The Camping Trip

for 2011

2011-02-18T20:52:00.002-05:00

every year, scheduling this hallowed event becomes more difficult.
but, let us do so nonetheless.

less than a week til OATMEAL

2009-09-27T15:28:00.003-04:00

looks like several will be meeting up outside of a2 around 11 or so for brunch on fri. shopping will probably be done nearer to kazoo.

a little over a month

2009-08-22T08:48:00.002-04:00

You- yes you, the walking anachronism. Pay attention.
So we're getting down to the point at which we need to make some arrangements. Admittedly, most of this will likely be done the week or several days prior to camping but these are things to consider. The good news is that we have done this enough to know at least roughly what needs to be agreed on and dealt with.
*As always, if you a have a decent chair with arm rests, bring it. This is not a new thing. you really should have this down pat but for whatever reason...
*Any one feel like meeting up on Thursday for the initial shopping? are we just gonna send a few fools to the K-mart in Battle Creek on Friday?
*I don't see any point in calling early for a keg unless some one feels the strong need for something exotic (not Miller lgt). Are you this person?
*Is everyone accounted for? I usually call each and every one of you mental midgets but didn't get around to it this year.
*Did anything important break last year? Should it be replaced?
*
*Any point to bringing the boats?

Now what???

2009-07-19T09:01:00.002-04:00

OK. We are on for Oct 2 thru 4
Park Name: FORT CUSTER RECREATION AREA
Campground:
FORT CUSTER RUSTIC STICK BUILT CABINS
(2009)
Equipment: RUSTIC CABIN
Site Name: TRAILSIDE
Site Attribute:
Arrival Date: 02-Oct-2009
Departure Date: 04-Oct-2009
# Nights: 2

Please start considering the following:

Whatcha gonna bring? Chairs, food, keg, horseshoes?

Who gonna drive yo ass? Paul, Paul or another different Paul?

You gonna meet up somewhere prior to the what-have-you?

remember: you are a grown-ass man and should be able to figure this out. keep in touch, fool.

Here's when I can't go for sure. Lets get this bitch knocked down!

2009-03-27T16:09:00.002-04:00

Weekend of June 20th Is right out.
Then I would prefer not to go until after July 17th, but I'm convinceable.

Don't you wish there was an app that showed all 4 months July-October that we could make marks on?

Sound Off!
Paul

Items for next year

2008-12-04T11:39:00.000-05:00

Let's start the list. I first recommend these:

http://www.greatbigstuff.com/shotgunshells.html

Add yours in the comments.

Someone else is going to have to go to the mountains and boom on shrooms with her

2008-09-25T14:21:00.003-04:00

Devendra Barhart and Natalie Portman are broken up, much to the delight of countless nerdlinger fanboys who fantasize like they have a shot with her. (WIMB)

Never Forget...

Go see Bleorg Blog!!!...

2008-09-22T12:54:00.002-04:00

Hey everybody, I've created yet another blog, just like this one but for all of our friends, except that it has nothing to do with camping.

Bleorg Blog!!!

I think that we can transfer all of our non camping shenanigans to a more public forum, and leave all of our camping shenanigans here.

Let me know if I've left anyone off of the invite list. My gmail addressbook is so out of date I don't know if everyone's getting an invite. If you want to add people I don't know, thats welcome too.

Just check, check-check it.

Greater camping through socialism...

2008-09-16T15:32:00.001-04:00

We, as a group, have demonstrated a great wealth of generosity for our fellow campers throughout our decade of camping excellence. We have steadily grown the camping trip in duration, style, and luxury; we have managed to bring new activities to the fold with the passing of each year. We are, if nothing else, evidence of our generation's meteoric rise from dirt-poor dorm kids to struggling 30-somethings. We have spent the last half of the first third of our lives at a near constant party, forcing our conscienes under the water in the vain attempt to keep alive desperate dreams of stardom, wealth and a plethera and variety of young and willing sexual partners to rival the brain-washed sex-slaves of the Pharaoh. We have spent the last years pounding our minds with enough booze and pharmaceuticals to convince us that it is only a matter of time before George Lucas reaches down with his mighty hand to scoop us up out of our vapid lives and to place us on the pedistals we so richly deserve!

