I’m so ready for the day to be over! We are going camping this weekend and we are all very much ready for the time away!
Here is how we camp – mini fridge and automatic coffee maker (not seen).
I surprised Mr. T with his very own tent about a month ago. It’s not big, but it’s easy to set up and he gets to take it with him when he moves out. He’s excited, in his own laid back way.
We also borrowed a pop up canopy from mom and dad for our time down by the lake’s edge.
I also have a new cooler, slightly bigger than the last one – which broke on me!
Oh, and I have my new car to pack this all into! My new and bigger car.
My new and bigger car didn’t feel any bigger when Mr. T and I were loading up last night! We finally decided that it was the extra tent, canopy and ice chest! They were taking up too much room!
Mr. T playing horseshoes
I ended up having to unpack my dresser and pack the contents in a different container.
Yes, I said dresser.
Then we came inside after it was all said and done and discovered the two food tubs.
Out we went, again.
Eventually we did get it all in the car. And then part of it out again so I can go fill up the coolers with ice!
Then I had to give major props to Karen, who is the one that asked if I had done a “dry fit” of the camping gear in the new car! Our Facebook conversation cracked me up. I decided that since my conversation about camping involves the words “astro turf entry” “pee bucket” and “dresser”, well, that probably tells you all you need to know about how I camp!
Having said that – I can’t sit at my computer any longer! Have a wonderful weekend – and if you all would refrain from blogging this weekend so I don’t miss any of your wonderful blogs, that would be awesome! 🙂
Okay, the best part of this last picture is – I don’t think any of us are using those same tents! In fact, I can promise you we aren’t! The first one is my old one – and I have a bigger and easier to set up one now. The middle one is Pam’s, and she has an easy up – that white one she is bringing for her granddaughter to use. And the last one – I think that is my Amy’s, and she has a new easy up tent, too! I’ll have to get a new tent picture this weekend!
On a more serious note – a big thanks to the men and woman of our Armed Forces and their families. May you all take a moment this weekend to remember those that gave their all for you. (To my neighbors up North, I know this doesn’t apply directly to you guys, but hey, we’ll take all the good energy we can get for our troops!)
The first time I went camping, I was surprised just how much stuff needed to be packed! Even “roughing it” required a lot of equipment. No dressers, though! 🙂
The dresser was a little 3 shelf plastic one you buy at Target, but man did it come in handy 🙂
Camping with a dresser and astro turf…how I love this! Have an amazing weekend!
Oh my gosh, you are so funny with your luxurious camping! A dresser, a coffee maker, a fridge! HAHA wow! I bought The Boyfran a tent for his birthday last autumn but we have yet to use it…. I’ll admit, the last time I went camping was with a group that included two eagle scouts so I woke up to french press and breakfast casserole that I’m fairly sure they grew and hunted the night before. SO all that to say… without someone to coddle me, I’d be dead in the woods! I like your style 😉
LOL, thanks Aussa – I really like camping, especially the way we do it! 🙂
Oh so exciting! I can’t even remember the last time I pitched a tent to camp out! Tell us all about it 🙂
I tried to take good pictures, I can’t wait to write the story to share with you!
Looks like you are heading for a great weekend!! Have some fun for me too.
And honouring the troops is not a matter of which flag they fly – it’s honouring what they have accomplished, and sacrificed, for the good of the world.
I completely agree – and you summed it up so nicely! And I loved your FB post, too!
Ha! You got me. I read your sentence with “dresser” in it and I said to myself- “Did I read that right?” So I went back and re-read, and then read further. Yes you, in fact, did say “dresser”. Hmmm…”dresser” and “camping”…it’s a somewhat awkward combination…:) have fun!
Thanks! I did miss my dresser – because it was so easy – but I think I can rearrange my foot locker to do the same job… 🙂
Haha, I’ll show this post to my hubby and he’ll never complain about the amount of stuff I pack along (and personally I think I learned to survive with very little in my backpacking days but I have recently had a “few” comments “hinting” my touch may have slipped a bit lately…;) )! Happy camping, hope you had a good weekend!
LOL! Thanks! I can tell you that everything that gets packed gets used!! And this weekend I was glad that I always pack extra clothes – it rained more than it didn’t and we were all soaked!
Nothing worse than being wet and cold in a tent, so good for you. hope you had fun anyway!
I wanna go toooooooo!!!
Oh man, if I had seen this before I left I would have send you a plane ticket! (I’m saying this to the person that hasn’t gone further than the grocery store in years!)
Happy Camping!!!!
Thanks!! We had a blast! 🙂
So glad! PS ~ I refrained from posting during your absence as you requested. 🙂
Yay!! Thank you! 🙂
Enjoy your weekend – your set-up looks great!
Thanks Iris! We had a blast!
Hope your camping trip exceeds your expectations. Be sure to set your alarm for 3 am to watch the meteor shower.
We had so much fun – and it poured rain on us every night!
Hope the weather holds out for y’all, have a great time! 🙂
It poured rain down on us half of the time – we were miserable, but still had fun!
Have fun Kate 😀😀 good to see you are a light packer lol😜 xxxx
Yes, it’s almost embarrassing how much we take, but then I look at how much everyone else packs, and realize that I bring less than everyone else! 🙂
Lol hope you had a great time Kate 🙂 xx
Gkad you got everything to fit in. You sure are light packer. Ha ha. Have a great time!
Oh, it’s funny when we start packing! But, we have so much fun with everything! 🙂
I’m sure you do and glad it’s such a good time.
WOW! Catch your own dinner, set snares for the beer, and live of the land, girl. Have fun. Don’t forget your computer.
It was so wonderful – there was no reception at all – so it didn’t even bother me that I couldn’t “just check” on line!
Oh this looks so much fun! You guys are my ideal camping-mates, especially since you bring along a fridge, not to mention a dresser! 🙂
Oh yeah – and I was laughing because just a few weeks ago I drew the line in the sand that we were not doing electric griddles, we are camping after all!
yeah, I moved the line in the sand this weekend… Now the line is that no microwaves are allowed!
Have a wonderful weekend, Kate! No blogging on my end ’til Tuesday! 🙂
Thanks for holding off on blogging – that makes my life easier! LOL!
I published one today. Sorry. 🙂
wow! you are set! Looks like fun…have a great weekend 🙂
Thanks Kerry!