Camping In Style

There’s a reason that ‘recycling’ comes last in the mantra: Reduce, Repair, Reuse, Recycle. Recycling is what we do when we're out of options to avoid, repair, or reuse the product first. That's why I am so impressed with Patagonia for starting its Common Threads Initiative with the real solution: Reduce. Don't buy what we don't need. Repair: Fix stuff that still has life in it. Reuse: Share. Then, only when you've exhausted those options, recycle. – Annie Leonard, author of The Story of Stuff (taken from Patagonia website) I felt the need to post this campaign by Patagonia. "Don't buy this Jacket" Link Here  I'm not sure what I think. The cynic in me says "yeah right" you know you want us to. And the optimist says "Even if they want us to why not do both at least it's a better message then, over consume"  Most of us grew up making due with what we had because consumerism wasn't as popular a...

Last week we went to The Folsom Zoo with my daughters Expeditionary Learning School. I have never been fond of zoos. However this zoo has the healthiest rescue animals who are the happiest animals I have ever seen. All the animals are fed organic food, the deer come up to be pet and the animals are loved by the staff. Check it out if your ever in the area. 

Use FREE shipping code for one time purchase  Code: THANKYOU click on image to link to site I recently started making Cloth Napkins for Everyday use. Check out my Camping In Style inspired napkins. Great as hostess gifts, for your trailer, pic nicks or just Camping In Style. I also do custom orders for the same price. You can find me at StackdEverydayNapkins.com or Etsy. Airstream Campers Campers Fishing Trip SOLD OUT River Fishing

Winter 2010 A CAMPERS REFLECTION  5 am Joe A cool breeze whips through Pushing Summer away Reflections Of camping Post traumatic something or other From Winters edge 2010 Bloggers guilt Mothers guilt Artists guilt Ruth guilt Camping In Style Whatever! Exhale Absolved Dam Mozilla FireFox Reunited Explorer Technology &%$@#% Not enough Definitely Not enough Camping In Any Style  just a little diddy by Ruth today   WHAT I DID OTHER THAN CAMP THIS SUMMER Visit my super cool Aunt and Uncle Work in my garden Take our daughter to San Francisco Make a "Big Girl Room" of her choosing Sell my napkins and art at our Farmers Market Find Them Here Get back into Salsa Dancing Go to the County Fair where Adrienne won first prize for her recycled Fairy House See the Red Hot Chili Peppers and relive my 20's growing up in L.A. This I just had to throw in for fun,...

Here is a video I had to watch two or three times. Perfect for kiddos too    Bear Counting in Canada - You HAVE to watch this  (The link to this is at the bottom of the page. The park is named after the Algonquin Indians.)  This clip is great for animal lovers and young children  Momma Bear and her three very young cubs in the wild of northern Ontario, Canada. Humane wildlife experts taking a winter bear census right in the hibernation dens. CLICK ON LINK BELOW   http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vJRDpTUIrJI&vq=medium Note to my bloggies: "blogger" was not allowing me to post due to many problems with the program, it looks like they have upgraded and I am back on track.  Thanks for visiting my site and Happy Camping In Style! Ruth    

Three nights and four days at D.L. Bliss site #103. LOVED IT! Me and my 6 yr old I spent my 46th birthday celebrating with our good friends the Millers at D.L. Bliss Campground . My girlfriend Deb. took me to lunch at Sunnyside where we shared a bottle of wine and ate deck side watching Lake Tahoe's spectacular views of snow topped mountains in 80degree weather. Every year I want my camp trip to be better than the last one. I try something new and let go of things that didn't work . This trip was my most perfect trip in 16years. Our obsession for camping is wanting to make the next trip better, bring better stuff and make it less work. "next trip I'm going to do this instead of that" we say to ourselves. Here is what made this trip the best. Camp with other people that you know you jive with Choose a beautiful location Bring your dog A tired dog is a good dog Use big buckets to bring wood from home Make sure...

Good Morning, this is me.............. uh.. Ruth    I'm tucking in a quick blog post before we take off to Tahoe for our fist Camping In Style trip.  This time I'm trying to go Camping In Style "Light" I'm feeling more organized than usual Maybe because I didn't start packing till yesterday and my mind is clear One tub for beverages/bar Fire wood bin One tub for camp necesities One container for dry food And a cooler One bag for beach goods Along with all the usual stuff stuffed in my car I can't wait to get to this  With Deb after camp set up bye for now!

Could we park this in our garden ? Could we turn this into a garden room? It IS an Airstream after all Would we be up to the challenge? What would it cost to do all this work? How many black widows would we evict? by the way this is for sale if your interested, it's located in Nevada County, California