The virtures of modern camping and other misc items
| March 23, 2009 | Posted by Melinda under Uncategorized |
Warning – this is going to be LONG….
I took my sister camping over the weekend. (see her blog on the right). It was fun. I took the opportunity to go hiking over the same trails I ride my horses on. 
WOW! No wonder they are all sweaty 🙂
We went to Livermore Del Valle. I often do day trips here to train, and there is an endurance ride held here in October. This was the first time I had actually spent the night in the “regular” camp ground. Maybe it’s because I’m used to rustic camping in the civil war reenactments, or the bare bones endurance camps, but I (and I believe my sister) were turned off by the RV’s, screaming children, tricycles, and radios playing until 10pm etc etc. We had a simple camp with a 2 person tent and a picnic blanket. Most of the time we were either hiking or playing in the river. I guess that’s why they make “undeveloped” camping areas. For grouches like me.
I was going to put together the crew bag post this weekend, but after dragging my stuff out, I realized I was getting grumpy because of the very strong wind (I HATE long hair) and the fact that everything was MESSY. I’m obsessive compulsive to a fault about organization, so instead of spent the afternoon cleaning and organizing :). Until I get around to doing a real post, here’s a few pictures.
Blogger isn’t cooperating with uploading pics, so here is a not-so-good pic of my rolling crew box. It has a lid sturdy enough to sit and stand on (although there is a warning not to stand on it….), a removable tote for smaller items, and a larger area underneath. The dimensions are similar to smaller tack boxes sold in magazines. I bought this one for $60 at sears (technically a rolling tool box). It’s extremely useful. When not being used as a crew box, I use it to cart stuff from my trailer to where I tie my horses. In this pic I have farrier tools, a note book, ruler, wormer in it. Underneath the tote is an air mattress, sleeping bag, and pillow, left over from camping. It’s SO useful.
¡Hola! Me llamo Carolina y acabo de hacer un Blog, sobre mi próxima novela. Soy de Argentina. Encontré tu Blog a través de otro, ya que Blogspot no tiene buscador. Me gustó mucho tu Blog y las fotos que ponés.
Nos mantenemos en contacto.
¡Saludos!
Carolina.