[Rockhounds] Accommodations (Was: Vehicles)

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

About twenty years ago I took my family camping on state land in our
tent. The site we found along a fire trail was an oxbow loop in a stream
that was lined with lady-slipper orchids and mint. We've been back, but
nothing beat our first visit.

Camp got set up, an old firepit was revived at the tip, overlooking the
stream, and life was good. There were interesting rocks in the stream
(thanks to the glaciers), and some went home for tumbling.

That first evening we sat around our campfire admiring the stars,
talking, and listening to the calls of the whip-poor-wills around us. We
noticed one particular bird kept getting closer. Whip-poor-wills tend to
visit a sequence of stations each night and call as they identify their
territory.  

Then my almost teenaged daughter froze, as did the rest of us. A
whip-poor-will had landed on her head. It gave its call a couple times,
and flew off. It was my first encounter with this nocturnal bird. None
of us will ever forget it.

Kreigh




John Siebel wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Junkroski"
> >We have slept in 35 cent a night "hotels" in Peru ( we couldn't camp
> >because of the insurgent attacks ),...
> 
> While those of us who are currently experiencing winter (and long to be
> whacking rocks) are yearning for that perfect vehicle, I thought it might be
> an interesting thread to discuss the weirdest, most primitive (or high-end),
> most dangerous or coolest place that members have camped, boarded or
> otherwise racked out during a rockhound trip. I've got some input (Yucatan
> and a funky little place in Butte, MT come to mind) but I'm too damned tired
> from splitting firewood to elaborate right now.
> 
> John
> 
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