Life In A Tent – Blogging at the Library

I decided to use the same title as Donna used, just for laziness’ sake.

It’s chilly in Ohio this time of year. At the first campground we stayed in we were able to enjoy the warmth and beauty of campfires in the ring on our site. The sunsets were also beautiful there as our site was on the top of a rise looking down over other camp sites, countless trees and the nearby lake was slightly visible.

We had a ceramic safety heater that was more than ten years old. I had purchased it before Donna and I ever met, as I had always enjoyed camping. That old heater put out just a little bit of warmth, which we were very grateful for, especially after spending a night without it. So, yesterday we made a trip to Home Depot and purchased a new one for less than $20. What a huge difference. This new heater will actually cook us out of the tent when set on its highest setting. We quickly figured out that the fan inside my old heater had bitten the dust long before the heating element gave out. Although we had been toasty warm under our covers with the old, we can now be toasty warm outside the covers thanks to the new.

One of the greatest things we’ve enjoyed on our cold mornings is the making of waffles on our electric waffle iron. The heat and humidity that the device puts off, as well as the lovely aroma, which both fill the inside of our tent is seriously a pleasure. And speaking of humidity, one of the biggest downsides I’ve experienced has been the dryness. My hands were chapped, cracked and bleeding in spots and my nose has been running a bit of blood from the same problem. Using a bit of antibiotic cream on my hands has cured the problem on my hands. We hope that setting a pan of water in front of the heater will help my nose.

We haven’t had a campfire at our new locale. It’s been raining since we’ve been here and the fire ring is out in the open. We are hoping for a few days of clear weather so we can use the fire ring. We both love conversing and starring at the fire and Donna loves to cook over it as well. I like to eat what she prepares cause and am very thankful that she is such a wonderful cook.

Once we have a sunny day I’ll take some pictures of our new campground to share with everyone. I have a few of the first campground we stayed at (not many) and will try to get them resized and uploaded in the days ahead. Since the local library is closed on Sunday, we won’t be back to blogging until Monday.

The campground we are at now is a privately owned, family campground. It reminds me very much of a campground in upstate New York where I spent a summer as a Work-Camper over ten years ago. For those who don’t know, a Work-Camper is a person who provides a few hours of work per week to the campground in exchange for a free camp site. Back then the Workamper News was the only publication (at least that I knew of) which published listings of both campgrounds seeking workers and workers seeking campgrounds. Now days there are now several web sites available for people who wish to seek work-camping opportunities. One of them comes from the publication I had heard of years ago and is found at www.workamper.com; there is also another web site that I have yet to investigate thoroughly at www.work-camping.com which also looks promising and detailed.

One of the biggest things I’m finding time to do in our current situation is work on edits for some writings I’ve completed with hopes to shop around. Please wish us luck.

That’s it from me for today.

Have a good weekend everybody.

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