Hi folks,
Marci and I are camping with her folks in Spruce Lake retreat in the Poconos Hills.
I say "hill's" beacuse most folks around here mistakedly call them the Poconos Mountains.
Newsflash, these are hills. I have seen and hiked real mountians, and these are definelty not really mountains.
Anyway, we are camping American style. Our camper is air conditioned, we have surround sound, and I am updating this blog via a wi-fi connection.
When I was a kid we camped with a tent, some firewood, a small trailer to pull behind the car and some hot dogs for food. If the weather was warm enough we would sleep under the stars, and listen to the sound of the wind gently breathing through the limbs of the pine trees.
We cooked dinner over the camp fire, and an old guitar usually provided the evening's entertainment. The days were spent hiking the in Drakensberg mountains, and drinking ice cold water straight from the pristine streams. (See above picture for clarifiaction on what a mountain looks like - that is the Drakensberg, in SA)
I treasure those days, they are great memories for me.
On another note, today I went for a hike to a lovely waterfall to take a few pictures. The hike back up the hill with my tripod slung over my shoulder was long and hot. The 87 degrees and humidity didnt help.
It felt really good to get back into the air conditioned camper......
2 comments:
sounds fun. glad you clarified the pic...at first i was thinking...wow, that sure looks like a moutain to me!
we've only camped the old way...although i will admit to sleeping in the SUV w/AC one time when the heat got unbearable!
That's a nice photo of Royal Natal - though, truth be told, what they don't show in there is the cosy and comfortable chalets at Thendele just off to the right. When Amy and I went 5 years ago it was clouded over. I think we need to make another trip and climb the chain ladder at Tugela falls - what do you say?
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