A Manufacturing Sunshine Story - Under the Stars and Full Moon
There are all kinds of ways to make do, even when camping and forgetting key elements at home. Take tent stakes for instance. Our host Linda had her camping checklist which included the tent, sleeping bags and two camping air mattresses, as well as everything else needed to outfit their Airstream. Food too. We were all set to head out yesterday morning to Golden, CO, with nary a care in the world. We would be off the grid for the rest of the day and the following couple of days sans a quick trip into Nederland, CO, each morning to find a coffee shop to post our dailies/blogs/Linda’s work.
The Misencik’s beautifully outfitted Airstream can sleep two comfortably, three people can happen (kitchen table reduced to a bed), but a bit cozy; hence taking a tent. The girls decided to give the guys the Airstream for sleeping arrangements. Heck, we are old pros at living off the grid when we needed to. Linda and I car camped for a week a few years ago in Crested Butte, CO, with no problems, and no shower for five days. We were so grimy and dirty after five days of hiking that our hair was standing on end with the dust and sweat entrenched into our scalps and long locks.
Once we arrived at our wonderfully appointed camp site, we made quick work of setting up for the next couple of days. Linda retrieved the tent from the belly of the Airstream and we went to work pitching it up. Uh oh. No tent stakes were in the bag. We couldn’t set the tent up as intended. Those doggone stakes happened to be left at home, Linda then thought that they were probably with their other 2-person tent. Oh well, we had to improvise and manufacture something else; four in the Airstream was not going to happen unless a sweeping storm with torrential rain or lightning strikes happened to be too close for comfort. Thankfully, that was not the case.
Never one to pass up a new opportunity, I was all in to sleep under the stars…and a full moon to boot! It was the first time I ever slept under the stars with just a sleeping bag; Linda too. We were lucky that there were no bugs (mosquitoes) or wind. It was a perfect night to fall asleep under the canopy of pine trees, the stars beyond them, and that glorious and striking full moon that cast its moonshine all over the mountain at 9500 ft. of elevation. We slept like babies. Gunner, the Misencik’s GSP, was safely ensconced into his portable crate next to us. He slept like a baby too.
I did have some fleeting thoughts of waking up to a set of coyote’s eyes staring at me, or a deer or bear. Nope, nada. I woke up refreshed with the nighttime forest bathing, a brilliant full moon, and breathing in fresh mountain air all night long.
Oh, in case you are wondering, the boys slept like babies too, safely ensconced in the AS.
Magical.
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