are we having fun yet?
got to camping field. gorgeous place - mountains all around, innumeral shades of green, blue sky, sheep, bird calls, and clouds never ending.
went to sleep in 2 person tent - 2 person that is if you’re 3 foot 4 inches tall. being 6 foot 3, my head pushed out one end, my feet the other, while my sleeping wife pushed me thru the side. being a camping neophyte, i didn’t know exhaled breath collects as condensed water on inside tent walls, so my head, feet and sides kept getting cold, wet. no room for me in the in.
my previous camping experience - when i was 7 to 10 years old, my folks would set up my big brass bed outside in the fields in the summer and i’d run like a mad happy banshee through the moonlight. only other experience is our 2nd night in england last august when we tried camping with the rainbow gathering people on their yearly gathering in grassington england. rainbow did not bring the tent and sleeping bags they’d promised us, so lady and i froze to death in the middle of sheep shit in a sheep field. i became hypothermic, started shaking uncontrollably. not a good start to our 12 months of traveling.
we walked to nearest town this morning. was told it was 2 miles, which should have taken no more than 30-45 minutes at our pace. took 2 hours 45 minutes. we’re going to buy a 3 person tent, let our backpacks stay in the 2-tent.
this is awkward - i’m used to writing my blogs on my own computer over a several hour period, then revamping before downloading on my dip stick and posting. for next two weeks, the rare times i get to post are real time at $6 an hour. so no cool prose and wicked wit. just me.
finally found a book to exciye me - pure genius - paul bowles’ The Sheltering Sky. takes place in morocco where we just were. glad we’re not there anymore, grateful we went. on the roof of our top floor apartment there we saw a big bird flying toward us - big got bigger got huge. it was an african stork. they stand 5.5 feet tall, with wingspans of 8.5 feet. blew my mind.
and so i’m off - gotta walk back with a new tent, ground mat, sleeping mat, two camp chairs, and some food. if i don’t make it, it’s been fun.
see you days or weeks from now.
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