Ryanwb

Can I get a line on this?

First camping trip, little kids....not gonna do it, not gonna do it

FischerKing

Little kids - ugh. Is he taking Mike with him? Because that's all that Mike was talking about this past week was camping this weekend...

Shawn

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KingofCards

I might come back alone...

Just kidding. Actually they might ditch me there.

"Go get wood!" "Fix your own damn line!" "Grab me a beer!"

I will be the KingofCamp.

"Aahhh the tent goes up this way!"

"No it doesn't, look at what the directions say."

"Listen to mommie, it needs to go this way" as the two dogs jump into the tent knocking it down.

I have been camping enough that I will just say "Guess we are sleeping on the ground under the stars tonight."

No way we leave early though. Good bet, I would take the $10 plus the points.

I don't care if it starts hailing, we stay till Monday. Unless my truck starts getting damaged.

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Ryanwb

So are you still alive?

KingofCards

Just got back today. Decided to stay an extra night.

We got to the camp at 12:00pm on Sat. and started setting up the 6-man tent. We could not find the instructions and the wind kicked upto 30mph. It took us 1.5 hours to set up the tent. I was ready to kill someone.

Anyway, the wind was horrible all day Saturday, and we never left camp. 5 minutes after we went to bed it started pouring. It poured til 3:00am.

We woke up to mud, wet wood and more wind and soon had muddy dogs and kid to deal with as well.

After that it warmed up a bit and was nice off and on. I caught a 5 lb Catfish and a Largemouth bass at Lake Mary, both unexpected since I thought there were only Trout and Pike in that lake.


Anyway. The kid decides to play with the stringer and lets the fish go, stringer and all.

I was ready to kill him.

The next morning we woke and I felt too lazy to tear down camp so we decided to stay another night. I caught another Catfish, and we feasted last night.

Overall it was a good trip... The dogs were actually good in the truck, I was surprised. I still have today and tomorrow off so that is a bonus, a vacation from my vacation.

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Chandler Mike

Where is Lake Mary at?

We camped at Woods Canyon Lake this weekend, bitter, bitter cold at night, they wouldn't allow campfires until late once the winds died down...

Mike

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KingofCards

It is South of Flagstaff. I camped off of Stoneman Lake Road.

No campgrounds or any other people for that matter. In fact the site that I go to wasn't a campsite until me and my buddies made it 8 years ago.

The campsite is about 20 miles south of the Lake. We just wake up early load the truck and drive to the lake.

I hate concentration camping, such as they have at Woods Canyon. Did you do any fishing?

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Chandler Mike

Yeah, I don't like it either, but when you have women with you, bathrooms are a must, lol.

If I was on my own, it would be off the beaten path, where we find the campsite ourself, dig a hole for the campfire, put a ring of rocks around it, etc.

We didn't fish, but did see the lake and have a nice hike down the spillway for about 3 miles.

Also saw 5 Elk, they must be used to people, I got within 80 feet of them at one point, maybe closer. I got some good pictures, will have to pass them on.

Mike

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KingofCards

That was one that I was disapointed in, we saw no Elk or deer.

The only animal we saw was a 5 foot tall stork or crane or something, standing in the middle of the Highway. We almost hit the thing...

Look forward to the pics..

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