No more! Peering past round the corner of idyllic young-adulthood into a crushingly empty vacuum of our unfulfilled middle-ages, bereft of social acclaim and the looming, ever looming realization that all things must die, we have seen the face of god.

And it is nothing more than a souvenir from Planet Hollywood.

...eh, I think I got off message. What was I talking about?

Oh, yeah. I was thinking it might be easier for everyone if we started a savings account to fund the camping trip. Here's the idea: We open a joint bank account, the kind that has a very small minimum and produces almost no interest. We name Tommy the executer. Everybody cuts a check, at their own convenience, for a previously agreed to amount (I suggest $150 or more), and mails it to Tommy before next June. We use that $1200 or whatever to fund next years' trip. Whatever's left over stays in the account, and we do the same next year. A few years down the road, when we've saved up a chunk, we can use it to make the camping trip a really special event, maybe rent a boat or drive to Montana or whatever.

Ideas? Feedback?

Mila deposits

2008-09-13T16:18:00.003-04:00

Online Spank Banking

McCain's Stimulous Package...

2008-09-06T11:32:00.001-04:00

see Sarah Palin pictures

After 3 and a half days in the woods...

2008-08-21T08:23:00.005-04:00

there's only one thing left

...an image was somehow burned on the wall

2008-08-18T09:07:00.004-04:00

Now, motherfuckers, now!!

2008-08-14T08:35:00.001-04:00

Get there, yo!

I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map I'm a map...

2008-08-13T14:14:00.004-04:00

I'M A MAP!!!

Here's some very useful google maps that Tommy previously posted in comments. I think they deserve to be their own post.

Old School:

New School:

Ya'll BEEN schooled:

Doesn't it look like he's being born of an upside down green vagina?

FYI.

2008-08-13T08:53:00.003-04:00

You should scratch "shampoo" from the list of sundries and to about one quarter of the sundry list add the parenthetical ("fucking covered with shampoo.") Obviously, I had some problems with repacking that I'll need to work to fix.

Also, I had a thought. Anyone have a small broom or small rake they can fit? Insides of tents get dirty and the underside of tents are oft filled with rocks.

See you all in the brush soon.

camping lists...

2008-08-10T10:10:00.026-04:00

Your personal checklist: (Stuff you need to bring, no matter who you think that you are or why you are special and unique)

clothes:
[ ]socks,
[ ]undie-roos,
[ ]shorts,
[ ]shirts,
[ ]jeans,
[ ]sweatshirt and/or jacket,
[ ]hat,
[ ]shoes,
[ ]sandals,
[ ]swim trunks,
[ ]belt

sleeping stuff:
[ ]sleeping bag,
[ ]pillow,
[ ]air or foam mat

medication: [ ] any that apply

[ ] Towel: see Douglas Adams

Sundries and good f*ckin inquipment:

[ ]deodorant, [ ]smokes, [ ]flashlight, [ ]chair,
[ ]knife, [ ]camera, [ ]sunglasses (that's the law 'round here, you gots to wear your sunglasses so people know you're cool), [ ]tooth brush, [ ]tooth paste, [ ]ca$hi$h.

If your name is:
PaulH, bring
[ ]Scrabble and
[ ]Connect four;
Nathan, bring
[ ]Bocce and
[ ]keg tub;
Trevor, bring
[ ]accoustic guitar;
Kevin, bring
[ ]crazy camping cooking pots;
Steve,
[ ]another cooler would be nice;
Curtis, bring
[ ]cooler, [ ]fish,
[ ]fishing rod
[ ]keg tap;
PaulB, bring
[ ]auxilliary tent,
[ ]whatever you can fit in the lez-mobile;
Tommy, bring
[ ]horseshoes,
[ ]hilbilly golf,
[ ]football,
[ ]pokerchips

As for the shopping lists, here is a rough idea--
Stuff we need FO SHO (non-food): [ ]firewood and ice will mostly be gotten up there
[ ]First Aid Kit [ ]Paper Towel [ ]TP [ ]Wipes (for your tushy and pus) [ ] Paper Plates [ ]Plastic utencils [ ]Solo Cups
[ ] garbage bags [ ]batteries needed (PaulB please advise)
[ ] fuel canisters [ ]Whiffle bat and some balls [ ]mixing bowl(s?)
[ ]disposable bowls

