Gay Camping

The Mistress Maddie and I are taking a little camping trip to the Poconos - for "Bears In The Woods" weekend at The Woods Campground.

I certainly hope the Bears are friendly...

Bald

"If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

... Henry David Thoreau

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Happy Hump Day!

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The Cabin

Living Room

View from the back deck - nothing but nature.

"And the winner of 'Design Star: Country Cabin' is ..."

Yes, I built this fire on Saturday. I'm a raging flamer, FYI.

The cabin we stayed at this weekend was pretty much perfect. It had two levels, was clean-as-a-whistle, quiet, private and had fabulously kitchsy decor. We're already making plans for next year.

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I Wonder ...

... if there will be any BEARS in the woods I'm going to this weekend?...

I certainly hope so.

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Into The Woods

"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."

 

... George William Curtis

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." 

... Henry David Thoreau

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No Cell Phone

For anyone that is trying to reach me by phone and cannot - it is because I left my phone in Maddie's car yesterday. Probably because I spent much of the weekend like this...

Pretty, isn't it? Notice how my drink is still upright - and my leftovers from dinner are right beside me - just in case I got HONGRAY all of a sudden.

I should have my phone back tomorrow. My liver, on the other hand, may NEVER recover...

Feel Free To Drop The Soap...

I didn't see any of these guys in the Camp showers - but I DID chat with a really nice (and really cute) guy from Baltimore this morning. We were both in the pool taking "hangover swims" to clear the cobwebs. Patrick - if you read this, send me an email - I'd love to hear from you.

Arby's Blogging...

Hello my Darling Dust Bunnies. I am blogging from the gorgeous gay wilderness of The Woods campground. It is Sunday afternoon, and we will soon be headed back to Maddie and Curt's apartment - where I will begin my 4-hour train trek home.

We have had a GREAT time. And before we got here, they took me to my favorite eatery ... TWICE!!!

On Thursday evening, Curt was nice enough to drive into Philadelphia and pick me up at the train station - thus allowing me to avoid a third transfer to a third train. I was tired and hungry, and Curt (AKA Maddie's "Boy Toy") made it a point to take me to Arby's. Here he is (below) proudly holding his feedbag.

The next day - while driving to Camp - the three of us stopped at a different Arby's for lunch. That's Maddie and Curt (below) trying to avoid the rain.

Needless to say, it's been a DELICIOUS weekend. More pics/stories later...

Gone Camping...

I will be in Lehighton, PA at The Woods campground over the weekend - so there will be no posting until Monday. Comment moderation will also be delayed - unless someone can get the innerwebz out in the wilderness.

This weekend is "Bears In The Woods III" at The Woods - so there will be all kinds of furry creatures lurking about. If you happen to be in the area - come look for us. Maddie and I will be the two drunk blonds.

And if you find me and I'm passed out - feel free to take advantage of the situation... Hey, at this point I'll take what I can get.

XOXOXO

Next Trip - Gay Camping With Maddie & Bears!

Thanks again for all your kind words and concern about me going/not going to New Orleans. I'm glad I decided to stay home - as miserable as I was, it would have been MUCH worse if I had to get evacuated out of New Orleans. Speaking of evacuations, please keep checking in with Dan's blog for what it was like to be there.

I go back to work tomorrow, and today I finally have access to a computer - so I'm trying to catch up on everyone's blogs and emails. Special thanks to TrannyBeth and Joy for calling me - and to everyone for your emails and comments. Every once in a while I need to escape, and this was one of those times. I WAS pretty bummed, but I'm ok now.

I am looking forward to a weekend camping trip with Maddie and Curt on next weekend. You might recall that Maddie, Curt and I recently took a daytrip to The Cloisters. Maddie is one of my oldest and dearest friends, and I'm sure we will have a great time camping. We will be headed to The Woods, a gay campground located in Northeastern PA. It is "Bear Weekend", which means there will be all kind of furry beasts roaming around and getting frisky. Good times.


Speaking of Maddie - he has started blogging! Maddie has many interests - so his blog should be quite interesting and entertaining. Please check out "A Day With The Mistress Borghese" here.

XOXOXOXO