How many women camp without a male partner?

[cndlzrus]

Whether you are single, married or in a relationship, do you go out camping with our any male help?  I am kicking the idea around of taking my kids out, when the hubby as to work..

[wavery]

Whether you are single, married or in a relationship, do you go out camping with our any male help?  I am kicking the idea around of taking my kids out, when the hubby as to work..

It's impossible..................can't be done............you've GOTTA have a man along.............that's the law.................it just can't work so forget about it. You've gotta have these manly muscles, a deep voice and hair on your chest (unless your name is Dave :p )......:sombraro:


NICE TRY.................. :Z


Just out of curiosity.........are you blond? :yikes:   You may have to back that thing up you know........nope........can't be done.......a woman......... :J .....you've gotta be kidding me..... :yikes:

[SherryandFamily]

I did it twice.  Once when DS wanted to see the John Lennon art show at Virginia beach, and a second time when same DS wanted to go to a Dave Matthews concert in Va Beach. DD came on that trip.

I didn't have any problems either time.   Go for it, and enjoy!

Sherry

[tlhdoc]

DH never camps with us.  I go with the kids, friends or alone.

[ForestCreature]

I go camping both with and without DH also.  Womens weekends come to mind first. When we camp local I often show up first with the camper and set up cause he has to work Saturdays quite often.

No reason you can't do it.

[wavery]

Don't believe these people.......

IT CAN'T BE DONE :swear:

 :screwy:

[ForestCreature]

Don't believe these people.......
 
 IT CAN'T BE DONE :swear:
 
  :screwy:

Are you sure the parrot is the crazy one?

YES IT CAN

[CC777]

Hi,

I camp quite a bit without my husband.  We had a Palomino Filly which wasn't all that complicated so I learned the basics with that camper.  When we bought the Hemlock I was a little intimidated at first but once I towed it, it wasn't all that bad...just a bigger rig.  There's quite a bit more to know since there are some differences and quite a few more amenities that need some tending to.  What I did to help myself was go around with my husband as he did each task and ask questions as we went along.  Interestly enough I did find that I was more capable than I thought which stemmed from me doing the research on the pop up boards and all.  That always helps one's confidence.

I did have an incident this fall where I allowed myself to be distracted and forgot to remove my friction bar which ended up causing some damage to my coupler...I guarantee that'll never happen again.

You are only going to learn by doing.  It is a very freeing thing to know I can pack up and take off whenever the opportunity presents itself.  I can also go earlier and DH can join us after work on Fridays...so that benefits him too.

Stepping out on my own allowed me to take my daughter away for a conference my DH didn't want to attend...and allowed me to take the kids off on our own with their friends when DH didn't want to go.  So everyone wins.

Try it...it's almost as addicting as doing mods.

CC

[wavery]

Are you sure the parrot is the crazy one?

YES IT CAN

NOT!!!!!

[Dee4j]

I DO ALL THE TIME!!!!

piece of cake... I take the kids for an extended trip each summer. DH works on a contract basis and if he is not at work he doesn't get paid. we try to arrange for him to meet us by train and drive home with us.
My longest trip with the kids was just over 2 weeks and we went up to Washington state and back...

YOU GO GIRL!!!

[wavery]

You girls knock this stuff off :banghead:

My wife reads this forum sometimes.........she thinks I'm Superman........If she finds out that she can do it all by herself........I may never see her again....... :%

[HersheyGirl]

I take the kids and go camping without DH most of the time.  There are many other women on the board that do the same thing.  Then there are others that have non-camping DH's, so what is a girl to do?  They go and camp with out him is what they do.  Girl camping trips are lots of fun.

[cyclone]

I'm single, no kids.  I camp with my sister(s) - often with a group of friends but just as often not.  My parents taught us the joys of camping and we decided we wanted to continue even though we may not be a "traditional" family group.  Sure, there have been some challenges and I will freely admit that backing up is still not fun but I wouldn't give it up for anything.  We laugh that we we probably cook more when we are out camping than we do at home.

[6fordaroad]

The times we have gone camping, more often than not, hubby follows us up several hours later, which means me and the kids have to get everything set up, so far, we have had no issues, unless you count the mysterious hole next to the rock when we pitched our tent in Sedona....but we won't go there.... lol  We are planning several trips next summer when hubby can't go due to work.  His job is typically slow in the winter and work like a madman in summer.  So this summer he won't be tagging along, which is fine, he tends to drive me nuts anyway.. lol

[PattieAM]

I do it all the time - heck it's "MY" camper.  I hookup, tow, back in, set up and enjoy -- solo.

Back in the day...SO would sometimes go with me, or maybe join me at the CG, or not.  He had the idea that it was a 'man' thing to do the sewer dump (yea - right - so where was he when diapers needed changing?).