The Only Camping Lesson You Need
Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 08:20PM 
1.) Wherever you are, that's your home. Act accordingly.


2.) Your first piece of bacon is always the best.

3.) If there is discord in your group, bunk beds enable a natural hierarchy.

4.) Label your mug. Drinking from another man's camping mug is like kissing his girl or hitting his dog.

5.) Alternate coffee and whiskey every hour until you no longer know what you're drinking.

6.) Every camping trip needs a natural oddity. This is a block field; a dried-up ancient river bed of quartzite boulders. It goes for miles and it's C-R-A-Z-Y.




7.) If it looks like a cute little birthday cupcake for a woodchuck, it's a homemade fire starter.

8.) Sometimes you get reception in the woods and it seems really weird.

9.) When eagles circle in a holding pattern above you, it's time to start moving your body a little bit.

10.) Camping is about stepping out of your comfort zone. You know you are for reals camping when you see a sign telling you to be a perv.

11.) Settlers of Catan is probably a really fun game when it's not windy.

12.) If you're in the woods long enough you'll start talking about Twitter.

13.) C.J. Hummel's totally sells beer to go.

14.) If you happen by a general store, it's a treat to get something local.


15.) When camping it's wise to adopt the diet of a Hobbit.

16.) Basically, be a Hobbit.


17.) Brain teasers are a fun way to pass the time when you're camping.

18.) If you find yourself suddenly standing in front of a Demon Flame, grab your Phoenix Lance, summon the Light of Asgoth and make that evil fire your bitch.



Reader Comments (8)
Those mugs are so well lit. I think if you count the porch light, we've got ourselves a 3point set-up working here.
This makes camping look fun, nerdy, and totally gay at the same time.
did you eventually get to play settler's? that game owns my life.
3 things:
1. you were the eagle right?
2. your hair is super-long.
3. what was the consensus on Twitter? whatevs fuck nature.
Um, that isn't camping. That's staying in a cabin for the weekend just so you can blog about something.
You definitely don't recognize taking a piss when it happening.
haha. Real Camper comments on blogs. That is SO not a camper thing to do.
Actually, I think it is a pretty good post. Friends, outdoors, nature, uh, and are you sure those weren't buzzards?