So surprisingly I was not nervous about it at all as far as I knew. I had no idea what so ever what this camping experience was going to be like, but I was a little concerned about the bathrooms. I asked Z before hand if they were outhouses, and she assured me they weren't, but on my last camping trip they told me there were bathrooms and there weren't. I DO NOT CONSIDER OUTHOUSES BATHROOMS.
When she assured me that they flushed I got a little concerned about the showers, and she assured me that there were showers. Then I started to worry that they were public showers like in high school. I had decided at that point that I could go three days without a shower, maybe the people around me couldn't handle it but that was just too bad.
So I packed up the car, I took sheets, blankets, futon, and sleeping bag. When I had everything packed in the car I made up a list of the things I still needed to get, and oh yea I still had to get T2's stuff in the car - so I asked her if she would mind holding her suitcase as the trunk of the car was already full. When she saw the futon taking up half the car she told me to take it out. But but but I am afraid the mattress will be too hard. She gave me this odd little look and said mattress? Yea mattress - Z told me that they had little cots with mattresses on them.
When she had stopped laughing she told me she was sure that we would be fine, that the mattress *would not* be too hard and that would mean that I could drive and not sit in the front seat holding her suitcase.
So we stopped three times to get the necessary ingredients for the trip and then headed up the mountain. We made good time, and got checked in and unpacked.
But before we did anything I had to check out the bathrooms to make sure that we were really going to stay. Sure enough they flushed. And to my delight and I am sure everyone else's relief they had individual shower stalls - So we were off to a really really good start.
Z showed up minutes after us and I knew it was going to be a great weekend.
When she assured me that they flushed I got a little concerned about the showers, and she assured me that there were showers. Then I started to worry that they were public showers like in high school. I had decided at that point that I could go three days without a shower, maybe the people around me couldn't handle it but that was just too bad.
So I packed up the car, I took sheets, blankets, futon, and sleeping bag. When I had everything packed in the car I made up a list of the things I still needed to get, and oh yea I still had to get T2's stuff in the car - so I asked her if she would mind holding her suitcase as the trunk of the car was already full. When she saw the futon taking up half the car she told me to take it out. But but but I am afraid the mattress will be too hard. She gave me this odd little look and said mattress? Yea mattress - Z told me that they had little cots with mattresses on them.
When she had stopped laughing she told me she was sure that we would be fine, that the mattress *would not* be too hard and that would mean that I could drive and not sit in the front seat holding her suitcase.
So we stopped three times to get the necessary ingredients for the trip and then headed up the mountain. We made good time, and got checked in and unpacked.
But before we did anything I had to check out the bathrooms to make sure that we were really going to stay. Sure enough they flushed. And to my delight and I am sure everyone else's relief they had individual shower stalls - So we were off to a really really good start.
Z showed up minutes after us and I knew it was going to be a great weekend.
I'm glad that you had showers & toilets.
ReplyDeleteMy pal, RLB, and I have gotten down to driving & staying in cheap motels - bugsmashing versus car camping. We might sleep out one night, but probably not.
It's time for TSH & RLB to go on a road trip again - it's been too many years.
Maybe a TSH/T3/Taya/Tolar Bear road trip if we can find "motel friendly" places? I actually think we'd be better off without the dogs so that we can walk a lot.
ROAD TRIP!
Kayak trip!