A Real Environmentalist

 

1. Beautiful, and you didn’t even mention the the satisfaction of doing it with so little. Bet that’s good coffee even if it is freeze dry, beat that Starbucks....

   Posted by Ric Brandt       07/11/2004  at  08:51 PM  



2. Freeze-fry? Yuck! Nope, real coffee grounds and drink it black and hot. Best damned tasting coffee in the world. Yes, it’s kind of a survival test to do it with minimal stuff. That gives me a GREAT feeling of satisfaction .. and confidence. Everyone should try it now and then.

   Posted by The Skipper       07/11/2004  at  09:04 PM  



3. I admire you for camping out in the snow & freezing cold and for leaving your environment as you found it.  I think a lot of us do our little bit for the environment.  My yard is a veritable sanctuary for the birds, squirrels, Daisey the groundhog & even racoons.  I have a butterfly garden so pesticides are banned as they can be detrimental to the butterflies.  Friday I found 3 swallowtail larvae on the fennel.  I brought 2 inside & placed them in an aquarium with jars of fennel for them to feed on, hoping that they will grow & spin chrysalis’ so that I will have 2 butterflies to release into the environment......Stay tuned for updates........

   Posted by Dottie       07/11/2004  at  09:19 PM  



4. I haven’t camped in years.  When I was stationed in Montana, my two son’s and I used to camp in the Bob Marshall Wilderness.  Nearest small town was 30 miles away and we were over 1 mile in altitude.  You can see satellites in those conditions.  There were also Black and Grizzly bear and mountain lions.  I kept a 45 automatic with “juiced” up rounds on me and under my sleeping bag was a Mosberg shotgun with a 19 inch barrel and pistol grip.  First three rounds were 00 buckshot and the other two were slugs.  My black lab came along too.  I miss camping.

   Posted by Bob       07/11/2004  at  10:12 PM  



5. I’m an outdoorsy person-though I’ve never been camping. The far Chicago south suburbs are loaded with woods. Usually it’s deer, racaddys-racoons-,oppossums and assorted birds,INCLUDING quite a few CARDINALS! Those Cardinals are actually pretty great-though if any of them pick up a bat all bets are off! Last year we had a small bird of prey zooming around my block and the ones ajoining it. We think it was a small hawk. Whatever it was, it made the sparrows hide in terror when it was around.
   Barb

   Posted by annoying little twerp       07/12/2004  at  06:06 AM  



6. Ahhh! Yes!  Brings back memories of a camping trip in Antarctica!  BRRRR!!!!!!  Bracing!  Invigorating! However, it sucked having to get up to pee in the middle of the (brightly lit and sunny) night!

   Posted by Vilmar       07/12/2004  at  07:21 AM  



7. Reminds me of a poster.

   Before earth day: Shows a park.
   AFTER earth day: Shows the same park covered with trash, posters, and torn up lawn.

   Caption reads: Be kind to mother earth. kill a hippie.

   Posted by Yogimus       07/12/2004  at  10:18 AM  



8. Leave no trace.

   This applies to camping and hiding the bodies of those who really piss you off.

   Posted by MAJ Mike       07/12/2004  at  10:49 AM  



9. MAJ Mike and Yogimus have just given me a great idea for my next camping trip. I wonder how much a dead hippie weighs? Maybe if I just invite one along for the trip then I wouldn’t have to lug the body into the woods. Hmmmmmmm ....

   Posted by The Skipper       07/12/2004  at  12:01 PM  



10. Just remember Allen, you need to do 3 things with that hippie.
    1. Shoot
    2. Shovel
    3. Shut-up

    Posted by Bob       07/12/2004  at  08:12 PM  



11. Allan - remember to wash your hands when you’re done!!  No telling where that hippy’s been!

    Posted by MAJ Mike       07/13/2004  at  02:41 PM  

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