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  • CopperC Offline
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    ![alt text](c0dc5dab-ca42-4f4f-83f7-782fdb85ccaa-image.png image url)

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    • markM Offline
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      Sequoia National Park was a highlight of our family excursion out west, back in 2004.

      Have fun!

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        Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

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        • L Loki

          Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

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          @loki said in Going camping...:

          Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

          A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.

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          • L Loki

            Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

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            @loki said in Going camping...:

            Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

            Yeah, the Wisconsin/Bay Area conflict will be interesting.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • L Loki

              Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

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              @loki said in Going camping...:

              Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

              You thinking maybe banjos?

              You were warned.

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              • L Loki

                Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

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                @loki said in Going camping...:

                Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

                Just picture an adventurous outdoorsy type doing adventurous outdoorsy things, while being fat and exhausted.

                It’ll be 115 degrees in Zion tomorrow. We will walk the Narrows. Tonight it’ll be at least 90 while we sleep. At least the Zion campsite has cell reception.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  @loki said in Going camping...:

                  Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

                  A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.

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                  @brenda said in Going camping...:

                  @loki said in Going camping...:

                  Very curious what Horace camping looks like.

                  A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.

                  Campfires not allowed, but portable gas grills are. I made steaks last night and will again tonight!

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.

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                    • brendaB brenda

                      Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.

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                      @brenda said in Going camping...:

                      Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.

                      We talked about it, and it remains an option, but for now we’re going to tough it out here.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        Dude. It's been a couple days. No pictures?

                        I've never been to Sequoia.

                        Please love yourself.

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                          Sounds like a great trip - enjoy and kill as many bugs as necessary to survive.

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                            One of our party saw a bear in Sequoia and snapped a picture:

                            bear.jpg

                            We went on an 8 mile hike there and I realized that 8000 feet elevation and having had the 2nd covid shot a few days earlier had taken something out of me. I almost died. But it wasn't hot, at least.

                            Then we went to Zion, where it was 115 degrees. We walked a little, but skipped The Narrows. We spent the afternoon cooling off in a river next to the campsite.

                            Next was Bryce Canyon, which was the most beautiful piece of the world I've ever seen. Cool to be able to walk around in it, too.
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                            Here's the whole party at the Mesa Arch. We went with my wife's friend and her family.
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                            Capitol Reef is interesting for how lush and green it is amidst the surrounding desert. There's even a functioning orchard next to the campsite.
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                            Here's a sign in the restroom at Arches National Park. It's really sad that our National Parks, which attract so many hippies and other leftists, have to go to these lengths to attempt to educate lefties about how to use toilets.
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                            We saw a mountain goat at the Grand Canyon. I saw him bound up a nearly vertical wall, but this picture is after he got up there.
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                            We hiked a total of about 50 miles across the parks, and I almost died on every single hike. That's how it felt at least. I couldn't absorb the water I drank fast enough, and ended up having to rest in shade due to dehydration more than cardio exhaustion. Actually two hikers died last weekend in the Grand Canyon. That heat was no joke.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!

                              The 2nd picture is spectacular.

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                                Great pics! Glad you shared...

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  Yeah, really!

                                  Thanks for posting those. Cool pictures.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Wonderful trip. That's pretty close to the bear!

                                    Seems bears are a recurring vacation theme this year at TNCR.

                                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      Wonderful trip. That's pretty close to the bear!

                                      Seems bears are a recurring vacation theme this year at TNCR.

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                                      @mik said in Going camping...:

                                      Wonderful trip. That's pretty close to the bear!

                                      Seems bears are a recurring vacation theme this year at TNCR.

                                      Repeating, even.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Felt like I worked very hard and didn't eat much, but I didn't lose much weight. I think super-hot weather can trick you. You aren't really burning that many calories, you're just dehydrated and exhausted from the sun. Your body shuts down more than it processes its fat for energy.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          Could well be. The body takes great delight in fooling one.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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