Kevin's No Surprise MENU:
Thursday night: fish (from Curtis) and snacks (Smores, granola, OCPs, cookies)
Friday Breakfast: Batter blaster pancakes (if available) or regular pancakes possibly
Friday Lunch: Sloppy jims
Friday Dinner: Steaks (or other fine meat) and Hobo Packs
Saturday Breakfast: Bissa Omlets and Bacon
Saturday Lunch: hot dogs and PB&J
Saturday Dinner: No Meat Chili
Sunday Breakfast: No meat sausage and eggs and cheeze on toast, and whatever is left over. Of course, hot dogs are available at any time.

Food and Drink list:
[ ] auxilliary beer [ ]Soda aka mixers [ ] Water [ ]Gator-ade
[ ]granola [ ]hershey bars [ ] marsh mallow [ ]graham crackers
[ ] Oatmeal Creme Pies [ ]other little debbie snacks [ ] No MEAT
[ ]bacon [ ]cheese [ ]bread [ ]buns [ ]hot dogs [ ] ketchup
[ ] Mustard [ ] A-1 sauce [ ] eggs or big ass egg-beater carton
[ ]pancake (blaster or ingredients) [ ] syrup [ ] butter or margarine [ ]potatoes [ ]onions [ ] garlic [ ]Steak or good meat [ ] canned diced tomatoes [ ]beans [ ]tomato paste [ ]more chili powder [ ] Cayenne pepper [ ]peppers (bell, hot, chili) [ ]celery [ ]No-meat sausage
[ ]Coffee [ ]Creamer [ ] Milk

Big thanks to Kevin for help and guidance in constructing these lists of food and Inquipment. and remember, he ain't cleanin no fish

less than a week away...

2008-08-08T17:10:00.002-04:00

Alright then, happy scrappy hero campers, we are probably the most organized that we have ever been. Curtis has done some networking and secured a keg. the weather report is for sun and mid seventies. Only a few things still need to happen before we head up north.
-kev is going to do up the menu followed by me doing up the shopping lists.
-trevor needs to let someone know when he thinks he will get to the sites.
-paul, paul, and nathan need to finalize their meeting up plans.
-i should probably find all the confirmation info and put up directions and a map.
-one of the pauls should have "the handle talk" with kevin.
-everyone should spend this weekend eating badly and drinking heavily as preparation
the order is: engage the silent drive!

Keg is ordered

2008-08-08T15:18:00.003-04:00

I have ordered the Keg from a store that is not to far off our way to the campsite. I will pick it up on our way there.

Interim Report: UPDATED!

2008-08-06T14:29:00.011-04:00

K-Rock coming at you live with no Jive from your nation's capitol. I am coming up with a prospective menu, which I hope to have online by tomorrow afternoon. I appreciate the inquipment inventory on the site: I think it will be helpful not just this year but in years to come. I also have my two nesting camp pots which will have the dust brushed off them and brought to the wilderness once again. I'll take a photo and have those added to the mix.

One question for the group: how would people feel about pancakes for breakfast? Specifically pancakes I get to make using this:

Here's a relevant link.

I would like to use it for the following reasons: It's organic, which fits in with our camping ethos of respect for the land, mixed with our ethos of laziness and it finally gives us something concrete to ask for when someone says "can you get your hand off of your batter blaster?" or "great, you squirted your batter blaster all over my face, AGAIN!" All good things in my book.

What we got.

2008-08-06T13:04:00.003-04:00

I've spent the last several hours cataloging and photographing the bulk of the camping equipment (ie. what I have.) As soon as I can find a way to make it work, I'll add my photos to Tommy's visual inventory at the right. Until then, here are two lists--one for shit that is static the other for shit that ebbs and flows.

Notable things missing? Plates, bowls, garbage bags, toilet paper, and any type of firstaid whatsoever. We should get that.

In keg beer and f**king you where you breathe,

P2

inquipment.

