Camping Sucks!

[Cascadia]

Camping does suck....at times. For certain reasons. I think one of the reasons is because just as we were falling asleep tonight down past Manti in Palisade, our dark started to bark. Yes, my dog barking bugs me cause she knows better. But it wasn't the barking. It was the smell that came 5 seconds later.

Yes, our lab got sprayed by a skunk. Wow, stinky!! Luckily she'll be riding home in the back of the truck in a cage. But still, it sucks.

That's why camping sucks this time around.

What unfortunate event have you had while camping?

 

[Rot Box]

Oh man that does suck! yuk

What unfortunate event have you had while camping?

First one that comes to mind was having to sleep with 2 big dogs, my 4 year old and my wife in the back of our 3rd gen 4runner--ugh

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Our older dog has her bed in the Jeep because she snores loudly while our other dog sleeps with us in the tent trailer, we love camping with them. Only thing that sucks about camping this year is the lack of rain.

 

[frieed]

Just got back from Yellowstone a couple weeks ago. They were having issues with grizzlies in the campground. All dishes (dirty or clean), coolers, grills, food, toiletries, even water bottles, basically everything had to be closed up in a hard-sided vehicle at all times except while in immediate use. Non compliance could get you a $500 citation. What a pain, it was like packing up and moving camp 3 times a day...

 

[JL Rockies]

What sux about camping? The machmen most definitely.

 

[Cascadia]

3 more skunks last night. Luckily, no more of them sprayed.

 

[mesha]

Whats sucks about camping? Dogs mostly.

With very few exceptions. Fender being one of them.

 

[blznnp]

worst time camping I have had was with a scout group out snow camping, none of the boys really cared for camping but we convinced them to go. got 17" of snow dumped on us, couple caves collapsed in, the boys had to sleep in the vehicles where its actually colder than a snow cave, then the park rangers wouldn't let us leave due to road conditions. so to stay warm we had to sit in our vehicles and let them run for 6 hours or so, maybe more till we could leave. They wouldn't open up the building that had heat for us to stay in. I didn't think it was to bad but the boys were in no spirits to try and make the situation fun.

Going through mosquito valley wasn't to much fun, never had so many mosquito bites

Skunks would definitely not be fun though

 

[OB1]

At least you could put your dog in the back of the truck. When mine got sprayed in Zion's she had to ride in the van with us all the way home. When I stopped once to get gas the people getting gas next to us gave us a funny look when I got out to fill up and they quickly got out of there. By then I think we had gotten use to the smell.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I've never gone camping and later regretted it. I think being sprayed by a skunk would definitely add a sour note to the trip though, but I could get sprayed at home.

 

[frieed]

When I was a kid, I ran over a skunk on my bicycle.. Neither of us fared too well that evening.

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Most of the places we camp at are miles away from the nearest skunk but we still keep the dogs on a leash and inside at night.

 

[mesha]

When I was a kid, I ran over a skunk on my bicycle.. Neither of us fared too well that evening.

haha that is awesome.

 

[frieed]

I was going down a hill in about an inch of snow so quick turns were out of the question. My options were stay straight and run over it, or lay the bike down and probably stop with my face a foot from it's back end. I chose the former.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Whats sucks about camping? Dogs mostly.

With very few exceptions. Fender being one of them.

I'm glad you don't find him to be annoying. He loves camping, and so far he hasn't annoyed anyone TOO much. If he ends up annoying people he'll be staying home.

 

[mesha]

I'm glad you don't find him to be annoying. He loves camping, and so far he hasn't annoyed anyone TOO much. If he ends up annoying people he'll be staying home.

Fender is actually one of the coolest dogs I have camped with.

I should have stated that dog owners, not dogs are annoying. It isn't the dogs fault. For some reason many dog owners think everyone loves there dogs as much as they do. I had someone tie the dog up to MY new truck and it scratched the entire side of my truck trying to climb into the bed. The owner laughed and simply said, 'haha poor dog must have been bored". This last time camping at Lake Powell there was a puppy with 10 inch worms hanging out of its butt running around crapping on the beach and the people just kicked sand over the dumps and didn't pick it up. I turned them in to the rangers.

Equally annoying is people that blast music all night and yell I am naked on the horizon at the top of their lungs.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Equally annoying is people that blast music all night...

^ this. I go camping to get away from city life and enjoy the serenity and peace of the outdoors. Nothing irritates me more than the guy in camp next to me blaring music. Even if it's my favorite song playing, I didn't come to the woods to rock out and party. I came to soak it all in and get away from it all. Sadly I've been encountering more and more of these people lately. I guess I need to get further into the backcountry to escape it.

 

[Raleigh]

We wnt to Fish Lake a couple of weeks ago, we planned this a few months in advance, it rained the whole time! It was nice and cool though!

 

[SAMI]

As a Boy Scout I learned quickly that water only makes flaming white gas flow down the mountainside faster. :/

 

[jeep-N-montero]

Fender is actually one of the coolest dogs I have camped with.

I should have stated that dog owners, not dogs are annoying. It isn't the dogs fault. For some reason many dog owners think everyone loves there dogs as much as they do. I had someone tie the dog up to MY new truck and it scratched the entire side of my truck trying to climb into the bed. The owner laughed and simply said, 'haha poor dog must have been bored". This last time camping at Lake Powell there was a puppy with 10 inch worms hanging out of its butt running around crapping on the beach and the people just kicked sand over the dumps and didn't pick it up. I turned them in to the rangers.

Equally annoying is people that blast music all night and yell I am naked on the horizon at the top of their lungs.

Holy crap, did the dog's owner pay to repair the scratches? And holy crap about the other dog on the beach too, pun intended.