And compared to a traditional vacation with hotels and dining out, camping is still a pittance, gas prices not withstanding.

...would that be the Lesbian ?

...sorry, being topical.....

I'm out. Besides the time off of work and juggling school, gas is just to expensive for me right now. It sucks missing so many fun events, but there will be more when things get better :)

Have a great time, and I look forward to reading all about it!

What about carpooling?

And if that is not possible, I will pay for your gas. Just get up there damnit!

I appreciate the offer, but I really can't this year.

Besides getting the time off work, being away that long from homework isn't conducive to my GPA. I do plan on attending more local events this summer though. :D

Fine... just snub us :p

Fine. I will. :p

Is it close enough to the date to start thinking about planning again?

So, for some reason I thought the plan was to arrive Thursday (except for those that are arriving later) and leave Monday (except for those that are leaving earlier). Those were the days I put in for time off. But now that I look closer at the wiki, it looks like leaving on Sunday is the plan.

Well, we planned to stay until Monday, so we may just do that either way. If anyone else sticks around, we'll welcome the company. If not, maybe we'll take off late Sunday and have Monday to recover or maybe we'll just hang out, just the two of us.

Either way, I'm getting excited. Bought a lantern today (decided to stick with propane instead of L.E.D. Just easier to deal with a single fuel source than worry about stocking gas AND batteries). Still deciding whether to buy a stove or just bum time on someone else's (being there alone on Sunday night might force our hand, unless we just want to do a campfire dinner/breakfast).

Got the tent set up for practice over the weekend. The thing's HUGE, should be awesome.

Yup, I'm at the point where I'm going to be constantly making mental lists and browsing camping sections at stores. I think we're pretty well stocked, but ya' never know...

Speaking only for myself on the Wiki - the X on Sunday means staying Sunday night.

I may have an extra campstove if you guys need one.

Now I need to get back to trying out sample recipes.

yeah, I'd planned on staying sunday night as well and rolling back home monday. Ive snagged a couple extra days on both ends, so its all good

as far as the stove, I'll be bringing my two burner along in any case (along with various cookwares, pots pans etc) and youre more than welcome (as is anyone in attendance that needs it) to use it to your hearts content. Ive also extra cans of fuel as we never even went through a single one during our stay (thats with one full-on breakfast and coffee every morning), so theres plenty as far as that goes.

firewood however, did tend to burn down rather quickly, so might want to bring a spare load of that...although Im considering the fake logs for just doing the campfire thing. easy light and long burn + lighter load. not sure on any regs or concerns as far as those go.