PHOTO PROMPT© Jan Wayne Fields
Like two kids in a toy store, Todd and Julia filled their Camping World cart with hundreds of dollars worth luxury equipment: an elevated airbed, solar-powered shower kit, deluxe outdoor kitchen with propane grill and a French press.
Todd set up the tent and other essentials while Julia happily strung battery-operated lights around the campsite. After a gourmet dinner they settled in for the night.
“Just listen to that. Silence.” Todd whispered. “Isn’t this great?” he sighed.
“No,” Julia whined, “I miss noise. Can we go home?”
“Now?!”
“Now. Don’t hate me. I just don’t think I’m into roughing it.”
~kat
100 Words exactly for Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Friday Fictioneers Challenge inspired by the photo above by Jan Wayne Fields.
like mercury colliding... 
August 24th, 2017 at 9:34 pm
This is like the couple that spends $2k on an island beach vacation, gets there and discovers she’s allergic to sand.😣
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August 24th, 2017 at 10:03 pm
Haha! Yep! I have a feeling there will be some great deals on camping equipment on eBay…😀
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August 24th, 2017 at 10:39 pm
Along with all the great deals on home gyms and other exercise equipment. Say, did you want to buy a StairsMaster? 🙂
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:27 am
Ha ha! So true! 😜
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August 24th, 2017 at 11:18 pm
I think this is my favorite of the series. Well done.
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:28 am
Thanks Jake! 😊
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August 25th, 2017 at 9:06 am
Oh, how great it is to roam
It’s even greater to come home!
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Yes. I do like roughing it. A sleeping bag, small tent…maybe and a few essentials…water, fire source, good shoes. 😉
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August 25th, 2017 at 12:11 pm
I am like Todd…I would love to get lost.
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:12 pm
I do love getting as far from civilization as possible! 😊
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August 25th, 2017 at 12:57 pm
Hahah, roughing it, that had me cackling. Fun story.
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:13 pm
Yeah…poor thing. 😀
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:04 pm
Roll back to 2007 and we were living in a tent for a few months house hunting. er got rained out so often, we ended up buying a caravan. Two days after the ink was dry, the sun came out and stayed out (sigh).
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:11 pm
Oh my. That’s the way things work out sometimes. Getting wet with nowhere to dry out is definitely not fun. 😟
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August 25th, 2017 at 1:20 pm
I lost count of the number of times we dried out on MOH’s front lawn!
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August 25th, 2017 at 2:00 pm
That was miserable I’m sure! 😓
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August 25th, 2017 at 2:30 pm
Long time ago now, but an experience I wouldn’t want to repeat!
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August 25th, 2017 at 3:32 pm
I can imagine. ❤️
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August 25th, 2017 at 3:42 pm
It’s always the Return Home that proves to be crux of everything.. 😎😎😎
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August 25th, 2017 at 4:12 pm
Yes indeed. No place like home! 😊
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August 25th, 2017 at 4:49 pm
Shrewd, amusing, fluently told. Nice story, Kat!
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August 25th, 2017 at 4:55 pm
Thank you Penny. 😊
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August 25th, 2017 at 6:25 pm
I always thought that for the best camping you just take a frying pan. 🙂 This was fine writing
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August 26th, 2017 at 12:28 am
Hmmm, that’s a new one. I’ll remember that! 😀 Thanks Michael!
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August 26th, 2017 at 7:48 am
The word “Glamping” in the title drew me in. My wife joined “Sisters on the Fly” a couple years ago and really enjoys their outings. The ladies go all out decorating and schedule huge events across the country. These include float trips, luaus, and occasionally (gasp!) hiking. Roughing it is not in their vocabulary.
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August 26th, 2017 at 8:41 am
I had never heard of “sisters on the fly” until I read your comment. The quotation marks drew me in and made me wonder if they were a thing. So of course I googled it. What fun! How fabulous! I see what you mean. 😊
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August 27th, 2017 at 2:40 pm
Brilliant Kat you have this one to a T!
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August 27th, 2017 at 3:49 pm
Haha! Thanks Willow. 😊
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August 27th, 2017 at 3:53 pm
😱💜
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August 27th, 2017 at 6:30 pm
The fact that she thought she was roughing it had me laughing!
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August 27th, 2017 at 6:35 pm
Yep, I know, right!? 😀
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August 28th, 2017 at 7:07 am
Lovely take on the prompt. I could totally picture this
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August 28th, 2017 at 8:48 am
Thank you. Camping…even glamping, is not for everyone! 😊
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August 28th, 2017 at 12:42 pm
Roughing it indeed! Hah!
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August 28th, 2017 at 5:38 pm
I know… right?! 😀
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August 28th, 2017 at 8:54 pm
Dude.
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August 28th, 2017 at 8:55 pm
Haha! 😀
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August 28th, 2017 at 8:57 pm
Dude.
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