On the road again…
a big trip day 3
yeah. so, I’d say the hardest thing about this camping thing is when we have to break camp, drive all day, and set up camp in one day. Yup. Thats definitely the hardest. It makes the days spent actually at the campsite really easy. And really fun. Today we left the Shuswap and drove to Cultas Lake. We are staying here for a few nights at least.
We are visiting family here, but the place is so beautiful we may have come even without that incentive. The lake is so warm! We are used to cold water, and this was such a treat to actually be able to stand in the water without turning blue. We are going to have a lot of fun over the next few days. (Just as long as we get some sleep – our site is near a busy road, which detracts from the rustic beauty of the place, just a little…)
I was imagining some sort of idyllic intentional community that resembled the Shuswap campground all day. I was thinking about what sort of infrastructures exist external to the camping experience to support that sort of activity. I mean we use fire wood, and water at the site, but then there’s the ice, the food we bring in, the clothes, dishes, computers…?!? Our Jobs, the ability to buy the cars to drive-in, to take the time off work, to prepare enough food etc to get us through a few days are all intricately related to the camping experience. Even back country camping you have a life to support it. Now, I was thinking about ways that as much of those worlds could be integrated into the experience – so you could stay longer, with less expense to you and the environment. The Dacha idea from the russians come to mind, or a middle ages village, but with high speed internet…combined with small artisan industry, unified vision of care for the landscape, gentle living on the land. I really wonder if such a thing is possible.
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:20 am
I’m definitely in for your modern Dacha.
Sounds wonderful! Your camping trip makes me that much more eager for our own…six more sleeps til we leave!