Cherokee Sage Woman

This camping thing is infectious and addictive. Who would ever have thought that I would need to be looking for a 12 step program to get this backpacking monkey off my back. But that's the way of society. If a little is good then a lot more is... ridiculous. And leaves you jittery & sniffing for the next fix of 'gear'.

Yesterday we went to six stores (count 'em) picking up such dire necessities as rope lighting to put around the edge of the cooking canopy. Because if you're going to be so gauche as to have a gourmet kitchen in the boogie-woods, then by gum, have the canoles to 'light it up!' Dish drainer from the $ store, (due to the fact that we are too cool for paper plates, and now have to wash the damned things), a clothesline, for drying towels, a new 150 gallon ice chest,(w/ bins & sliding doors)because you know the capacity for the foodstuffs needed for 2 growing adults (& unfortunately, I mean that literally)for a simple 2 day period of camping.
Which led to 'Oh my God, what if we have more than 2 guests for outdoor dining?' (supposing the gang from 'Deliverance' might show up?) So that led to another setting for 4 of Corelle ware. Which led to let's be really civilized & get some nice wine glasses. Then we HAD to get the firepit, for those romantic evenings in the deep woods.. or simply making 'smores' & watching our butts grow.
Next came all the electrical paraphenalia, like outdoor recepticles, extension cords x4, cord winders, etc etc.. It's an endless sucking hole of 'needs'.

Then we came home & yes, of course.. got online for MORE GEAR!
www.campmore.com is a personal favorite. www.cabelos.com is another. But they all bear surfing, studying, perusing & of course buying. So from there we got a screenhouse, to encase the portable picnic table. Those brave & pesky squirrels will get into our candy bowls no more. Then we ordered a queen blow up bed on legs. No more need to actually bend over to get into bed. Go figure... energy calories saved.
Then, since I love to read while we're out in the great outdoors, a pop up hammock.
For the screen room entrance to the tent, an indoor-outdoor carpet.

And last of all.. a cool knife.. for slitting our wrists when the bills come in for our 'roughing it' to excess!