Camping season is finally here

This time of year is a bit of a challenge for me. You already know about the length of football season, which ties up Friday nights. Small festivals and charity events are frequent to say the least, not to mention I am quickly getting back into wedding photography.

This creates challenges for one of my fond pursuits that we never get enough of. Camping. The daytime high's are finally reasonable, summer-like by northern standards, a balmy mid 70's to 80's by day followed by low 60's and even some 50's at night. I yearn for the next opportunity to get away from it all. The smell of pine trees. Siteseeing thru some small town that is barely on the map. The challenge of making smores with minimal mess. How many minutes will it take to pitch the tent this time.

Sheila and I have camped a few times a year since we bought our nylon condo. I mean that.. When we are at these campsites and see the tiny accommodations others use, it makes us glad to know ours is actually pretty spacious by tent standards. We are eager for the day when we will get a Coleman pop up or something with indoor dining options, but I hope to hold out on that till I am the big 40.

For now our menagerie of backpacks, headlamps and my old military stuff works just fine. We will try and take a few photos when we go up into the mountains this fall or wherever we wind up going.