You can consult ten different apps on your latest generation smartphone. You can watch the flight of swallows for hours looking for premonitory signs. Murphy’s Law applied to camping, however, never forgives anyone. Fantozzi’s cloud seems to have a soft spot for those who have decided to sleep in tents. It arrives with Swiss precision just as you lay out your dry beach towels. Or when the coals are finally ready to welcome the meat. Yet a true camping vacationshould never be measured by sunny days alone. Instead, it is measured by the ability to maintain a smile even under a universal downpour.
Psychological survival and new rhythms
Don’t make the mistake of locking yourself in your car and looking sadly at the drops on the windows. Activate your personal psychological survival protocol immediately. If you have been prescient during the set-up phase, you are already halfway there. A properly placed tent on raised ground will save you from small muddy fords. If the interior of the living cell stays dry, the rain on the tarp becomes a magical sound. It is a kind of natural ASMR that promotes deep sleep. Incredibly, your camping vacation can turn into a time of rejuvenating relaxation.
This is the perfect time to engage in all those “slow” activities we forget. Finally read that book that has been gathering dust on the nightstand for months. Get out the deck of cards or the board games you brought as a precaution. Rain has the power to cancel social distances between pitch neighbors. We often all gather together under the veranda of the camping bar. At that moment we all become “relaxation refugees” in search of hot coffee and company. Often sincere and lasting friendships are born just as the sky rumbles ominously.
The unquestionable charm of the aftermath of the storm
Coping with bad weather with a good dose of irony turns disasters into epic anecdotes. You will remember for years with amusement that time you chased the floating flip-flops. This is the deepest and truest essence of a camping vacation. We learn on our skin that nature cannot be controlled or bent to our desires. We can, however, decide in what spirit we react to what happens outside the tent.
When the storm finally passes, the air smells intensely of wet earth. The colors of the surrounding forest suddenly become vivid, almost electric. A rainbow popping above the mountain peaks will repay you for every single drop taken. It will always be worth it, we guarantee it.
A dreary day spent in nature always beats a sunny day spent cooped up in an office. So dry your tarps, clean your pegs of mud, and enjoy the unique spectacle that only camping can offer.
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