On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:13:21 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>> My camping days are behind me. I did love camping next to a mountain
>> lake, getting up early and catching some rainbow. Starting a fire
>> just as dawn is breaking and putting the skillet in the fire to fry up
>> some bacon, home fries and fish. Coffee from the big blue-speckled
>> pot is scenting the air. Biscuits are almost done. I can hear the
>> shhhhh of waterfowl feet skimming the water as they land and the
>> rustle of the dog in the undergrowth. Husband begins to stir. The
>> very earliest part of the morning belongs to me.
>
>And then you woke up! heheh ;-D
>
>LMAO! ;-D Janet! I love you but that was the funniest post I've
>read in years. The more I read, the more I laughed. hahaha Fess up
>now...you've never gone camping before have you? Your story is right
>from an old Norman Rockwell picture or maybe a Disney movie. All you
>forgot to mention was the smiling birds happily singing at dawn, the
>cute fuzzy bunny babies all playing with their mom, and the newborn
>fawn nuzzling against you while her mom looked on approvingly. Later
>on in the day, you can wander out in the meadow with your long dress
>on, raise your arms and spin around while singing "The Sound of Music"
>song. LOL!
>
>G.
I guess you've never been camping in the mountains of Idaho. All of
that is real. I'm sorry you've never been able to experience it. Here
you can still camp all on your own where ever you choose -- just
follow an old logging road in your 4x4. The one photo I never got
but is burned in my mind is those birds coming in for a landing with
the mist swirling on the water. Do you want me to expound on the
bronze colored stones with water trickling from snow melt near the top
of the mountain? Or the wild flowers that are tinier than your little
fingernail?
This isn't KOA camping.
Janet US