Camping Swanking - June 28 - July 3

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

MW, you are addressing men who pee in trees.

LOL Oh yea.....

I, on the other hand love those 'occupied/vacant' signs on the bathrooms {preferably at the Grand California as opposed to port-a-potties}

[blueerica]

OK, the last time I was at a stall with an occupied/vacant sign on it, I opened a door that said 'vacant.' A woman started screaming, then proceeded to yell at me, then while she was washing her hands continued to talk about how rude it is to open the door while someone's using the restroom.

Lock your door, dingbat!

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

I got three bug bites, but nothing as bad as Disneyphiles

Envy my rotting flesh!

I've already lost one layer of skin. I'm just waiting for the thick black tissue to fall off. It'll be interesting. The doctor said that would be the "normal" healing process.

That was one hell of a fly.

[Morrigoon]

I remember when you got that bite... it hurt you pretty much immediately. What in the heck bit you????

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

I remember when you got that bite... it hurt you pretty much immediately. What in the heck bit you????

All I remember is that it was large and black with transparent wings - looked like a giant housefly. It also wouldn't let go - I had to physically knock it off my leg.

Even the memory makes my skin crawl still.

[innerSpaceman]

Since getting back, I've re-noticed that ants are supposed to be itsy-bitsy tiny. As I recall, the ants up there were huge. The flies were huge. The trees were huge.

It was like freaking Land of the Giants. Crazy.






Anyway, NA: when your toenail was unceremoniously ripped away ..... did it have to kinda grow back from the base, or did the "stuff" undernearth sorta harden into toenail eventually???


Inquiring minds want to know.







Then inquiring minds want to puke.

[Stan4dSteph]

Toenails grow from the base, so it will be a while before it's all there again.

[blueerica]

But, the burning question is: Why, oh why, do toenails fall off on long hikes this summer? I'm too lazy to look it up elsewhere, though I think I will later.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Disneyphile

All I remember is that it was large and black with transparent wings - looked like a giant housefly. It also wouldn't let go - I had to physically knock it off my leg.

Even the memory makes my skin crawl still.

probably a horse fly

I have a scar on my shin from one.


(after reading further, you might want to skip the "Bite" heading)

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by blueerica

But, the burning question is: Why, oh why, do toenails fall off on long hikes this summer? I'm too lazy to look it up elsewhere, though I think I will later.

click.