Did you drop in at the Sea Turtle rehab center? http://www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/ A friend of mine is the veterinarian there and the place is terrific and does great work.
Keith
Did you drop in at the Sea Turtle rehab center? http://www.georgiaseaturtlecenter.org/ A friend of mine is the veterinarian there and the place is terrific and does great work.
Keith
Not to cause a thread drift, but, how do you like these? I have been looking at these for a few months now and was thinking these would be great for the kids for around camp!Originally Posted by Riverpirate
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It's always best if your an early riser!
My wife and I set up our Hennessy Hammocks for the first time a couple of weeks ago at an overnight trip to the public campgrounds at our lake. Not too bad overall, but I had a couple of people ask in passing about it, and a lot of staring. The worst though was the reason I hate public campgrounds... an extremely intoxicated woman stumbling through our camp at about 10pm, knocking into things, ignoring my warnings about the guylines, and just screwing up all sorts of stuff. I think a bear would have done less damage.
I've only had my hammock in a 4x4 camp ground. So not too Many people. To fend off. The first time I set it up out side everyone was offering me tent space but when I jumped out in the morning ready to move and go wheeling. They where amazed when I reported to have been quite warm.
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Ummmmm...NO!
I intend to carry an extra (prolly the Traveler) for gear and the occasional try out request. However, some folks may be chased away with a stick...just sayin'.
No. We spent the days fishing an caught nothing due to wind blowing what seemed like 400mph!
Love them. In fact I just bought a second set. One set would not outline the whole tarp.
I restrained my self from commenting. Nope, not gonna do it, just keep reading the thread...
...then along comes Randy and I nearly spew my drink.
My brother "the Curmudgeon" and I are of a like mind. It's the "public" that I find displeasing.
In fact, I seem to be a Boy Scout/ Cub Scout magnet. As much as I respect those programs and many of the folks in them, I hope to never see another one at a campsite. In fact, I cannot remember many car camping trips where there have not been scouts.
It's not the boys that annoy me. It's the irresponsible, inconsiderate adults who are the ones that drive in to the campground late at nightwith their high beams turned on
who proceed to drive back and forth looking for a site only to decide upon the one across from me, (even though there are 2 dozen equally good vacant sites),
into which they back in while lighting up my already "shut down for the night" camp.
They are the ones that make most of the noise setting up in the dark.
It is with their approval that the sunrise bugler wakes up their camp and disturbs anyone else within a 2 mile radius
And it is thier lack of supervision that allows boys to run rough shod, screaming and hollering, through neighboring campsites well after the camps established "quiet hours"
The kids then learn to behave as they are allowed and spawn a whole new generation like themselves.
Yep, I guess that's why I like cold, wet, rainy days in out of the way places where I can enjoy the quality of my tarp and rain gear and the solitude which was the draw to the woods in the first place.
I also like the occasional group hang too.
After discovering winter camping and hanging this past winter, I can say that I will only visit public car camping campgrounds in the winter. The top 2 compelling reason are
1) Almost no other people there to bother you
2) No bugs.
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Agreed! That is why when my Tiger Cubs are older and accompanying me onto public lands they will know how to do it right. The lack of leadership, and true outdoorsmanship is dispicable. I lit a fire with firesteel for my kids and the parents looked at me like I was a caveman... and I loved itI restrained my self from commenting. Nope, not gonna do it, just keep reading the thread...
...then along comes Randy and I nearly spew my drink.
My brother "the Curmudgeon" and I are of a like mind. It's the "public" that I find displeasing.
In fact, I seem to be a Boy Scout/ Cub Scout magnet. As much as I respect those programs and many of the folks in them, I hope to never see another one at a campsite. In fact, I cannot remember many car camping trips where there have not been scouts.
It's not the boys that annoy me. It's the irresponsible, inconsiderate adults who are the ones that drive in to the campground late at night
They are the ones that make most of the noise setting up in the dark.
It is with their approval that the sunrise bugler wakes up their camp and disturbs anyone else within a 2 mile radius
And it is thier lack of supervision that allows boys to run rough shod, screaming and hollering, through neighboring campsites well after the camps established "quiet hours"
The kids then learn to behave as they are allowed and spawn a whole new generation like themselves.
Yep, I guess that's why I like cold, wet, rainy days in out of the way places where I can enjoy the quality of my tarp and rain gear and the solitude which was the draw to the woods in the first place.
I also like the occasional group hang too.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. - C.S. Lewis
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