The one promise I made myself last year was that I was going to spend more time this summer doing the things I like. Number one on the list is of course my favourite past time, camping.
For the first time in most of my working life, I now get *three* weeks of vacation a year, as opposed to two (I should also point out many places outside of North America get four to six weeks of vacation a year), so I’m looking forward to spending more time in the wilderness this year. I sent out a few emails to some friends tonight to try and figure out somewhere to camp.
Since I have a few close friends out by Calgary I’m debating taking a week off in July and camping up around Banff. I did the same thing last year, but didn’t really have that much time to kill. While I might end up driving, part of me is thinking I’d just fly to Calgary with a backback full of camping gear, rent a car, and spend most of my time near a lake.
Given that I’m fairly used to city life these days, most people would probably be surprised to know that a few years ago I was pretty heavy into the outdoors. I spent most of my weekends hiking the various local hills, and even took a week off and did the west coast trail (which is why I am comfortable taking only a backpack to camp with).
Any campers amongst you readers?
*Raising my hand*
And by camping I meant real camping. None of these car camping business. (Although car camping from time to time is quite fun).
*Also raises hand!
I’ve done a couple solo’s with limited gear. Something I’d really like to do again.
I love camping! We try to get out at least 3 or 4 times every summer.
I went camping for the first time ever last summer! It was only car camping and it totally made me want to try out real camping this summer.
K, June in Banff… then we’ll go to the nextMedia conference 😛