I love camping out in the winter, when the snow is swirling around the street lights and small snow drifts build on the deck rail. There is an excitement to braving the elements on a cold winter’s night.
Camping in summer is fun too but there are the bugs and it rains on your tent. People next to you don’t own an iPod and insist on serenading you to Loretta Lynn or Lyle Lovett at 1 AM. What about those park fees? I mean it’s only a patch of ground and a smelly washroom.
No, give me winter camping any night.
It’s easy to stay snug in bed on these cold winter nights but I like to grab a blanket and rough it in the TV room. I pull up the blinds so I get a panoramic view of the outdoors lit in a half light from the street.
The TV room is near the fridge for one more late night snack. No one cares if I watch another Late Night with Conan or a murder mystery at 3 AM. I can bunk down on the sofa and keep warm under the blanket watching the snow blowing through the leafless branches of the black trees.
When morning comes, I burrow down for a few more winks and ignore the cars and trucks going by. I’ll make some coffee later.
For now let’s enjoy winter camping for another hour.
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