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07-29-2017, 04:27 PM | #41 |
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That's like the complete opposite of people who are afraid of confined spaces.
Areas of wide open stretches of flat Midwestern (or FL?) land = ? Actually I guess that really is a thing. I prefer coastal living, mostly suburbs, though the midwest is okay. I think the ONLY thing that would drive me nuts is one (or more) of the cicada species that live in part of it. People must tune those buggers out. I'm so used to ours that just go up in sound slowly getting louder, hold the volume for a moment, then slowly back down in volume, then done. Ones I heard in part of Kansas (grandparents originally from there so my mom was telling me the cicadas were crazy there) were all up-down-up-down-up-down -- eeee-EEEE-eeee-EEE-eeee-EEEE-eeee-EEE-eeee-EEEE-eeee-EEEE... omg make it stop. No. No, thank you. edit: You seen this one, Cubed? Last edited by IndigoErth; 07-29-2017 at 04:34 PM. |
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07-29-2017, 05:17 PM | #43 |
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I would read books since I enjoy doing that anyway and I would write too. I don't go online as much as I used to and feel it's not necessary to have it to live. I only watch TV at night and sometimes during the day if there's anything on. I don't think my dad would survive because that's all he does is watch TV. Then again, he really doesn't have anything else to do besides that.
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You've been to Assateague? Cool! I've always wanted to see it. Misty of Chincoteague was one of my favorite books growing up, and seeing the wild ponies there and maybe getting to see Pony Penning Day (if they still do that) is something I'd love to do. Quote:
You would go positively nuts here in Texas then. Farmland and hilly plains everywhere. And woodsy wildlands too. Yes we have big cities but they are far apart- it's an 80+ mile drive from my home town growing up to get to Dallas, and that is the nearest "big city" of the kind you mean. Fort Worth is further rhan that- though I currently live closer to it than Dallas. Both are pretty big, but are surrounded by small suburbs and vast farm and ranchland areas. Quote:
Lol yeah we mostly tune them out. Or just sit outside in the evenings and listen to them in summer. We get the ones you were talking about here. They are big suckers too! Bright green with metallic gold sheen on the head and wings. Pretty, but alien-looking. The call is just like you described it. But it's fairly constant so it is just background noise after a few minutes.
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I live in a fairly urban to suburban area and I still have deer ....and coyotes and owls singing all night...and treefrogs. Those are loud. And we have cicadas. I don't even pay attention to them.
I LOVE camping. And sleeping outside. I'd be fine without tech for a week.
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07-29-2017, 08:14 PM | #46 |
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After I plan out with my friends, I'd probably do these:
There's probably more, but these are the major examples I'd do, especially the big party.
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07-30-2017, 06:56 AM | #48 |
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Go insane because I wouldn't be able to talk to my family. Also, my books are electronic these days.
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07-30-2017, 11:16 AM | #49 |
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08-31-2017, 09:24 AM | #50 |
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Like others have mentioned, I usually go camping as well. I actually go quite often, over the weekends and what not. The Pacific Northwest is like a camper's and hiker's paradise...so many beautiful areas to see! My boyfriend and I find that tent camping is also very affordable for us, and it allows us to explore and travel. We're also very outdoorsy and we have a crap ton of gear and multiple tents! Oneday when we can afford it, we'd like to get a camper, or at least get a VW Westfalia or camper van of some sort, but we'd probably still use our tents too.
We go to our usual spots but also try to hit areas we've never been to. Let's see...this summer sofar we've camped twice by Hood Canal, then we camped at Bumping Lake twice (by Mt Rainier), last week we camped overnight on the Pacific Coast, and then next month we'll be doing our BIG summer camping trip that we do every year, and we'll be going to Idaho near Hells Canyon! Looking forward to that! Never been to Hells Canyon or explored enough of Idaho. Even Oregon we've only seen so much of, mostly the coast, and also Crater Lake. Last year we took our big summer trip down to northern California and did some coast camping, forest camping, and even camped along the Oregon Dunes on the way back up to Seattle. It is fun to camp if you don't mind doing without some modern conveniences (although we have a bit of a workaround with that), and have an adventurous side. But it's not for everyone, as I see some people posting about. I like Jim Gaffigan's take on it, as he's also a non-camper, lol!
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08-31-2017, 03:41 PM | #51 |
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If I had a full 7 days with no outside interaction.... I'd get my comics sorted and probably end up stuck, sitting on the floor surrounded by 10k comics and not be able to get out for another week....
