Friday, July 25, 2014

Girl's Girl Guide to Camping

To camp with less strife, I created a perfect bag for all my needs. First off, I need to say that hubby says sleeping in a tent with a blow up mattress is not truly camping, but I beg to differ. I mean people call sleeping in an RV "camping" too and, technically, we're hoofing it in the woods, so there.

I will upload photos later, but my bag was a one sling Intel bag (hubbs got it at an IT convention thingy) that's a really good size. Not too large like a backpack and not too small like a purse. I took that, literally-NOT literally, mostly- every time I had to go pee or go to the bathroom.

Side note: I hate, hate, hate porta potties and since I had night terrors about them, I almost prefer to go squat in the woods or find another flushing toilet (even if it's a hike). No joke.

Things I had in my kangaroo pouch:

-Tissue roll in plastic (in case it got wet for some reason)
-Wet wipes
-Hand sanitizer
-Hand soap in a tiny Walmart shampoo container
-Glasses
-Contact case
-Contacts in contact case
-Clear Care hydrogen peroxide solution (overnight)
-Opti-Free solution (day)
-Tweezers
-Mirror (small) 
-Q-tips
-Neutrogena Facial Wipes
-Skittles
-Toothbrush mini kit (comes with toothbrush, floss, mouthwash, toothbrush cover, and toothpaste in a plastic pouch)
-Pepper spray
-Switch blade Knife (not to shank someone, but to open things...maybe. You wouldn't believe how much this came in handy)
             * I didn't have paper hand towel squares or sunscreen, but I should've totally added them

As long as I had this with me at all times, even sleeping in the tent, I was ok and didn't stress too much. I sucks to have dry lens and not have any way to clean your hands and "water" your contacts, so I didn't run into too much trouble. If it was a hassle to take, I did have another tiny shampoo bottle with hand soap and hand sanitizer in my purse. Believe me YOU WILL NEED IT!

One thing I thought was kind of odd was the fact that camper-people thought it was okay to steal someone's hand soap. It was like a free for all at some camping locations. I guess it's my fault because I placed the hand soap bottle off (way off) to the corner so when I got out of the stall I could use it, but there was always that person that was like. "Oooo, hand soap" (even if they saw me place it there).

When I went to shower, I had my shower caddy with me and a group of girls even asked if they could use my bar of soap in the caddy to wash their hands. I said, "Gross, no." Seriously, who even asks this of a stranger?

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Road trip: Home

 
My 21 Year Old Son
 
 
 
Cookie's Birthday Cake

Road trip: Salt Lake City, Ut

 
East of the Temple
 
 
 
The Tabernacle
 
 
 
South Side of the Temple
 
 
 
Hubby's Awesome Parking Job (near the gate)
 
 

Road Trip: Pendelton, Or

 
Who Knew It Was in the Middle of Nowhere?

Road trip: Twin Falls, Id

 
Sunset on the River

Road Trip: Multnomah Falls

 
Meet Our New Friend, Sam
 
 
 
Creek

Road Trip: Portland Japanese Gardens

 
Waterfall
 
 
 
I Like Pictures That Have a Path
 
 
 
Bigfoot?
 
 
 
Bridge to All Your Hopes and Dreams
 
 
 
Rock Garden

Road Trip: Portlandia

 
Cathedral Park Bridge
 
 
 
Mt. Hood
 
 
 
Cathedral Park Waters
 
 
 
This is the last picture they took from their campsite....I was seriously waiting for Jason Voorhees to make an appearance.
 
 
 
Milo McIver S.P. Party ;)
 
 
 
Portland/Milo McIver Llama
 
 
 
Guess Which Tent Was Ours

Road Trip: Redwoods

 
Trail to Humongous Trees
 
 
 
Prairie Creek
 
 
 
Hwy 1 in Redwoods
 
 
 
If You Look Closely, You Can See Bigfoot*
 
 
 
Spiny Tree
 
 
 
 
Pictures Just Don't Do the Tree Sizes Justice!
 
 
 
 
*Not really a Bigfoot....or is there?

Road Trip: San Francisco

 
Beautiful Old Barn
 
 
 
Golden Gate Bridge
 
 
 
Complete Golden Gate Bridge
 
 
 
I could swim from Alcatraz ;)

Road Trip: Santa Cruz

 
Approaching Storm
 
 
 
Poor Murdered Seal Pup with a Bite Taken Out of it
 
 
 
By the Pier

Road Trip: Highway 1

 
Before Santa Cruz
 
 

Pigeon Point (I Think)


 
Lighthouse Point
 
 
 
San Luis Obispo

Road Trip: Malibu

 
Malibu Shore
 
 
 
Stunning Waves

Road Trip: Lake Havasu

 
On the North Shore
 

Road trip: Wheatfields, Az

 
Our fishing rods
 
 
 

Beautiful Wheatfields Lake

Monday, July 21, 2014

Travelers (Not Gypsy)

With the glorious, albeit too short, summer ending soon, I need to upload pictures of our road trip to Oregon. It was rough trip and camping was a very unexpected treat. I do have a girls girl guide of essentials to camping I want to post.

Stay tuned...