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Post by vikx on May 7, 2013 21:56:16 GMT -8
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Post by vikx on May 7, 2013 21:56:47 GMT -8
Well, that didn't work.. Give me some time.  |
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Post by Ross on May 8, 2013 9:23:12 GMT -8
We use to Glamp. However, we got tired of getting up in the middle of the night because we heard the beginnings of a heavy down pour and rushing around trying to keep everything dry. Also, it took a bit of time to put everything out and then to pack it all up. We love to see others "Glamp It Up" when we are at gatherings. Attachments:
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Post by vikx on May 8, 2013 10:02:56 GMT -8
I hear ya! A lot to pack for a "normal" trip, much less unpack when you get home...
Still having picture problems. Drat.
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Post by therev on Jun 25, 2013 20:36:45 GMT -8
now hold on there bobalooee  apparently I need a definitive definition of "Glamping" lol Ive always been under the impression that GLAMPING was just glorified camping ..ie...1-close to washrooms and showers...2-not too far from civilization...3-close to a liqour store ...4-hanging out with likeminded loonies  I come from the 'car show-show n shine' world.....so GLAMPING would be the equivalant to packing your stantions and display to a field show?? ....(not that thats a bad thing) keep in mind that Im fairly new to this...so NO judgement or sarcasm is intended  |
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Post by mobiltec on Jul 15, 2013 15:07:25 GMT -8
To me, it's anything functional. That could be anything from a bottle opener to a urinal hanging from the tree, or the trailer! Lot's of lighting, big fire and at least 3 different kinds of beer... Oh and gotta have the dog along.   |
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Post by bigbill on Jul 15, 2013 16:01:20 GMT -8
Speaking of Dogs Have you found a new buddy yet?
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Post by mobiltec on Jul 15, 2013 16:05:31 GMT -8
Speaking of Dogs Have you found a new buddy yet? Well let's just say that my new four legged friend hasn't found me yet. Here's a video of some "Glamping" near Death Valley... |
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Post by Hamlet on Jul 15, 2013 16:52:50 GMT -8
Hmm. Hamlet's people may have to rethink the glamping thing. We have thought of glamping as frou-frou, but if we look at even boondocking in the desert with Hamlet, what we do is absolutely the Ritz when compared to backpacking. Geez I hate it when someone challenges my "well thought out" opinions!
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Post by cowcharge on Jul 24, 2013 17:26:03 GMT -8
I always assumed glamping was glam (as in Bowie-style glam[our] rock) combined with camping. As in wildly over-decorated, hehehe.
Of course when a man does it it's called being badass...
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Post by vikx on Jul 24, 2013 22:56:54 GMT -8
Love it, Cowcharge!
Men collect old stuff and like to show off. That's the definition: Badass Glamp!
So come on guys, show us how to glamp...
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Post by dsadki on Jul 25, 2013 4:32:57 GMT -8
Mobiltec thanks for the video. That part of the country is such an extreme from my wood covered Tennessee hills. We traveled to Arizona and New Mexico last year and really enjoyed exploring that part of the country.
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Post by Hamlet on Jul 25, 2013 17:15:51 GMT -8
To me, it's anything functional. That could be anything from a bottle opener to a urinal hanging from the tree, or the trailer! Lot's of lighting, big fire and at least 3 different kinds of beer...  Hamlet's lady person can not imagine a circumstance that would cause her to define glamping as "a urinal hanging from a tree." I guess that's why sometimes guys just have to do things without the women in their lives.  |
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Post by cowcharge on Jul 30, 2013 10:53:33 GMT -8
Other than the flamingo and the Elvis chicken, I didn't see anything in there that I thought approached glamping... I don't think glamping is simply bringing more modern conveniences than you had tenting with the Boy Scouts in 1972. It's putting up velvet brocaded curtains and a chandelier. If Liberace decorated a camper, THAT would be glamping (to me, anyway).
I doubt I'll ever put anything in mine that would qualify as glamping (including tree urinals, isn't that what the tree is for?). I'm just not into busy decor, wild patterns or knicknacks. Describing something as "kitschy" or "campy" is a perfect reason not to buy it, lol.
Years ago, an old friend's girlfriend put a table in their very cramped mobile home, just to fill it with little white porcelain figurines of puppies and kittens and big-eyed hobo kids and crap. I shuddered every time I walked by it. A four-foot circle of floor space and a table, gone for nuthin'. My friend and I called them BB-gun targets.
And I have a hard time understanding bringing along a vintage radio that doesn't work (sorry, whoever that was). Why not just fix the radio? I'm just a dull guy, I guess.
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Post by mobiltec on Jul 30, 2013 11:38:00 GMT -8
I brought a bug zapper just to see if we could run the solar power system down which we couldn't seem to do. Now folks... If you want to have some fun.... Take a bug zapper out into the forest or desert and hang it from a tree at night and light it up. It will look like some kind of invasion with all the incoming bugs from miles around being attracted by the zapper. Ours actually started to catch on fire there were so many big bugs stuck in it after a few minutes. We had to turn it off. A little too much for Glamping I think.
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