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We have occasionally backpacked but damn it's a lot of work and MUCH more planning is involved! We have done "dispersed car camping", meaning you drive along a US forest service road for a ways, and when the road becomes more gravely you'll oftentimes find already-existing campsites, complete with a rock-surrounded, primitive firepit. No bathroom or picnic table though (potty in the woods and bring your own folding table/chairs). These sites are made by the US Forest Service and are completely free. For primitive, low - no cost campsites like that, you can also find them here: https://freecampsites.net/
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2...-colorado-spd/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...-b-c-1.3069202 http://www.denverpost.com/2017/07/14...ard-human-dna/ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=128833170 http://www.oregonlive.com/today/inde..._texted_t.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.5b2b81a0260d More often than not you'll be OK... until the one time you're not. Are you guys just going to campgrounds with other campsites with lots of people around, or all by yourselves far in?
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Well as I explained in my last post, usually we go to campgrounds. As for bear attacks, let's think of it this way - there's always sharks in the water and there's always a risk of a shark encounter or attack if you swim/surf in the ocean. But as you just said, more often than not, there's no danger. Most animals fear humans. You get occasional instances of brave, fearless animals, who will attack people in the ocean/campgrounds, but it's not the typical behavior. Even the articles you posted, which I briefly skimmed thru, even said that "This is not typical bear behavior" or something like that. Which I firmly believe. Hell, when we camped at Bumping Lake the first time this summer, we encountered an elk that was pretty close to our campsite! Was quite amazing actually! But it was not a threat, and we had no other animal threats. The worse we've encountered is raccoons getting into our stuff! So annoying! Esp. since the one time we left our food outside, it was in close (snap)-lidded bins! We've learned since then, and only store food in our car. Also, I think perhaps other campers in these instances you mention, may have left food outside overnight, which is a HUGE NO-NO!!! Those are what you call novice campers. Course bears could be smelling the food cooking at dinnertime, but still....in all the years I've camped we've never had any scares. Again, most animals aren't that fearless. I myself don't live in fear. I'm surprized you mentioned this actually, considering you yourself do more remote type camping, in which a bear encounter is much more likely. Also if you're gonna be camping in bear country it's important to be "bear aware" and get all the facts about the area and bears and their activity of that area. When we did our big summer camping trip at Glacier Nat'l park in 2014, we knew it was bear country and that if you hike in there you need to wear bells to scare off any nearby bears. Also all the campgrounds in that area had bear food storage closets. Though one of the articles you linked did say that despite the bear closets, that one bear still raided the campground. Again, HIGHLY unusual for a bear to do, esp. in a highly populated campground!
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What I researched is that the bells alert the bears of your presence. What you DON'T want to do is happen upon a bear and surprize it. That's the theory anyway. They aren't perfect though, and not all types of bears respond to them the same way. The spray idea is a good idea, if we're hiking in a highly-populated area like Glacier again. Here in WA all you got is black bears and they aren't as aggressive as the brown bears of Montana. I'll admit, I was a bit more fearful myself camping and esp. hiking around Glacier (in Montana) after everything I heard about the bear problem there. But I still did it, and there were other hikers nearby so that put my mind at ease. Plus I was always looking out.
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I will second all of what Lusardo said. Bears are by and large more afraid of humans than humans are of them. Reason being- humans in the woods often like to SHOOT at them. Or anything else in the woods for that matter. Animals know what guns sound like even if they never see one and they know to stay away from the odd two legged creatures who make that loud noise. It is normally only when a dumb human stumbles into the path of a bear or cougar without pryor notice that something bad happens. And I can assure you that if you happen upon one THAT close, chsnces are that shotgun or whatever wont do you any good because the animal will be on you before you could even bring it to bear. (Heh see what I did there?) Bears can run at up to 35 mph and cougars can leap 12 feet or more and run about 40 mph. In other words either is much faster than a human. If you are close enough for it to be a threat it will probably reach you before you can aim. Then all bets are off.
That said, most camping areas are too heavily trafficked for most animals to go near- barring the occasional enterprising raccoon coyote or skunk. Personally I'd be more concerned about skunks in the woods than anything else, since they have almost NO fear. (Why should they? Even bears will think twice about messing with one. And they WILL run AT you if they feel threatened- because, stink.) The only other REAL danger is snakes. They are often difficult to spot and unless you know which are venomous, it can be hard to tell the difference. They also like to hide in nooks and crevices, or sun themselves, and humans can easily blunder right into one. And most give no warning before striking- except rattlesnakes who at least have an "alarm" that goes off before THEY do.
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Don't most bear encounters happen because people aren't careful with their own food, not because bears view people as walking steaks?
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