white mountains

Rain Camping

~ MaryG ~ 12 Comments
Daily writing prompt
Have you ever been camping?
View all responses

Yes, I have been camping. And not just regular camping, but hike-up-a-mountain-with-everything-on-your back-and-sleep-in-a-tent-in-the-rain camping.

In addition, I have taken young children camping—also in the rain.

Anyone can camp in good weather. The misery of hiking, cooking and sleeping outside in the rain requires fortitude.

WordPress, I demand an A+ on this assignment!

White Mountains, New Hampshire, 1991
Kids do not care if it rains while you’re camping. They think it’s fun to eat dinner in their sleeping bags.

Related post:

Beach v Mountains

Beach v Mountains

~ MaryG ~ 3 Comments

Beach or mountains? Which do you prefer? Why?

I’m a beach person. I love swimming in the ocean and sitting in the warm sand. I’m extremely fortunate to have a close and generous friend with a home near the greatest beach ever. Here’s the view of her beach, as you first see it from the dunes above.

Ah, beach

I do appreciate a mountain view and I’ve climbed a couple of them. My husband and I hiked/camped overnight in New Hampshire’s White Mountains a few times. (This was something he used to do with his friends before we met.) Man, that is HARD work. The exhilaration of reaching a summit is tough to match, but the pain of carrying a heavy backpack and trudging endlessly is not for me.

Atop Mt Garfield (elevation 4,498 ft) in NH in 1993
Same trip, different day
I think that was as close to a smile as I could manage with that backpack on.

And the winner is…BEACH