DawnM Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 sad, but true. I posted before I left about camping with no running water. Why I chose to have that as my first camping experience with the boy scouts I am not sure :glare: Day 1 was fine. It rained overnight, but it went well. Day 2 started fine. I went into town with some of the ladies, DH and the boys stayed behind and hiked and went in the creek with the boys. Around 5pm it started raining. It poured. It stormed. It never let up. We measured about 8 inches of rain in 3.5 hours. We had no way to roast our dinner or dessert, so we used someone else's camping stove and boiled out hot dogs.....ick.....and then we ate them in the car. By 8:30pm DH checked our tent.....sure enough, in several places there were huge puddles of water on the floor of the tent, and it was still POURING rain. We bailed. We packed it up and headed home. So, if I choose to camp again (which I am sure I will need to) I plan to buy a camping stove, an awning, a table, and only go if there is running water for toilets and showers. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I do not consider you a failure by any stretch if it literally rained 8 inches in 3 1/2 hours? Surprised you didn't wash away! I'm ok with no toilets/showers for a few days. We love our camping stove though! We have a huge test (8 person for 4 of us) and that helps too if we need to be in. We do not have a table or an awning though. We have nice camp chairs though and most campgrounds we go to have picnic tables at every site anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 sad, but true. I posted before I left about camping with no running water. Why I chose to have that as my first camping experience with the boy scouts I am not sure :glare: Day 1 was fine. It rained overnight, but it went well. Day 2 started fine. I went into town with some of the ladies, DH and the boys stayed behind and hiked and went in the creek with the boys. Around 5pm it started raining. It poured. It stormed. It never let up. We measured about 8 inches of rain in 3.5 hours. We had no way to roast our dinner or dessert, so we used someone else's camping stove and boiled out hot dogs.....ick.....and then we ate them in the car. By 8:30pm DH checked our tent.....sure enough, in several places there were huge puddles of water on the floor of the tent, and it was still POURING rain. We bailed. We packed it up and headed home. So, if I choose to camp again (which I am sure I will need to) I plan to buy a camping stove, an awning, a table, and only go if there is running water for toilets and showers. Dawn I think you did great! We bailed after one night of rain. And we had an awning, flush toilets, running water, and no puddles in the tent. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 You did fine. Camping in a tent in heavy rain is not fun. I would have bailed too. I have been camping with my family for many, many years, but I would never camp where there was no running water! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Baby steps, Dawn, baby steps. You basically had two good days (and one good night). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Camping in the rain kind of feels like being in a trap on an island. There's not much good to say about it until the rain lets up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillysmom216 Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 If it makes you feel better, camping to me is staying at a hotel without a bath menu. I think you did fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 Thank you. You have made me feel better. Noone else bailed so I felt awful. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusksAngel Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 This reminds me of a camping trip my family took (to Colorado). My father (the I know everything about the outdoors type) decided to put a tent up at the base of a "cliff". Mom warned him it looked like rain, but he insisted it would be fine. About an hour later, it started raining and it wasn't too long before the floats we had under our sleeping bags started to actually float. Mom told Dad we were going to do camping her way: A hotel without room service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sheesh! We recently got 1" of rain in an hour, and that was enough to make the corner of the roof on my HOUSE leak! AND it flooded the basement of my childhood home! I grew up camping, but my family had standards. ;) Awning, screen house, Coleman stove, running water, access to real toilets. In bad rain, we'd fold the station wagon seats down and sleep in the car. You're not a failure. You're just crazy for taking all that on to begin with! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I camped alone in the rain with a 2 year old for days! But I'm weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 I do realize I was crazy. :D On the way home (3.5 hour drive and we didn't get home until midnight) I told DH that I knew I had made the right decision. It was raining and thundering and lightening the entire ride home. Dawn Sheesh! We recently got 1" of rain in an hour, and that was enough to make the corner of the roof on my HOUSE leak! AND it flooded the basement of my childhood home! I grew up camping, but my family had standards. ;) Awning, screen house, Coleman stove, running water, access to real toilets. In bad rain, we'd fold the station wagon seats down and sleep in the car. You're not a failure. You're just crazy for taking all that on to begin with! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 WHY????? :confused::confused::confused: I don't see any good reason to have done that! :lol: I camped alone in the rain with a 2 year old for days! But I'm weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 :001_huh: You're ahead of me; I wouldn't have even tried! I should put this on my list of "things you won't do for homeschooling." I won't camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted August 22, 2011 Author Share Posted August 22, 2011 This is our 5th year of scouting and I FINALLY went overnight camping.....I have put it off for 5 years.....but I should have started with somewhere with running water. Dawn :001_huh: You're ahead of me; I wouldn't have even tried! I should put this on my list of "things you won't do for homeschooling." I won't camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterthanIdeserve Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 I grew up with a lot of camping trips and then moved onto 4-5 day backpacking trips (and then no camping or backpacking for several years). I've had some really great camping experiences and some pretty awful ones too. With that much rain, yours sounded pretty bad and worthy of a bail out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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