreme changes in temperature a few nights made it

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
JErome - I very much enjoyed browsing your trip -- I wish the pics each had captions re where you took them easier to say which photos I liked best for one thing :) As I'm an ardent road trip gal, and have traveled those routes as well, it really was enjoyable... It is a big project -- I

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Jerome Reyes
JErome - I very much enjoyed browsing your trip -- Thanks, Ann. I'm glad you enjoyed. I wish the pics each had captions re where you took them easier to say which photos I liked best for one thing :) I *just* created the just see photos link about a week ago, so those don't have captions

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jerome, I enjoyed the photos on a quick browse, some are spectacular! I see you learned to listen to those inner voices the hard way. You shoulda paid the $200 for stiches though... Regards, Bob S. On 7/8/06, Jerome Reyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JErome - I very much enjoyed browsing your

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/7/2006 6:38:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'll enjoy your trip from the shots you bring back - well, I'll check the lottery tonight though - who knows? :) ann Actually, it's going to be multiple trips,

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Jerome Reyes wrote: meanwhile -- wehre were you exactly when you too the last two of a mountain on the thumbnail page. I think the one over the lake is Reinier, right? Yes, that's Rainier (as far as I know). The one with the clouds...

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/8/2006 3:31:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I will, however, figure out a way to visit you in the future after you move to New Mexico. so be afraid, be very afraid :) ann = Shivering in my boots. :-) Actually, that would be cool. (Or hot, I

OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell for. CA housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit from it. :-) Being a third generation Californian, this will be a wrench. And

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell for. CA housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit from it. :-) Being a third generation Californian,

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sounds like quite a voyage, like you are planning to leave forever and never return again, want to say goodbye to places you remembered. I don't camp any more. Sleeping in a tent is very hard on my bones, regardless of what kind of sleeping pad or inflatable mattress I buy. Trying to find

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Never camped alone as a woman,snip Have you ever camped alone as a man? g cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Tom Reese
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Then when I sit down to figure it out, seems like if I want to see everything I want to see it could run into big bucks (motel rooms are expensive these days). So I started thinking I may have to do some tent camping

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Now I was going to say that, but thought better of it... (Gaud, sometimes it hurts to hold it in). frank theriault wrote: On 7/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Never camped alone as a woman,snip Have you ever camped alone as a man? g cheers, frank --

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I was going to say that, but thought better of it...snip Clearly, you have a sense of decorum and decency... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Bob W
Try to put your tent somewhere near the bathroom. ...but not too near. And watch where you put your feet if you have to go during the night. I once trod on a hedgehog in my bare feet. I've had a horror of them ever since. Hedgehogs, that is. Not my feet. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...but not too near. And watch where you put your feet if you have to go during the night. I once trod on a hedgehog in my bare feet. I've had a horror of them ever since. Hedgehogs, that is. Not my feet. We don't have hedgehogs here in North

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Porcupines are infinitely worse than hedgehogs. frank theriault wrote: On 7/7/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...but not too near. And watch where you put your feet if you have to go during the night. I once trod on a hedgehog in my bare feet. I've had a horror of them ever since.

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Jack Davis
For me, it's nothing less then 4 stars. Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds like quite a voyage, like you are planning to leave forever and never return again, want to say goodbye to places you remembered. I don't camp any more. Sleeping in a tent is very hard on

RE: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Bob W
I once trod on a hedgehog in my bare feet. I've had a horror of them ever since. Hedgehogs, that is. Not my feet. We don't have hedgehogs here in North America. That sounds like my kind of continent. People do keep them as pets, however. My eldest daughter had one. She called

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Tom Reese wrote: Try to put your tent somewhere near the bathroom. Tom - that is the best advice of all :) :) You noticed where I was camped at GFM last year didn't you? Pack lots of plastic bags to keep your camera gear dry. I use the ziplock ones. You'll need a flashlight. Get one

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/7/2006 1:42:12 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 7/7/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Never camped alone as a woman,snip Have you ever camped alone as a man? g cheers, frank = thwap Real helpful, frank. Or should I say

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/7/2006 4:46:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think she should get a pop up and use a few stones to hold it down - one in each corner inside... Given Marnie and I are pretty close in age and frailness.. this is easier and quicker. Ann == Cough.

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread brooksdj
I scare bears away, apparently, if thats a concern. Services available, and have a tent. vbg Dave I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell for. CA

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/7/2006 10:15:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I had it to do over again and still had my car, I'd remove the back seat and make a bed out of it and put screening up on the two back windows with velcro so I could keep the windows open at least a bit

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/7/2006 1:02:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't camp any more. Sleeping in a tent is very hard on my bones, regardless of what kind of sleeping pad or inflatable mattress I buy. Trying to find campgrounds that are accessible by car and yet do

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/7/2006 4:46:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think she should get a pop up and use a few stones to hold it down - one in each corner inside... Given Marnie and I are pretty close in age and frailness.. this is easier

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/7/2006 10:15:36 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If I had it to do over again and still had my car, I'd remove the back seat and make a bed out of it and put screening up on the two back windows with velcro so I could keep

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 7/7/2006 6:38:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'll enjoy your trip from the shots you bring back - well, I'll check the lottery tonight though - who knows? :) ann Actually, it's going to be multiple trips, short trips. Not one big huge one. So

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread Adam Maas
Bob W wrote: People do keep them as pets, however. My eldest daughter had one. She called him Trotsky. The apple doesn't fall far... Indeed. I was rather alarmed in another thread to learn that your cat is called Patch. Mousey Tongue would have seemed more your style. Bob As long