Wikio - Camping

Choices... (Now and Then)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:27:00 GMT

I'm in the throes of planning a camping trip for next weekend, and trying to figure out which campsite to pick is making my head hurt. I am not very good at making choices; I tend to dither for ages. I've been looking for ages, and have come to the conclusion that I really I just need to pick one and be done with it. We plan to go to a little town in Wales called Hay-On-Wye. It's supposed to...

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Canyon Grand (Travelblog)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:29:54 GMT

From Vegas hotel to the Grand Canyon campsite The photos speak for themselves We did a 4 hour hike in the middle of the day next time we will get up much earlier.

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The 2nd of July and the Super Twins (Travelblog)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:40:57 GMT

When we woke up at the campsite there was a coyote We packed up the site but before everyone could finish packing something happened The Super Twins got the signal that someone was in trouble Sure enough a Suburban had driven forward over a log in the ground meant to keep cars out from an area in front of the campground bathrooms. It was quite stuck and could not go backwards without rippi

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Reserve brings Great Trek to life (Herald)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:27 GMT

A HUSBAND and wife team in Rondevlei outside Sedgefield have brought the atmosphere of the Great Trek of 1834-1854 to life after building four replica Voortrekker campsites for an exclusive game reserve.

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Have a Great Weekend! (Mike Lynch Cartoons)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Above: view from our campsite in Grand Manan . That's a fishing weir in the middleground there. See everyone sometime next week. I'll be enjoying this view this weekend.

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Ketchikan Day 2 (Travelblog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:28:40 GMT

Our campsite is on a cove and the surroundings are quite beautiful and peaceful. There are mountains across the inlet and little wooded islands dot the water in every direction. We awoke again this morning to clear blue skies and sunshine. Today we are driving into Ketchikan to tour the city and itrsquos history.The Tongass Historical Museum is the best place to see the history of Ketchikan....

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Family camping hack: Bring a jumper seat for crawling babies (Parent Hacks)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:47:56 GMT

From Damselfly: We took our boy camping when he was eight or nine months old. (I blogged about it here.). He was crawling, but we didn't want him crawling around in the dirt -- our campsite didn't have much grass,...

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Two charged in connection with killing N.H. man (Boston Globe)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:59:10 GMT

Vermont State Police say a 38-year-old New Hampshire man was beaten to death at a remote Bridgewater campsite by a romantic rival who then tried to burn the truck that contained the body.

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Youth camp fined R100000 for killing thousands of birds (Herald)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:40:36 GMT

A YOUTH organisation has been handed a hefty fine for killing about 3000 birds, some of which belong to protected species, at a campsite near Mossel Bay.

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Covered in mosquito bites and I'm loving it (Confessions of a Monkey)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:28:00 GMT

The Cathedral Park adventure was a fun one. More to come later... View from the campsite on Sun morning Evan & Greta gaining the ridge Me & Greta @ top of Pyramid Hope everyone had an awesome Canada Day weekend!!! Happy Canada Day all! :)

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Cape Town, South Africa - Camp Fined after Destroying 3000 Protected Bird Species (Vos Iz Neais)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:42 GMT

Cape Town, South Africa - Southern Cape populations of four indigenous bird species have been hard hit after an estimated 3000 chicks and developed eggs were illegally destroyed when a campsite manager started cutting down trees in which their heronry was located. The campsite, on a farm near Hartenbos outside Mossel Bay, was being prepared for [...]

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On Web Radio Today: Best Campsite Ever! (CBC Radio 3)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:16 GMT

Canada Day is what we do every day, folks. I've once again got an embarrassment of Canadian riches in hand: one of The Evaporators ' best songs, Martha Wainwright 's newest voyage into the corners of human desire, a vintage track from The Guthries featuring Ruth Minnikin , and some banjer-scratchin' from Old Man Luedecke . Yesterday we talked about work and non-work on the Monday before Canada Day,...

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Ole (Travelblog)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:55:49 GMT

My second and last night in Spain. It's been good. I like this campsite. The rooms are big the bed doesn't squeek there are lots of showers and they are hot Plus there is the internet. I love reading the emails and admittedly right now I am missing home. I think mostly because so far I have not really bonded with anyone on this trip.Anyways the day started at 630 when we woke up. We were off...

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Nature Calls (fifty word fiction)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:44:00 GMT

I was at my campsite playing the fiddle when I heard a small sound coming from the leaves near my feet. A chipmunk. As I watched, it sneezed again with a little shudder. I played a few more notes; the chipmunk sneezed, then scratched behind its ears like a dog. by Bets E.

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Loving Lyme Regis (Girl Interrupted Eating)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:01:46 GMT

Just back from a relaxing weekend at Lyme Regis in Dorset, camping of course and for the first time this year sunny weather all weekend plenty of walking and BBQd fish It definitely began well the pub down the hill from the campsite The Talbot Arms was having a beer festival in the paddock [...]

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Camping in Style (Apartment Therapy LA)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:50:56 GMT

Maybe it was the great weather, or the all-too-short weekend, but we could definitely use some more time outdoors. Being in the garden and camping could fill that need, but we prefer to imagine ourse

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Cider, Campfire & Cake (Domestic Goddess in Training)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:16:00 GMT

We have just returned from a fab weekend camping in Oxfordshire to celebrate a good friend's birthday, while eating far too much cake and in good camping tradition consuming vast quantities of cider. We stayed at Britchcomb Campsite which turned out to be a great place and one of the few campsites who still allow to to have a proper campfire (which we obligingly toasted marshmallows over...

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Forget Ants in your Pants - This happened to me last Summer ... [Amanda Hamilton] (Ecademy: user blogs)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:17:36 GMT

Last Summer, Zack and I were living in our motorhome on a gorgeous Dutch owned campsite in the exquisitely beautiful and meandering Cazorla - the mountainside town that lies sprawling at the base of the vast Sierra de Cazorla, Seguro & Las Villas range in Jaén, Andalusia ... And as I have friends who live there, and at that point still didn't have a permanent home, I thought I might find a...

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Northumberland That Time Forgot ; It's Dangerous to Revisit Treasured Holiday Destinations From Your Childhood. (Red Orbit )

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:00:33 GMT

By Emily Shelley It's dangerous to revisit treasured holiday destinations from your childhood. Inevitably peaceful seaside villages will have become sprawling towns, idyllic campsites hemmed in by main roads and once pristine beaches swathed in litter.

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Dortmund to Berlin (Travelblog)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:29:08 GMT

Mileage 1000 milesAfter Matt had left for his interview in the UK Lucy and I spent the day in Dortmund. Wandering the streets and browsing the market stalls I picked up a cheap no doubt fake watch. We ate Currywurst sausage in spiced sauce before returning to the campsite. The following day Lucy and I visited a modern art gallery which featured a wide range of mostly German pieces over the

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