Tea Adventure...weeee!

by **cloudyday** » Mar 7th, '08, 22:38

Tea Adventure...weeee!

by cloudyday » Mar 7th, '08, 22:38

Well I went camping last weekend. It was fun. I got lost on their crazy nature trail though, but I made it through okay. Had some good tea (gongfu and gaiwan brews), good wine (take that, rangers), and good times.

Why should you care, you ask? Well, I took some neat pics, that's why....jerk.
lol

Well, that still may not be enough to care, but if anyone's interested, here they are:

Tea Adventure

by **Eastree** » Mar 7th, '08, 23:08

by Eastree » Mar 7th, '08, 23:08

Why is the wine so much of a 'take that' to the rangers?

Great pictures, by the way!

And they inspire another two questions:

1.) Is it *really* camping if you still get a cell signal? >:D (I'm joking)

2.) The bricks for camp fire containment: Were they provided? If not, did you have to pack them on your back? (I hope not ... that's almost unnecessary weight, considering there are many good ways to contain a fire -- or so I hear)

(edit)
disclaimer: I know next to nothing about camping.

by **Salsero** » Mar 8th, '08, 01:12

by Salsero » Mar 8th, '08, 01:12

Gong fu in the wilderness. Great!

by **Victoria** » Mar 8th, '08, 01:36

by Victoria » Mar 8th, '08, 01:36

Nothing like mother nature and a nice oolong.

by **cloudyday** » Mar 8th, '08, 12:54

by cloudyday » Mar 8th, '08, 12:54

Eastree wrote:Why is the wine so much of a 'take that' to the rangers?

Great pictures, by the way!

And they inspire another two questions:

1.) Is it *really* camping if you still get a cell signal? >:D (I'm joking)

2.) The bricks for camp fire containment: Were they provided? If not, did you have to pack them on your back? (I hope not ... that's almost unnecessary weight, considering there are many good ways to contain a fire -- or so I hear)

(edit)
disclaimer: I know next to nothing about camping.

haha, well...there are multiple signs when entering the park that there are to be "no alcholic beverages". So, again, take that, rangers. I'm smarter than the average bear. Er, though it's not like they search you or anything...

1) Well, it wasn't a hike into the wilderness, just camping in a reserve. But I did only have 1 bar...if that makes me any more of a survivalist...

lol

2) yeah the bricks were a bitch to lug to the campsite...
hehe nah just kidding...i guess some previous campers had done the lugging for me. They were there when I got there.

by **Sydney** » Mar 8th, '08, 16:07

by Sydney » Mar 8th, '08, 16:07

That makes me want to go do the exact same thing.

...with a few minor modifications, such as no tent, table, etc.

***Not*** that I scoff at such things. That's just not how I grew up doing it.

I'm genuinely envious and inspired.

by **Salsero** » Mar 8th, '08, 18:16

by Salsero » Mar 8th, '08, 18:16

padre wrote:...no tent...

You just sleep out in the open?

by **Sydney** » Mar 8th, '08, 18:27

by Sydney » Mar 8th, '08, 18:27

Either in the open or in something made from scratch.

by **Eastree** » Mar 8th, '08, 23:52

by Eastree » Mar 8th, '08, 23:52

padre wrote:Either in the open or in something made from scratch.

That's not camping! That's a show on Discover Channel! D: Do you eat bugs, too, so you can grimace, open-mouthed, at the camra?!

Kidding D:

My dad was planning to take me to a remote wooded location for a week of roughing it, for my twelfth birthday. Alas, that never happened.

by **Sydney** » Mar 9th, '08, 00:15

by Sydney » Mar 9th, '08, 00:15

One of the guys used to eat bugs on these trips, and actually said, "Mmmm, chitin."

That guy wasn't me, though.

by **Scruffmc...** » Mar 9th, '08, 00:37

by Scruffmc... » Mar 9th, '08, 00:37

padre wrote:That guy wasn't me, though.

Nope, you were too busy posing nude. :shock:

by **Sydney** » Mar 9th, '08, 01:03

by Sydney » Mar 9th, '08, 01:03

Heh. Not at that particular moment.

by **Hop_gobl...** » Mar 10th, '08, 09:56

by Hop_gobl... » Mar 10th, '08, 09:56

Great pics! I can't wait to gongfu some tea in the North Shore in MN. Love it! Camping and Gongfu tea go together like peas and carrots!

by **xine** » Mar 10th, '08, 11:18

by xine » Mar 10th, '08, 11:18

Well, I don't Gongfu in the woods, but tea is definitely on my packing list when I go camping. I tend to drink a lot of mate. Nice pics, and YAY for stickin' it to the rangers (wine around the campfire!!! wooohooo!!!!). I also like that you have your cell phone right next to your camp stove.

Can't wait for the weather to get warmer...camping!!!!

by **cloudyday** » Mar 11th, '08, 21:33

by cloudyday » Mar 11th, '08, 21:33

padre wrote:That makes me want to go do the exact same thing.

...with a few minor modifications, such as no tent, table, etc.

***Not*** that I scoff at such things. That's just not how I grew up doing it.

Yah I don't exactly rough it to the max or anything, but I can see why some like to do so, and I do have a friend that enjoys that kind of camping. Still better than my other friend who suggested just "camping in [his] backyard." lol. That would have been a very uninspiring event...
Though I would have preferred a more remote and natural location. That'd require knowledge of the land that I don't have...ah well...

xine wrote:
Can't wait for the weather to get warmer...camping!!!!

It's the opposite down here in the south, for the most part. Better get the camping in during the winter months, cuz you'll be sweating it out during summer...not to mention all of the bugs and pests...gah!