She's said for years she would never go.

I just got home from 5 days in a tent trackside in Michigan last night. Today when I got up, I semi-jokingly asked if she wanted to go camping. She said yes. So in a mad scramble I reserved a full-hookup campsite about two hours away, hitched up my parent's camper (not pushing it with a tent) and started packing.

She's always said she would only vacation in a hotel. Last November I took her along for a race (GRM 2013 Challenge) in Gainesville FL and she was semi tolerant but we had a nice hotel room with separate beds and kid stayed with in-laws in Indy. Now she's agreed to go camping...

We have almost nothing in common, so when she goes along with my ideas, I always assume ulterior motives. Maybe she's starting to give in to my madness. We'll be gone for 4 days.

I'm already exhausted from my first trip, home for a day to knock out 5 days worth of chores. Reloaded the chickens feed and water, turned over the bedding, mowed the lawn, washed the dogs, and unpacked from my first trip. Repacked for the next trip and be leaving in 12 hours.

Time to relax with a glass of scotch and a cigar

I had the same situation but in reverse,,,

For 12 summers we went camping with the kids in Colorado.Had a camper and all the stuff. The last time we wentt a bit earlier than usual, 1st week of June. The 2nd day there it snowed 13 inches. My Broad had a hissy...

She said she would never go again and wanted all vacations from that point to include sand, sun and room service...

Have a great time,,

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Good luck! Here's a few tips:

1) Have coffee ready early every morning....

2) Make sure you have plenty of her favorite beverage.

3) Have fun.......you're gonna convert her into a camper! woot!

I took my then g/f, now wife, to our family cabin in N GA for the 1st time, I told her that toilet didn't work. That joke lasted about a day . . . LoL

When we lived in VA my son was a scout. On one campout, I was responsible for cooking dinner. Without telling anyone in advance, I cooked a big pot of crawfish etouffee over the campfire. Everyone kept telling how good it smelled while I was cooking down the onions and such. Then I pulled out the crawfish tails. Most everyone looked at me like I was crazy. A few even asked if there was gonna be something else to eat. I cooked enough for everybody to have first, seconds and some thirds. All I had to do to clean the pot was rinse it out. Every cookout after that, I got volunteered to cook another pot.

It's beautiful up there! Stayed in Blue Ridge but hung out down in McCaysville, GA quite a bit. Second year up there and we've decided that we'll be back next year also.

+1 🌫

Same here. Our camper has AC and 2 queen-sized beds. We take a microwave along too. But since we moved out into the sticks, we can have a camp fire any time we want AND flush toilets. And we don't have to keep the dogs on leads. We use the camper for the AC now since we don't have any in the house.

When the kids were little, we had this thing called a tent-in-a-box which was a 'camper' with a canvas tent-like roof. Had to be about 30 years old when we got it. Our friends called it the "Snack Shack" because the owners painted it red and white. But it had the benefit of having us sleep up off the ground....the only benefit!

We've had so much fun camping over the years. I hope she enjoys it!