Luxury Camping and Other Games

If you have some spare time on a Saturday, head down to your friendly local outdoor store and take a look at their camping supplies.  Pretend for a minute that you're going to go camping, and you need a complete supply of everything, and you have all the money in the world to spend.  

Hmm, let's see. They've got sleeping bags and sleeping pads. They've got little camp stoves and bug spray.

Ok, now spend all the money you want, and pretend that you are camping for a month. Also, pretend that you dislike mosquitos.

Hmm. They've got three-room tents that look like mini apartments.  They've got camp cots and big squooshy cot pads to sleep on. They've got lanterns that you can safely hang from every room in your tent.  Not only that, but there's mosquito netting, rain vestibules, comfy folding chairs, comfy folding tables, awnings for shaded outdoor areas, awnings with hangings for buggy outdoor areas, rugs to go under awnings or in front of tents, and little mini generators so you can charge your iPod even when you're roughing it.  We could get a cooler for our camp kitchen and an entire set of little matching camp dishes, along with a collapsible dog bowl for Fido.  There's even a portable camp oven! And a whole rack of donkeys to carry all our gear. 

Now, since we have donkeys, we can even carry luxury items on our pretend camping trip, like that bath soap that you like so much, or your complete set of Harry Potter novels. If you have kids, they could bring a lot of their favorite toys.  Now, this is really living!

Now you've got a setup that you've spent thousands of dollars on that has ALMOST all the luxuries of home.

Now go home.  

Oh my goodness, now you've really got ALL the luxuries of home.  Scented shampoo? Deoderant? Electricity? This kitchen even has a dishwasher! It's amazing! Not only that, but I can stop reading IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOOK and start a NEW one, no matter how heavy either of them are! I don't even have to pick up after the donkeys.  

All of this luxury comes infinitely cheaper than the best camping trip you can afford.

Don't get me wrong, camping has its place, and usually the most avid campers can do without all the luxury items that are for sale in the big outdoor stores.  But if you are a fan of luxury, and are feeling a tad unluxurious in these times, pretend you are luxury camping and have all the luxury that money can buy.