Who is brave enough to camp?

[Rich Andrews]

So, who is still going to brave the cold this weekend?

 

[fatboy0054]

TWO BOTTLES OF JOSE ! ONE FOR MY BOAT .ONE FOR ME ! I FIGURE I WILL ROTATE BETWEEN CAMP SITE FIRES ! AND IF ANYONE HEARS A NOISE BY THEIR FIRE IN THE MORNING DONT WORRY! I WILL STOKE IT FOR YALL ! ALWAYS WISH SOMEONE DO THAT FOR ME !

 

[SwampMatt]

Laura and I are.



It'll get chilly but quickly warm up and be a really nice day.
Us campers are going to be out there enjoyin' it long before ANYONE else!!!

matt.

 

[fatboy0054]

BIG FIRE MATT! PLEASE KISS OR HATCH MATT !

 

[MikeP]

Id love to join you guys. Gotta work on saturday though. Oh well its going towards my boat fund :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

I'm going to camp out Friday night on Lake Kissimmee just West of the bus.
See Ya'll Sat if not sooner !

Cracker

 

[basketcase0302]

Hey Rich,

Yeah, we'll be there at an undisclosed location

I'll have that manatee burger just right and waiting for you :dog:

Or wait, do they look like this :bunny:

Basketcase

 

[Dakota]

We are going to miss out on this camping trip. We are only coming for the day. I know we are planning on camping during the lake cleanup. I have that Friday off before so I am going to talk to Chris to see if he can get that Friday off and we may come over there then. who knows. You guys have fun and drink a couple for me by the fire.

 

[Country_Boy_85]

wont make it this weekend, i'll be at the races watchin that no. 8 car take the lead

 

[plumcrazy]

if ya aint already you got to see the movie dale

 

[Country_Boy_85]

thanks plum, i've heard from a lot of people that its a great movie. i might have to pick it up and watch it on the way down there to get in the racin' mode, haha

 

[SwampMatt]

camping was a wonderful experience this weekend, and I'd do a REPEAT weekend of camping and not change a single thing!!!

It was NOT cold.... There was frost on the ground saturday morning for quite a while after the sunrise - but it did not bother us. I guess we were dressed for it.

A second front came thru Sunday morning and we had some rain. But it did not bother us because we were prepared for it. We went back to sleep after the 30 mph wind blew all the rain away. It was nearly dry by sunrise.

2 BEAUTIFUL sunrises
2 beautiful sunsets
2 AMAZING starry night skies
2 great friends. (Jeff & Dawn)
3 forces of nature for us to beat. (wind, rain, temp)
3 cows moved out of the airboat trail by blasting the train horn at them.
1 flick of a bic for a fire that burned nearly 3 days.
1 superwoman to help me set up the tent and keep me all tucked & warm all night.

We camped a little south of the picnic area at Alligator Cove. All you homebody wuss-types who changed your minds about going camping really missed out on some great times. :lol: Seasonal campers. :roll:

Seriously - you have to check it out sometime.... With the current water level that is a great place to pitch a camp.

Skeeter, Geneva0550, Dakota, C Chardt, Robby Bonderaunt and all the others who stopped by and visited our campsite - Let's get togehter there sometime again soon. Bring your tent and share that wealth and beauty out there.

What a fun weekend!!!!!!

Wooooo hooo!!!!!!!

matt.

photos are in airboatRN's gallery

Basketcase & Ms Wizard

Teamwork makes fast work and large woodpile

Sunrise shines on our home away from home!!!

 

[Des Moines Boater]

Great pictures. You all are some great adventurers. However, In that kind of weather I wouldn't camp out even for Garth Brook tickets. Actually I hate Garth Brooks. You all can come on up here and camp out in my back yard if you want to. Were suppose to get into the 30's later this week. Good job you all.

 

[a1mudpuppy]

How was Saturday night...Sunday Morning

 

[basketcase0302]

Yep!

It was cold :shock: :shock: :shock: er than a witches.....Friday night!
Saturday night wasn't near as cold, no frost on Sunday morning. Couldn't force myself to do the "frost ride" Saturday morning. I think the 3 layers of clothes I slept in with the 3 layers of blankets kept me from moving :lol:

Mood forgot to tell about the even crazier ones we heard at 3 A.M. Saturday morning out on the lake! Frogging in 25 degree weather? Gator Cove is a really cool place as we had 3 otters playing by our camp Sat night Sun morning. Bald eagle tried to raid our camp Saturday night, got pissed at me cause I always leave nothing out for varmit bait and decided to crap on my boat seat :scratch:


Des Moine, Think I'll pass on the offer thank you! Brrrrrrrrr!

Basketcase

 

[Country_Boy_85]

two more weeks and my boat will be finished- then come heck or high water, freezing or burning, raining or dry, i'll be out there for the weekend. i'm getting really antzy to get back on the water

 

[Dakota]

I had not been on the boat in about a month or so, I braved the cold weather Saturday morning just to ride. I would do it again for sure.

country_boy, do you do work on mobile homes?

 

[FP1201]

Don't let anybody tell you a little frost isn't cold! When I was in the Army, we were sent to Camp Shelby in Missippi and told to pack 'light' and to leave out sleeping bags, just a poncho & liner: we froze our collectives arses! When you've got four smelly guys huddled together you know it's cold. Looking back, it wasn't so bad and looking at this mornings temp there's a stark contrast: The tempature 13 miles from my house was - 35 F.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/w...eb19,0,1899631.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork
Glad you camping trip went well, wish we were there to enjoy the nice weather.[/b]

 

[Olf Art]

FP, cold is all relative. I've worked in -26 F. before, but I was dressed for it so it really wasn't all that bad.
Some of the coldest I've ever been is here in Florida. The humidity makes 26 degrees feel like zero, and we don't normally keep clothes for that.

There are two seasons here ..... all the other eleven months, and then February.

 

[SwampMatt]

That's what I'm saying.... it ain't the elements it's how you are prepared for it.

matt.