What I like about camping is you can get really dirty. Either you're all by yourself, so no one else sees you, or everyone you're with is just as dirty as you are, so nobody cares.
Showing posts with label Camping Quotes and Sayings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camping Quotes and Sayings. Show all posts
We now no longer camp as for a...
We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven.
The fire is the main comfort o...
The fire is the main comfort of the camp, whether in summer or winter, and is about as ample at one season as at another. It is as well for cheerfulness as for warmth and dryness.
Somebody told me it was fright...
Somebody told me it was frightening how much topsoil we are losing each year, but I told that story around the campfire and nobody got scared.
Some national parks have long ...
Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.
It always rains on tents. ...
It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent.
I got into an argument with a ...
I got into an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because then I tried to walk out and slammed the flap. How are you supposed to express your anger in this situation? Zipper it up really quick?
How is it that one match can s...
How is it that one match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box of matches to start a campfire?
How hard to realize that every...
How hard to realize that every camp of men or beast has this glorious starry firmament for a roof! In such places standing alone on the mountain-top it is easy to realize that whatever special nests we make - leaves and moss like the marmots and birds, or tents or piled stone - we all dwell in a house of one room - the world with the firmament for its roof - and are sailing the celestial spaces without leaving any track.
Even in a time of elephantine ...
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.
Camping: The art of gett...
Camping: The art of getting closer to nature while getting farther away from the nearest cold beverage, hot shower and flush toilet.
But the place which you have s...
But the place which you have selected for your camp, though never so rough and grim, begins at once to have its attractions, and becomes a very centre of civilization to you: "Home is home, be it never so homely."
Backpacking: An extended...
Backpacking: An extended form of hiking in which people carry double the amount of gear they need for half the distance they planned to go in twice the time it should take.
A lot of parents pack up their...
A lot of parents pack up their troubles and send them off to summer camp.
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