One unusual thing about camping in remote areas is that there is an excessive amount of discussion about bodily functions -- when to go, where to go, how long you can avoid going, etc.Much as I'd like to take in these sights and even knowing how much fun Tonya had, I can't see going camping. And camping with boating seems even worse, because you've got all that sun exposure. But that's just me. I love the Western landscapes. Taking them in, however, I have some strong preferences. Transportation: car. Where to sleep: hotel. Place to tend to physical needs: women-only bathroom.
UPDATE: I will note that I would be willing to go on the kind of rafting trip Tonya describes if I were paid enough. Putting a price on things like this is an Althouse tradition. I'm assuming a week-long raft trip, well-run, well-supplied, with people I enjoyed and through a landscape I wanted to see. I would do it for $1,000 -- the equivalent of "Star Wars" and an egg salad sandwich in Althouse valuation.
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Then you would have absolutely hated the vacation I just took which involved both camping and boating in California.
I posted pictures as well... because the landscape was absolutely gorgeous. Hit my blog and scroll down.
It's easier to avoid the sun than to expose yourself and protect yourself. The balance is different for everyone, and I'm speaking from the point of view of a very fair-skinned person, who has never had a tan or could have a tan, and who has suffered truly painful sunburns (of the sort you'd want to criminally prosecuted parents for letting a kid get today, but was just the usual first day at the beach back in the late 1950s).
I'm pretty fair skinned too... as is the great majority of my family. I was on the water for 4 days and came away with only one burn on my ankle (where I missed lotion). It's not as hard to do as you think.
I highly recommend Bull Frog spay on sun screen. It's incredibly good.
Growing up in New Mexico and being a geologist by education, I spent a great deal of time, in my younger days, outside, camping hiking. etc. But it's a season of my life that's passed. I prefer experiencing the world in a more comfortable manner these days. I'm glad I hiked above the timberline and rafted the white waters, but now I like a shower and an air conditioned room with a king size bed.
As my mother told my wife when I suggested a camping trip years ago, "my idea of 'roughing it' is a Holiday Inn". That has since always been my wife's standard response when someone outside the family suggests a camping trip for a vacation.
Jim: That's the way I feel. The last time I checked into a Holiday Inn, there was no high-speed internet!
Henny: For some reason, reading your comment made me decide to up my price to $10,000.
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