Camping 101
Friday, November 9th, 2007So i’m packing for the camping trip with trepidation. My last camping excursion was a disaster. I had this wonderful huge tent and three comfy cots for all of us. We set up camp at the end of a roadway. A roadway that had all the appearances of being flat. What we did not realize at the time was that this unsuspecting roadway became a channel for rampant rain water. It had a slight incline that when dry is hidden but oh when that rain comes pouring down. We were sitting in a gully being washed away with the storm. Actually we were almost asleep when the deluge hit. All my camera equipment and the lap top were nestled under the comfy cots. The rain started and within minutes we had 6 inches of water inside our big roomy tent. Digital cameras and laptops do not fare well in water. So I vowed NEVER to go camping again. Never say never! This time it will be sleeping bags and a pup tent instead of comfy cots and a huge tent. The new laptop will stay home and the new cameras will stay in the vehicle. This is the dry season in Florida so perhaps it will not rain. Hurricane season is over so we won’t be blown away. We will be camping on the Gulf of Mexico so lets hope we don’t have a storm surge. Beach camping and high tide are another adventure we survived once a long time ago.