I know how to have a good time, just ask my Queen And it doesn't involve trying to cook soup on a stick!

Never had a s'more .. do I want one?

Yes, you do! Take a marshmallow, put it on a stick, toast it over a fire, and then put it between graham crackers and a Hershey bar- it is the quintessential camping treat!

Nymph may have my share of the s'mores, as well. I confess I don't really like them, but I like camping and I like Nymph, so.

I agree, even if there's no water nearby. (I like camping in the desert. I am pretty good about sunscreen, after one time when I got burned in places I didn't know I had.) (Or rather, I knew I had them, I just wasn't anticipating they'd get that hot.)

Started getting sick the second day of a 'vacation' (alright, it wasn't quite a vacation, but close enough), and while the trip itself was mostly fun, I wasn't in a very good shape. The last day was a nightmare (plane trip with stuffed nose and a head that felt like it could explode any moment). Was sick for quite a while after. That's a few years ago now, but I'm still struggling with the after effects...

I can imagine worse vacations, though. But getting sick on vacation feels like a nightmare there and then.

I'm always so happy to do almost anything that's not my normal grind that I'm good with any of it. I think the closest there is to "vacation hell" in my book is vacationing with someone who isn't easygoing. I'm probably not equipped for survival expeditions and I dislike hunting mostly because I dislike hunting culture, but beyond that pretty much everything is game except spending hours with someone who doesn't travel well and doesn't have an excuse (like they're an infant.) If you don't want to be there, don't go.

My vacation hell having to fly somewhere and then being forced to be around other people the whole time with no opportunity to get a break from their noise. And the whole time knowing that I am going to have to get on a plane and fly again to get home so it is both exhausting and scary. I have nightmares about that shit.

My vacation hell is anywhere crowded.

From everything I've heard about it, my idea of vacation hell would probably be a cruise ship. The hassle of boarding, the limited space, the annoyance of people everywhere... ugh. Sounds awful. *shudder*

The raw sewage in the hallways, the disease outbreaks, the rogue waves...

Yeah, I'm not opposed to cruises in principle, but as a practical sort of thing cruise ships look fucking terrifying. Give me "got a head cold from flying" any day, if I'm going to go boating I'm going to find a pirate ship and sign on.

Friends daughter had a gallstone attack and ended up in hospital- in another country and had to stay in because at first they were going to take out her gall bladder, but then decided not to and she had to fly home again.

I think I would really hate camping, though I haven't done anything resembling "camping" since summer camp in 3rd grade. What some people call "camping" in an RV or trailer that's more luxurious than my house would be fine, but to actually sleep outside in a tent, I think I would hate. I need a real bed with a mattress and climate controlled environment between 65-75 degrees F. I also hate eating outdoors because I can't stand flying insects. I already spend a lot of time making gnats go splat (eyeballing one as I type, in fact, about to make him go to gnat-heaven), but to deal with larger critters like flies, moths, and other winged menaces all up in my face, NO THANKS.