Stories tagged “camping”
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It'll Only Take A Second
“Check it out, an old shack,” J.T. said. “We don’t have time to check some creepy shack out, J.T.,” Kristen said. “We have a two hour hike back to camp and maybe an hour and a half of sunlight.” “Oh, come...
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Out Himself
He went camping in the woods for six, seven days at a time. The trees were steep and rough and they made him very nervous, but he didn’t bring a tent – he was never much good at setting things up. Sometimes it would start raining and he wou...
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Picking Up A Few Things (shopping list challenge)
I pushed the cart up and down the aisles. No one bothered me as I picked up garlic cloves for my famous garlic bread. I was going camping and stopped in the outdoor section and grabbed a spade, package of wooden tent stakes, some long rope, and oil lan...
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Today's The Day...
There comes a time in everyone’s life where you have to retrace your steps and work out exactly how things went so horribly, terribly, irreparably wrong. Dylan knew exactly where this had occurred. It had started with the words, “Let’...
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Perfect Night for Cocoa
We had trekked around to the other side of a huge lake. Our gear was on our backs and our SUV was locked and parked far away. “Are you sure this side of the lake is the best?” I panted to my boyfriend of two years, who is an avid outdoorsma...
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The Test Of Trees
Drove far past where the roads turned to gravel, then dirt. Parked by a tall tree with bright leaves, flanked by a twisted spruce with dead red needles. Put one mountain peak at my back, a beckoning finger raised, and mark another in the distance. A sh...
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The Night Walker
Halfway in between sleep and dream, I lay on hard ground made only slightly softer by a layer of pine needles. A gust of wind ruffles the tent. A seeping of cold air wafts into the sleeping bag, sending shivers along my spine. I stir, then settle back ...
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God Made This
I was almost 9 years old when my family took me and my brother camping in Northern Ontario. I didn’t know it at the time, but the trip was a complete disaster with broken teeth, melted shoes, and rain. I didn’t care, I was having fun being ...
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Sharing Warmth
We share the blanket, on this cold night, pulling it over our heads to cocoon us off from the rest of the world. Your hand grazes mine and although we can hear the giggles of the others around the fire it’s as if there is only you, next to me. My...
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Thunder
At 12,000 feet, thunderstorms are different. For you at home, watching the jagged silhouettes of the mountains and listening to the dull rumbles in the air, thunderstorms are an amusement. You sit in a chair, sip on hot cocoa or tea and count the secon...
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Kindling
The idea sprang from nothing, naked and half-developed, a spark of invention coursing through the man’s synapses at the speed of light. Every neuron it touched ignited those around it as the idea swept through. In a fraction of a moment every cor...
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Twenty-twelve;part one.
“I wish the whole twenty-twelve, end-of-the-world thing would happen already. I can’t wait ’til December.” Charlie said, putting more wood in the campfire. He leaned back as sparks jumped up at him. “What? Why would you ev...
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Twenty-twelve;part two.
He looked up at the stars, apparently in deep thought. Then he smiled and put his arm around me. “For a girl, you’re pretty alright.” I tried to fight back my smile, “Oh, wow, thanks. For a jerk,” I faked punched him,&quo...