Camping update

Thought it was time for an update on Debbi’s Great Camping Adventure. LOL The most important point to report is….she survived!! It’s also significant to report that she and Jerad, as a couple, survived as well.

The morning they returned I spoke to Jerad first, I asked if there were pictures, and how it went. He said one of the relatives had taken video. I told him I knew people that might pay handsomely for copies. Here are some highlights:

• Six people and the dog were all stung by bees.
• Emily, who is easy going and usually ready to go along with most anything, was in the car at the crack of dawn buckled in and ready to leave for home.
• Debbi drove an hour and a half to the restroom. I asked if she did that every time and she said only once. I asked what she did the rest of the time, and she said she only went once! She claims to have gone 6 days before without use of the facilities when someone sighted a rattle snake. If that statement came from anyone else I’d have to call “Bullshit” but with Debbi I have to admit that I believe it.
• Not only where there no modern facilities, Debbi was also horrified by their consumption of beer and fatty foods. In her campaign to Not Go, she restricted herself to cheese.

Debbi is pretty much done with bare bones camping, but she is excited about doing some more things in the Gorge. However, she will be insisting on staying someplace with clean sheets, room service and of course, indoor plumbing.

Debbi - comfort = hell for somebody

Yesterday my good friend Debbi, and my next door neighbor Jerad, came over to borrow my 10x10 canopy for their camping trip this weekend. This is a trip Jerad takes every year with his family, but it will be Debbi’s first time. Every year they camp at the same place, it’s a pretty rustic place with no restrooms or camping amenities at all.

Frankly, I can’t wait for Jerad’s photos. Debbi’s idea of roughing it is having to give herself a pedicure, and even then she will have every pampering product known to womankind to finish it off. Debbi is a material girl, and most of her materials need electricity to run, and she needs adaptors that accommodate multiple plugs. In short, I’d pay good money to watch her “rough it” for even a day. Longer than that would just be cruel.

Given Debbi’s love of electricity, plumbing and overall general comfort, we have been speculating on how long she will last, and/or what excuse she will come up with to come home early or move into the nearest hotel.

What the hell was Jerad thinking? He’s been dating her for two years he should know by now that she can make him pay dearly for something like this.

Yeah, these picture ought to be something.