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Ultimate Camping Thread

Discussion in 'Outdoors' started by davestaco, Oct 9, 2010.

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  1. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:13 PM
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    see this is why im afraid to hike europe....there are some crazy mofos over there
     
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  2. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:19 PM
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    Thank you for forever ruining Yelly for me :( That is the last thing that I want to see when I'm down there!
     
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  3. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:22 PM
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    Meh I would rather see a naked French guy in the bush than be stuck camping next to an American family any day. That and how often you you get to yell at people to get the hell out of your way because "Its just a dam elk/bison. Do you know how many thousand of those there are around here?"
     
    flightcancled, Mar 24, 2011
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  4. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM
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    i see what your sayin.
     
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  5. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:44 PM
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    my pack weight before I put the food in there for a 3 day trip... nice! :D
     
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  6. Mar 24, 2011 at 12:49 PM
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    One of my life goals is to backpack Europe! I wanna be one of those crazy mofo's!!! :D
     
    TacomaJack09, Mar 24, 2011
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  7. Mar 24, 2011 at 1:10 PM
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    A lot actually :eek: Road rage + buffalo jam = :mad: MTgirl I scream at a people almost every trip down there. Last summer there was a bear out and people were just abandoning their vehicles in the middle of the road...on a curve! I took the time to park off of the road and was the only one not asked by the rangers to move my vehicle.

    My favorite thing to do on busy days in the park is to find a road side pull out with no one around...pull over and have everyone in your vehicle bail out with cameras and binoculars at the ready...then just stand and point into the distance. Within a few minutes there will be a crowd gathered and everyone is trying to figure out what everyone else is looking at. Once total chaos has set in its time to quietly get back into your vehicle and drive away...and enjoy having the road to yourself for a few miles :)
     
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  8. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:04 PM
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    You know we thought about doing that, but never tried. I knew that would be a good idea! Yeah we learned fast that the buffalo herd crossings are an hour before/after the sun set/rise and to not be at their crossing at that time.

    Where do you stay when you are there? We have a favorite campsite at Lewis Lake that is never taken because you have to walk up a small hill to get back there, but once you do you are alone, and can't see or hear anyone but the lake and at night the wolves can be heard like 1/4 mile away howling. If you ever want to check it out its the the east most campsite in the loop that is furthest south at Lewis Lake (right next to the lake access road).

    Definitely the best thing we found to do in the park though was fish at Yellowstone lake from google earth I think it was Bridge Bay, but it was where ever all the fisherman can be found on one beach. They were giving it a go with flies and getting nothing, but I pulled Cutthroat like it was my job with one of these:

    [​IMG]

    It wasn't even fair. Those guys wanted to kill me! I was landing a ~22 inch trout at least once an hour from the far right side of the beach. This worked I kid you not for a week.
     
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  9. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM
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  10. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:25 PM
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  11. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:29 PM
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    :humble:I'm getting applause for being mean to tourists :confused: Oh well, I'll take it!
     
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  12. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:43 PM
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    not gonna lie.. I have done the same thing a time or 2... or 3.. :rolleyes:
     
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  13. Mar 24, 2011 at 4:45 PM
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    It works...trust me :eek:
    I'm down in Yelly A LOT...like at least once a month! I think some of the rangers actually recognize me and my truck by now. And I'm close enough that its usually just a day trip for me (90 minutes from my driveway to the entrance gates) but if I do camp in that area I either camp just outside the park to the west or north or in the park at Madison CG. Its big and crowded but I love waking up next to the river there...its one of my favorite spots in the whole park. And I always camp down in the Tetons too...love it there!

    oh...and if you're not flyfishing then you're not really fishing ;)
     
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  14. Mar 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM
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    there is never anything wrong with social engineering, i have done it a few times, but never anything on that scale...
     
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  15. Mar 24, 2011 at 6:31 PM
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    you guys are lucky...all we have that i know of around here are the AT and the linville gorge
     
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  16. Mar 24, 2011 at 8:03 PM
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    x2... i typically have to drive at least 2 hours to get to any kind of backpacking areas.
     
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  17. Mar 25, 2011 at 5:58 AM
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    Aaron, have you heard of the Knobstone Creek Trail in Indiana? It's 2 hours away :D, but a lot of people in the midwest use that trail to train for thru hikes on the AT. It's currently 58 miles, but they are connecting another trail to it so soon it'll be 100+ :)

    http://www.indianaoutfitters.com/Destinations/Knobstone_trail.htm
     
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  18. Mar 25, 2011 at 6:05 AM
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  19. Mar 25, 2011 at 6:19 AM
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  20. Mar 25, 2011 at 6:38 AM
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