Okay, so traveling is an adventure, but traveling with David is not only an adventure but an experience never to forget. It’s his sense of humor and attitude that makes this memorable.
Our traveling days have been anywhere from 4 to 6 hours when we move from one spot to another. In this past week, we have experienced cold nights (38 degrees) to warm nights (60 plus degrees). And that is just one spot to another! So this morning we wake up and it was cold! How cold you ask? Well when I took my shower, the shampoo was so cold on my head it made it hurt and the body wash was cold enough to give me goosebumps!
By the time I got out of the shower, dried off and got dressed I began to adjust to the temperatures. When I came back to the camper, I find David sitting in his chair, having coffee in the sun. He turns to me and says, “Boy, where else could you go and have 48 degrees not feel bad because the sun is on you!”
“Yea right,” I half mutter…” where else can you feel like this? I think when I go back home, and my heater goes out I won’t be upset as it will be just like camping!”
I must say he does watch out for me. When we arrive at a new campsite he insists strongly that we get close to the bathroom. He says he feels guilty that I have to walk so far to go. Me? I call it the walk with the “night stalkers.” I find I am rarely alone. There was the one night when a young man, waiting outside the ladies room for his girlfriend, jumped out at me as I left the bathroom thinking I was her. Made my heart rush for sure and he could not have apologized for making me jump. I laughed all the way to the campsite!
During one middle-of-the-night potty run, I came out of the bathroom and was greeted by two deer. I stopped, they stopped, we stared at each other and then both of us went on our way. It was too cold and damp to stand there!
There is also a lot of self-discovery on this trip. I am tougher than I thought. I can handle being cold. I don’t miss TV. I love meeting new people (okay this has always been a given for me). If you stick a flannel sheet inside your sleeping bag it feels warmer! Hot showers take away the nighttime chill. You don’t need a lot to get through a day. (So I wonder why I have so much shit back home!) Eating simply (without available snacks) causes one to lose weight! I don’t know how much I have lost on this trip, but with all the walking, moving and no snacking my pants now go on and off without unzipping.
At this writing, we are beginning to make the turn toward home which means the adventures are not done yet. We have been on the road for almost 3 weeks now and it has been great fun.
Here are a few more things I have heard while camping. They made me giggle…I’ll let you decide!
“I always like to measure before I stick it in.”
“No, I am not sure that is not poison ivy.” (Are you as confused as me?)
“Too many rocks in the mountains.”
“We did it twice last year and couldn’t resist doing it again.” (I couldn’t hear what they were talking about so my mind just took it away and I could not stop laughing!”
“I try and limit how much I unzip.”
That’s all for now…more later!
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