OFFICIAL Kings Canyon Camp Swank Thread - Page 20

Alex · 03-14-2008, 12:49 PM

My last camping trip I just bought random food on my way at 7-11 and showed up for two days. Ate cold food and shared whatever stray food other people had and slept under my car (I didn't have a tent with me so slept outside, least rocky area was by the parking area, didn't want to get run over by rangers stopping for some reason so slept under the car).

Least planning, most leisure. Still plenty fun (the camping trip before that I slept on the bench of the sites picnic table, waking up every time I was about to fall off).

So I'd be in the "Fully Laissez Faire Camp" and risk going hungry or realizing I forgot my camp stove.

Gemini Cricket · 03-14-2008, 12:58 PM

I guess you'd just have to make sure your car doesn't leak. Nothing like waking up in the morning with car oil in your teeth...

Alex · 03-14-2008, 12:59 PM

Well, my car isn't high enough to really sleep under it (especially at my size). More like I was crammed under the driver's side as far as I could get without leaving a permanent crease.

innerSpaceman · 03-14-2008, 02:42 PM

What I don't get is why Laissez-Fairies don't just laiss? There's no need to get involved if you don't want to. Certainly not with anything other than the very small group of people you'd be preparing one single meal with.

We didn't even have to make the decision to do meal teams. It was something we liked from last year, and so it was a given without any decisions at all.

The decisions of where to go and when were a drag at times, and could not be made by a recommendation committee. We wanted to take into account the schedules of as many as possible, and so we conducted a vote. As it turned out, only two solid options of date and location were even presented, so the vote was as easy breezy as could be.

€uro was right that there really need nothing be done by those who want to do nuthin' but show up with your stuff. And the only plan needed is to arrange a single meal with 3 other people.

If other people want to plan what teams they are on, when to arrive, what stuff to make for dinner .... the fact that such discussion goes on in broad daylight where others can read it should not intimidate others into thinking there's too much planning for their tastes. Reading other people's plans is not planning.

Let's all relax. Laissez-faire means, in large part, let be what will be. So just let those who want to make plans make them. And those who don't want to simply should not.

There's no stress, no mess. It's all in the imagination. Now, stand back, 'cause I'm about to make some planning ...

Morrigoon: seeing as Mark may have dropped out (waaaaaa!), it's looking more and more like Rum Gone and Discovery Channel should join forces. The fates are looking kindly to this union ... look at it this way: Gemini Cricket and I were two people who did not witness the Morrigoon Melt-Down at last year's Swank Camp, so we have no prejudice.

And who could be more suited for a Big & Girthy Weenie Roast but me?!

Morrigoon · 03-14-2008, 05:33 PM

(and with any luck, Goonie won't be having her monthly visitor visit her on meal prep day

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Disneyphile · 03-14-2008, 05:57 PM

We'll add Midol to the First Aid kit and/or a sledgehammer to the tool kit, just in case.

Not Afraid · 03-14-2008, 06:28 PM

So.....what if we have an earthquake while we're up there? What if it snows? What if a bunch of snow melts and the river floods the whole canyon and we're trapped? What if the Scientologist decide that June 4th-10th is the dates for the Annual Scientology Camping Trip to Kings Canyon? What if Cindy starts her period and we don't have any tampons and the store is closed? What if I decide to start drinking? What if someone "falls" into the rushing river? What if we forget to pack clothes? What if I don't bring poop bags with me? What if the squirrels band together and attack? What if someone get bubonic plague from a squirrel bite? What if Al Qaeda flies a plane into Muir's Pulpit? What if there's an Alien Abduction? Who would they take? What if the country is placed in a state of marshal law? What if we only have white wine and we're serving red meat? What if our cell phones won't work (they won't). What if there's a power failure and all of the ice cream in the general store melts? What if we don't have exact change for the shower? What if Chris finds himself aroused by Kevy's Black Dick? What if it turns out that Kevy's black dick isn't really black but a darn purple? What if NirvanaMan stays sober the entire weekend? What if we get crabs? What if there's no toilet paper? What if there's an accident on the 5 and none of us can get there? What if the campsite has been turned into a development of luxury condos? What if a bear sh!ts in the communal kitchen? What if a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it?

(Thanks to Chris to his input and inspiration.)

Kevy Baby · 03-27-2008, 06:45 PM

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