Aaaand ... looking at the amended Wiki as it now stands, M&S have the ONLY scheduled meal with the Big and Girthy Weenie Roast.

Well, as Goonie (and several others) can attest, I fit in perfectly with anything lableled "Big and Girthy Weenie" ... so the fates are looking more and more like we should all be one big meal team!

I can personally attest to the fact that Shawshank has MAD food prep skillz! Me, I'm okay I guess.

The big, girthy weenie roast will most likely consist of a variety of gourmet sausages, which you will get to cook yourself over a roaring fire (unless you'd like us to butterfly and pan-fry it), served with either rolls or baguettes, some sauteed onions and peppers to top them with, possibly some other toppings, and a few rockin side dishes (of a vegetable nature) as yet to be determined. At least that was what I had in mind.

I'm more concerned with the campsite squatting, but if at least one person can pitch their tent (Kevy, get your mind out of the gutter, dear!) on a 5th space, then it'll probably all work out in the end.

Which reminds me, has BtD joined a team yet?

BTD has not joined a team yet because BTD is still not sure she is going. If BTD does go, she will be on team Garth Brooks.

All this obsessive planning and catfight drama is really making BTD not want to go. Camping is supposed to be chill.

It is chill. Was last year :)

It may have been, but this thread is sure not giving that impression. All I see is a battle of the wills, arguing, obsessive planning and drama about things that aren't even occurring for 3 months.

If I go, I'll join a team and update the wiki.

Well, I haven't been keeping up with this thread in any form - but it was pretty bad last year, too.

The planning aspect, that is.

I just figure some discussion and hashing out of details is a natural part of the planning process. People disagree, eventually the answer makes itself clear, and we all end up enjoying the hell out of ourselves in the end, in part because we bothered to work on the planning.

I had an awesome time last year.

I have no clue why people are interpretting this thread of planning as a fight. In discussing options, we - BY NATURE - have to be offering different opinions and then we proceed to discuss their benefits and pitfalls.

It's not an argument ... it's called planning. As you can see, if you read the thread, it's mostly fun talk about bears and hammocks and big black dicks.

Sheesh, we do have to talk about campsites and meals and teams and stuff. It's not a big deal, and I don't know why people are getting their pre-moistened panties in a knot.


Granted, Lisa and I were indeed fighting yesterday. I still to this minute have no idea why she is against me getting to the campsites by 10am. When Teresa suggested the very same thing earlier in the thread, she got no grief about it.


But be that as it may ... yes I happen to be more concerned with actual planning than with fun talk. That's just me. I like to plan a trip in the early stages ... and then completely forget about it until a week before. (Camping needs at least a week of physical prep time for me).


It now occurs to me that a) M&S most likely wanted to join Team D.C. to snag a campsite, and that would do them no good ... though I remain happy to try and procure them a site; and b) if I join up with them for the perfectly fitted Big & Girthy Weenie Roast, that leaves THREE non-team meals, not two. Again, I DON'T CARE. The Team thing worked out swell last time in terms of easy living, but I still maintain that maintaining multiple camp kitchens is a little impractical. It's not a biggie either.

But Team Meals are not the be-all and end-all of Swank Camping, and we'll all do fine if three meals are more pot-luck, or even feed-yourself.


But these ARE things that have to be worked out. I'm trying my best to work them out without ruffling feathers. That's really not my intention. My intention is just to work things out.

And I'm happy to talk about bears and hammocks and black dicks, too.

I encourage you to go - ignore all the crap that has been flying around this thread. Some feel the need to hyper plan things now that don't require this level of "discussion" - now or later. The actual trip is worth it.