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we hiked a bit around De Soto yesterday (Nebraska side), picked up dinner from a greasy spoon in Missouri Valley (pop. of 3,000 - no one was wearing masks whoops!), and then drove to the even more middle of nowhere, pulled over on a gravel road, and kicked back with dinner and games until we could see the Neowise comet. Used the Light Pollution Map app to find an area that was truly dark, and a 40x60 monocular to see it even at 10pm it was pretty fun! but the kids were up waaaay past bedtime and have been absolute poo poo shows all day today  also holy poo poo are the DeSoto trails overrun with invasive species. pokeweed, horsetail and tree of heaven loving everywhere
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Sab669 posted:Do any of you camp solo? What do you do for entertainment? I don't really have any "outdoorsy" friends, but I've been wanting to do more backpacking / primitive camping this year. But camping alone is depressingly boring a few years ago we camped out in Sage Creek, SD which has room to pull up your car, but is very primitive and required enough gravel road that the bikers didn't camp there when we accidentally went during Sturgis but who did show up were lots of single middle aged men, and this is what they, invariably, did: pull up in the evening, get out a folding chair and watch football on their iPads. Then at dusk, they put cardboard on their headlights, start their trucks, and sleep in their cabs all night. none of them seemed particularly happy, but anyway, that's what they did for entertainment. football on ipads.
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The Aardvark posted:Last night went out to Anza Borrego Desert State Park to see the comet. Also the first time my wife has seen the Milky Way in person so that was neat. the comet is really cool! first time I've seen one since the 90s was not expecting the little triangle it made
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Jul 19, 2020 23:39
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Sab669 posted:And sitting around staring at an iPad while camping seems like an odd thing to do, but who am I to judge I suppose. *sotto voce-ishly* they are there for anonymous sex
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Jul 21, 2020 22:43
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PokeJoe posted:camping w no fire during a burn ban just isn't the same. anyone got any camping life hacks to make it better pocket rocket and make your own dried meals basic idea with an example recipe: https://www.msrgear.com/blog/homemade-backpacking-meals-just-add-water/ I'll say powdered peanut butter and freeze dried chicken are a bit pricey but go along way and are totally worth it
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