Refugee 7 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 What is your idea of roughing it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Echosoftom 3 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Having to sleep on the sofa bed in the hotel, LOL! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WildflowerNJ 136 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Camping in a tent?.....I roughed it for 4 months in Mexico in the 70's...we slept some of the time in my boyfriend's truck (sometimes hotels when we went to the cities)....but that had a beautiful view of Punta Mia........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Starfish 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 no flush toilets, no showers - that's rough! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
notatall1234 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Having to sleep on the sofa bed in the hotel, LOL! haha!! I agree, though. I'm not much of an outdoorsy, 'roughing it' type of girl. sometimes I feel like living in my apartment is roughing it enough! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mary Jane 49 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 I grew up in a house with just one coal fire in the living room , in winter the ice used to be an inch thick on the inside of the bedroom windows .I used to wear more clothes in bed than i did in the day time ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildgator 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 sleeping in a tent and walking through the woods to get to the bathroom. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnolia 171 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 ^ Wow, Christine! That really is roughing it! I'll have to go with Nancy here and say no flush toilets or showers. Not my cup of tea. I love to camp in the mountains for about two days, then I start to miss a place to plug in my hair dryer, hot iron & coffee pot. Oh, and of course a magnified makeup mirror and HBO. LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Doxiejoe 1 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Not being able to sleep in a bed is roughing it to me. I'm not much of a roughing it kind of person either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wingspan91089 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 No air conditioning in the summer. lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wild1forever 152 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Camping, which is why I haven't done it in years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
asakitten 13 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Sleeping in a tent Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emmie 2 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 I've never camped because I always thought it would be too inconvenient. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
poppiesgal 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 No sleeping bag or bed roll. Only forgot that gear once - never again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kira 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 haha! Considering when we first moved into house, we had an extention cord plugged into the pole outside for light, a porta-potty, and a cold-water shower from hose (until December) roughing it can mean many things. I think roughing it is camping in wet and cold for days without more than tent and fire for relief - that bone-chilling cold that's hard to shake. In the heat, it's being in the jungle with so many biting insects that feet and legs swell up and make it difficult to walk, despite putting 100% deet directly on skin. With hiking it's having blisteres rubbed raw to point of bleeding and still miles to go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kira 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 one more - roughing it is having to break the ice off wetsuit before putting it back on and getting into kayak to paddle for day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieB 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 ^Yikes, I don't ever want to experience any of those things. lol. To me, roughing it is sleeping on anything less than an Aerobed and not having electricity, a nearby water tap, a Coleman stove, a real shower and a real toilet. So, I love camping, but not without these 5 things. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PumpkinBumpkin 1 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Sleeping in a tent, which I've done before. Its worth it for the stars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Wild One, Forever 2 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Sleeping in a tent with no bathroom or shower in sight. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KansasPettyFan 1 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Camping in any form. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AmyLou 5 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 ^ agreed - used to camp alot when the kids were small but each time is loses more and more of it's charm. Now a crummy hotel room is roughing it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jawallac 48 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Sleeping in a tent without a cushy mat, no flush toilets... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
agirl 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 Staying in a Motel 6. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie 0 Report post Posted March 31, 2008 no flushing toilets. period. it is somehow physically impossible for me to "go" in the wilderness without needing a change of clothes. LOL!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pettyjunkie 0 Report post Posted April 1, 2008 No electricity at my grandma's, because all you hear is ticking from all the clocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
