Indiana Dunes State Park- Friday evening

[throughaphase]

By the time the group rolled in to the Indiana Dunes it was probably too late to do any real hiking, but you had plenty of time to get set up for the night. Which meant putting up tents, building fires and cooking. You know, the fun stuff before the temperature dipped into the high 40's overnight.

You could also explore the campgrounds! There were electrical hookups... but the ones at this site were on the fritz, so hopefully people brought portable chargers if they really needed their phones. Or you could ask someone at a neighboring site to ask theirs and make new friends. There was also a pump for fresh water and bathrooms that were nearbyish, if you didn't mind a little bit of walking.

So maybe tonight was a little bit of work. It'd just mean you really earned whatever dinner and junk food you brought.

Comments

Tents

[throughaphase]

There's plenty of room to spread out and get your tents up, hopefully with help from your tent partner(s). Or you can use this thread for sleep! Go wild.

And remember, while no one can come inside when you're inside your tent, if you're outside and say, struggling to pitch your tent (not dirty), people can see you to help/mock.

Re: Tents

[begmetwice.livejournal.com]

Irene wasn't struggling to pitch her tent. That would involve actually, you know, picking up the canvas and the little sticks from the ground and doing something with them, rather than just standing there in horror and staring at them.

"...we're sleeping in these? I thought there'd be, you know -- cabins, or something? Maybe a hotel?"

Re: Tents

[throughaphase]

"Cabins so aren't camping," Kitty pointed out, trying to figure out poles.

Re: Tents

[craftyladyparts.livejournal.com]

"Irene, right?" Jessica asked. She noted the look of horror. "I'm Jessica. I can put together our tent, don't worry about it."

[I will have NO TIME to ping regularly until later, but I had to at least ping in for now.]

RE: Re: Tents

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"I know, right?" Hardison said, earnestly nodding. "See, now that's how you spend a getaway weekend. In a hotel! If you really wanna rough it, choose a hotel that charges for wifi by the hour and has a public hot tub!"

DEFINITION OF DEPRIVATION, RIGHT THERE!

Re: Tents

[throughaphase]

It'd been a long time since Kitty had had to do anything like this, and she got as far as setting things out before saying, "Whoever makes a tent that pitches itself is gonna be a billionaire."

Re: Tents

[so_hawkward]

"Tony could probably figure one out. Not that he needs another billion dollars," Clint teased. "Why do I have a feeling we're going to be sleeping out in the open?"

Re: Tents

[filleauloup]

Look, these accomodations were downright luxurious compared to having to find the least horrible bridge in Paris to sleep under during winter. Even when they'd had a place to live, it had been filthy and awful and far too many people crowded into one room with no privacy, so Éponine didn't really balk at the prospect of sharing a tent with someone.

She'd likely have more personal space than she used to have under most of those bridges, god knew.

This didn't mean she wasn't sitting, turning one of the tent stakes over in her hands and looking at the pile of canvas with a bemused expression while she tried to figure it out. Which she would! Eventually. Hopefully before Cosette came over and tried to help.

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[wandering-stone.livejournal.com]

"I believe I can assist in this matter," Jones said noting Éponine's expression. "I have been camping several times and can setup this crude shelter."

RE: Tents

[geniuswithasmartphone]

After being told they were going camping (Hardison didn't care what Eliot said, he'd been voluntold that this would be their weekend), he'd gone a little overboard getting ready for it.

He was also making Eliot set it up because...Eliot. Look, putting up tents in the wilderness was not his skillset. That was his story and he was sticking to it.

"So, anyone else notice that our electrical hookups are broken?" Because that was the first thing he'd checked, damn right. "How'm I supposed to rig up a portable hotspot big enough to cover the whole camp if we don't have power?"

It was possible Hardison didn't understand camping.

Re: Tents

[throughaphase]

"I'm sorry, did you say we don't have electricity?" Kitty asked, thinking this was a Very Serious thing.

Re: Tents

[kenselvren]

Jalian cocked her head at the tents, gave them a bit of a side-eye, and took her bedroll to a nice, flat patch of ground instead.

RE: Re: Tents

[geniuswithasmartphone]

"Hey, uh, you," Hardison said, recognizing the girl with the knife from the trip underground. You know, on the day they'd all been attacked by costumed nutcases. "Don't you want a tent?"

You know, for protection from the elements, bugs, and mask-wearing whackjobs with hooks for hands?

Re: Tents

[tigerundercover]

Raven noticed the lack of tent, too. "You're not worried about bugs?"

Re: Tents

[notaweenie.livejournal.com]

Ahhh. The great outdoors.

Of which Barry wasn't enjoying because for some reason none of his tech was working.

So he'd just be over here grumbling as he tried to get the tent set up.

Campsite

[throughaphase]

Where you can hang around the campfire and cook food, or talk. Maybe cuddle for warmth.

Re: Campsite

[notconflicted]

Sia had enough training in the outdoors that starting a fire wasn't a problem at all. And once that was going she looked through to see what kind of food they had and if any of it was really appetizing.

Re: Campsite

[wildandbrave]

Oh, Cosette was absolutely going to try her hand at making s'mores here. She'd read about it, and she was excited, okay?

In her excitement she'd skipped right past the concept of dinner, but . . . s'mores.

Re: Campsite

[doesnotkneel]

This wasn't so bad, honest. There was food, and there was a fire, and there wasn't any wind roaring around chilling anyone to the bone.

Edward had a pack of hotdogs. He was content.

Re: Campsite

[so_hawkward]

On one hand, it had made sense to bring Lucky and Rook with them, because Clint hated leaving the dogs behind in Fandom and exposing them to more of the outdoors than the island and New York seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately, it also meant having two animals watch him carefully as he tried to cook some hot dogs over the fire.

"You already had dinner," he said, trying to nudge them away with his knee. "This is people food." Which they never got, really.

RE: Campsite

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Hardison had decided to supplement his usual rations of gummy frogs and Squeeze Orange Soda with a few more 'camping-appropriate' snacks. S'mores, beef jerky, and a bag of Doritos and he was set.

Dinner of champions!

Now all he had to do was find one (or both) members of his crew to initiate that cuddling for warmth thing...

Re: Campsite

[kenselvren]

Jalian was just glad she'd seen what kinds of food the rest of them were buying, so she could come prepared.

She'd be sitting over here with her apples, granola, bread, and dried vegetables. She'd bought a couple of the dried meals, but she still wasn't entirely sure about them.

Re: Campsite

[throughaphase]

Kitty had (kosher) hot dogs and buns, along with a cooler full of drinks next to her, which she was opening up now. "Anyone want anything?"

Elsewhere

[throughaphase]

At this time of night, that's probably just the water pump, or the bathrooms. Which are functional and indoors! It's just that you'll probably also discover new and interesting species of bugs in there. It's the woods, what do you want?

OOC

[throughaphase]

Yay for camping! If I missed or screwed anything up, let me know!