Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-10 Thread frank theriault
On 7/7/06, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 renami

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... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-08 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 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 sup

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... > > http://www.exposedfilm.net/journal/sea

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

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 yo

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 captio

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 hav

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 nigh

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 be

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 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 >

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 > >

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 i

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 coul

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 i

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 not

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 fo

Re: OT: Tent camping

2006-07-07 Thread brooksdj
I scare bears away, apparently, if thats a concern. Services available, and have a tent. 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 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. Thi

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: > Never camped alone as a woman, Have you ever camped alone as a man? cheers, frank = >thwap< Real helpful, frank. Or should I say frankette

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.

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.

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

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 >>ev

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

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, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now I was going to say that, but thought better of it... 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 http:/

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: > > > >>Never camped alone as a woman, >> >> > >Have you ever camped alone as a man? > > > >cheers, >frank > >

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 campi

Re: OT: Tent camping

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

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 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 Califor

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 havin