2008-08-06T12:57:00.004-04:00

8+ sets of silverware
can opener
2 egg holders (large eggs only)
7 skewers
super skewer
stockpot
cast iron skillet
small nonstick skillet
coffee maker
cutting board
coleman "tailgater" table
chefs knife
serrated steak knife
plastic spatula
metal spatula
plastic cooking spoon
2 oven mitts
2 lanterns
2 stove burners (only 1 seems to work)
campsoap
4 sponges
camp shower
insufficient fishing gear
6 misc. flashlights
2 stove lighters
3 hatchets
2 mallets
hand shovel
collapsible camp shovel (NEW!)
sharpening stone
sharpening stick
misc. rope/string
tarp
survival manual
4 work gloves
coozies
2 frisbees
toilet seat
5 purple PJG coffee mugs

sundries.

2008-08-06T12:56:00.004-04:00

2 firestarting sticks
3 citronella can candles (half-used)
6 ponchos
duct tape
medical tape
2 decks of cards
hand sanitizer
aloe gel (full bottle)
suave shampoo (full bottle)
sunblock SPF 35 (half-bottle)
ibuprofen (2 fullish bottles)
multivitamins (??)
several philip j. greco patented light-up pens/fish lures
foil (1/2 roll only)
lysol
some white kitchen bags
sugar packets
splenda packets
nasal strips
D Batteries (8)
solo cups (16)
paper towel (1roll)
nutella (still good)
PB (still good)
strawberry jelly (unopened - still good)
black pepper
salt
garlic powder
chili powder
honey
cooking spray
cigarette roller

Getting Down to the Frayed Wire...

2008-08-03T10:41:00.003-04:00

here's whats up. It looks like thursday of camping week will see the end of Kenobi and will also see the end of the rebellion. By which I mean Kevin and I (Chewbacca and Han) will be taking the Falcon (Elderly Ford Escort - Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs) up to the River (Dagobah) very early on Thursday. If everyone and everything fits, PaulB, PaulH, and Nathan (Boba Fett, C-3PO, Princess Leia) will be leaving the Livonia or A2 area (Tatooine or Cloud City) around 11 or noon. Meanwhile, Curtis (Lando Calrissian) will be leaving Lansing (Ice planet Hoth) also around noon. If all goes to plan (move along a trench toward an exhaust port) these two vehicles will rendevous in or around Flint (Mos Eisley) buy some stuff and then caravan up to the river (Dahgobah). Sometime on Thurdsday afternon or evening or friday Trevor (Jabba) will head up north as well. Lets all hope the old man got that tractor beam out of commission or that will be a real short trip. Sometime on Friday, Steve (Yoda) will come up and Saturday, John (Wicket) will join the rest.
Now we have to figre out who is going to bring what. Who is going to buy what,etc. Kevin will be providing a rough outline of the menu very soon and we will then assign responsibilities. now man your ships, and may the Force be with you.
NOTE: New Content. Just to the right is the NEW!! Online Visual inventory. We take some pics of our crap and briefly describe what it should mean to you.

Tommmmy seems irritable...

2008-07-29T15:02:00.002-04:00

OK, ladies,

We are mere weeks away from collectively growing a pair and returning to the wilderness. Put away your pink parasols and David Beckham Brand facial moisturizing balm and get involved. We need to put the last details together - figure out who is coming up when and who needs a ride, who is bringing what, who needs what, when and who are doing the shopping, etc
Here is what you need to do:

RESPOND!!

email, phone, or comment to the blog

If you can get to the campsite on Thursday please let me know so we can decide where to meet up and try to save a little on gas. If you are not coming up on Thursday, you should also let me know. If you have a decent chair or two, you should bring them or make some other arrangements or you will end up sitting on one f the old cruddy ones with no armrests even if you are uncomfortable. So there.

My guess is that early Thursday, Kevin, PaulB, PaulH and Tommmmy will be getting to the site and setting up and getting tanked. Thursday evening Curtis will show. Friday after work, Nathan, Steve, John and Trevor will all arrive separately because they are not awesome. Tommy will abuse his whiffle bat privileges. Prove me wrong.