Well I'm back from my camping adventures (obviously, or I wouldn't be able to write this). Safe and sound and basically unchanged. Except for the fact that I've decided that camping isn't necessarily for me. Necessarily.
Ever see an ad for American Eagle (or similar) where a group of fashionable kids go out camping in their nice vintage wash jeans, embroidered tank tops, and cute sandals? Yeah, well, that's not what my camping trip looked like at all.
Really, it was more pseudo-camping than anything. I'm not quite sure what I expected. I knew we were going to a state park (Ohiopyle) and that I wasn't about to be completely roughing it "Survivor" style but I assumed there'd be more, well, more to it. We had a site, firepits, parking spaces, picinic benches, and tons of people all around. It wasn't like I was in great danger of pretty much anything.
Overall, the experience was ok. Not great, not horrible, just ok. I didn't freak out about the dirt, I didn't scream about bugs and found the ground to be sort of comfortable to sleep on. The worst part was probably the cold I aquired the day I left. Who gets sick in summer? I wasn't sick all last year and now? The camping probably didn't help it so now I'm sort of miserable. Not enough to get out of work though- darn.
Posted by VanessaKolberg at August 8, 2005 08:32 PM | TrackBackSounds like you had a bit of fun, even if it was with a stuffy nose and a grubby head.
I go camping at Ohiopyle with my family every now and then -- it's nice, but I agree that it definitely isn't a middle-of-the-wilderness style campsite.
Posted by: ChrisU at August 9, 2005 12:38 AMI love Ohiopyle! Haven't been there in so long, though. That's great that your trip went well!
I've never been camping before either, but that's more or less because my parents are the most overprotective people on the planet. I couldn't be a girl scout because a bear would eat me in the woods (oh yes, mom still holds to that, too).
Hope you get better soon!
Posted by: Valerie Masciarelli at August 10, 2005 11:49 PM