Weather!  MEH!!!

Rainy day, thunderboomer day, curdled the cream day (ever try to add curdled cream to coffe?  Blech)(yes, thunderstorms DO curdle cream, I have a couple years of experiance on this note.)

So what does an introverted cat afficianado do when the kats is bored and perturbed about Thunderboomers and Alabama pissing contests moving into the area?

I make lists,,,

Introverts LOVE lists,   they give us foundation later when said list is put into use.  Todays list was “What should I have ready in tote to go camping on a moments notice?”  and the key point of that list was not determined by car camping, kayakamping, or hike out camping.   It was general ‘this is the bare bones stock, all else can be picked up enroute’ list.

Shelter list

H&H list (health and hygiene, to include the mental sort.)

Cooking items list

I know, completely boring and muhndaine(yes, I intentionally mis-spelled that,,,)  BUT, it kept me occupied on a day when idle hands will drive a man to thinkin’ and goin’ just a bit batty,,,,

And I found I need to purchase nothing to make those lists complete (other than food stuffs, and coffee,,,, but those are perishables, and will be the ‘enroute’ purchases.) (I will pick up a better sleep-pad, but its not essential at this stage.)

So now, I am setting that tote up, cuz this krazy ol’ Foo is gonna go camping again sometime soon.    Weather is one of the factors that was covered in the lists, and Brudda B and I had a refresher course in “Weather WILL turn on you” last time out.  It was WAY colder than predicted and I was shy a couple of items (I didn’t bring ANY fleecewear, and thats a no-no when the weather can get below ‘freeze your dick off while peeing’ cold.) (as well as forgeting my camp chair and other small items I thought I had, but found were still at home,,,,)

The only real difference between the types listed is weight: what can you carry,,, Car Camping is luxurious since you can pack most everything including the kitchen sink and maybe even a throne for the calls of nature,,,,  

Kayakamping is similar, but has space restrictions and some small weight restrictions (you ain’t bringing a bunch of castiron cookware on your trip,,,)(And extensive use of dry bags for ‘reasons’,,,,)

Obviously, the Hiking thing restricts you even more.    The current bag I carry comes in around 50# when loaded for bear.   Toss in a rifle (like my Henry .22) and ammo, and I am toting my max and limiting how far I can go a day to 10 miles.   These knees don’t absorb the abuse they did when I was Marine,,,, (and those loads were “OMG what was I thinking when I put THAT in there?????”    Typically 60%+ of my body mass was the norm.)  (and I am a Colonel  Cooper student: The only reason you need a pistol is to get back to the rifle you laid down.)(but I do like “ol Ugly” the 1911,,, gotta large soft spot for that pistolla, I do,,,,)

Thats not to say I NEED all those toys,,, I could and have gone with bare bones, knife on hip and some cordage, camping trips a time or three.    I enjoy them since they really get the brainium working hard, but Hey,,, I ain’t twenty sumpin these days; that shit wears quick.   Good to know I can, but that doesn’t mean its desirable. (AND, you will end up with ticks in strange places, EVERY! FRELLIN! TIME!,,,,AMHIK)  The upside to those sort of trips: you can cover a TON of ground when its just your body weight and the cloths on your back. 

You’ll also smell worse than a pig in a wallow when you return.  I don’t care how clean you keep yourself during the trip: Humans STINK, and our modern world will tell you that, when you look at all the ways we try to cover/mask the stenches. (and this is something that ANYONE that’s visited a Turd-world shithole can tell you with confidence.)

But, the day wanes, my tote is packed and secured for my future efforts, and I has an ELBee buzzin’ in me lap.   Makes me sleepy (and the rain is helping loads)  time for nap,,,

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