Terryallan wrote: Night is what I like best about CAMPING. We love to sit around the campfire, and Talk, make stick biscuits, pop corn, play, and sing, just watch the fire. It puts you to sleep you know.
It is just a quiet time together, away from all the "stuff". We camp to get away from the "stuff". Like telephones, television, schedules, and anything you have to plan. So camping nights, around the fire. We get to know each other again. Usually. By the time the fire goes out. You are ready for bed.
Yes, well said!
Livin Lite Quicksilver 8.0 (Folding Tent Camper) only 900 lbs!
We play board games such as Catch Phrase. We brought our electronic version w/ us last time and it was a blast. It has a backlight screen so you are able to see the words in the dark. We played it around the campfire at night. We usually play Big2 or some poker inside the tent before we go to bed.
Board games. We take a plastic bin of them, including card decks. Rummykub, Risk, Scrabble, Go, Chess, etc.
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25 years tent camping, 4000+ miles of hiking, lots of biking
Just the 3 of us...SpoiledRotten, TotallyRotten, and ALittleRotten
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2000 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Edition
After dark, I actually enjoy sitting in my dark add-a-room and watching the lightning bugs! If the sky is clear enough, I try to remember and locate my constallations. If too hot/humid, will go inside the camper and read a book, work a crossword puzzle or word find. If my partner is with me, might play a hand or two of cards or venture into a board game.
There is rarely any 'good news' on television - so don't miss the stress/anxiety of hearing/seeing the violence in the news, and am not readily impressed with the various sit-coms on the air these days.
Love good books - can put them down to do something else and not miss a thing - reading exercises the brain, while television is more 'entertainment'.
Sometimes the g'kids need a wind down after the campfire/before bed, and we will plug in the television and dvd player and they get 1/2 hour or thereabouts of a dvd.
Since we seasonal camp, our nighttime activities vary but are similar to everyone else's. We sit by the fire, make smores, drink adult beverages, take the golf cart and join our friends on a nightime trail ride, play dominoes, cards, cornhole (Ohio sport), listen to music via mp3 players, talk and tell stories. If there is bad weather and we cannot be outside we will get out the board games or dominoes, watch satellite tv or a movie on dvd, or sit on our deck and watch the rain fall.
One of my favorite nightime activities growing up was cooking popcorn in a paperbag. We usually made a contest out of it to see who could get it popped the fastest and with the most kernel, and without catching the bag on fire!
Partman,
I love Popcorn. Could you explain how to do that?
Thanks
Deb
Steve and myself
our 4 kidlets, Justin-15, Rachel-12, Michelle-10, Kellie-8 yrs old and
our Yorkie Tiffany-3
2002 Black 1500 Avalanche 4X4
2007 Sun Valley Road Runner 210 bunkhouse
When the kids are awake, we talk, play games, roast marshmallows, look at stars. We go on a wagon ride if they have one. At least once during our weekend, we find a local ice cream place. We walk around the campground and look at other people's sites and set-ups. Once the kids are in bed, we talk, play games, enjoy a cocktail, play cards, and read. We talk about places we'd like to visit, we check out other people's campsites, and we talk about things we need to buy. We are on the computer all week and then some and our TV is always on. Life away from computers, TV, and email is wonderful! It's great for our relationship, where we actually talk instead of mmm-hmming each other in front of our laptops.
Sometimes, we just sit and stare at the fire and just enjoy the silence.
Cara
Cara
2 Parrotheads and 2 Parakeets
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Go where your body and soul want to go. When you have the feeling, then stay with it, and don’t let anyone throw you off --Joseph Campbell
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