Top Three Funniest Camping Adventures

Going camping always offers a different adventure, filled with new experiences and encounters with people from across the globe. Even if some aspects of camping are annoying and make your stay more difficult, like discovering you’ve forgotten something important, some funny things are bound to happen. Let’s look at the top three funniest camping adventures.

Steven Andrew from the UK told us the following story:

“A few years ago I was out camping just north of Edinburgh, in Scotland with a few friends. We had been hiking most of the day and set up camp for the night. It was just turning to dusk, we where sitting round cooking and chatting in shorts and t-shirts, it was a great day. One of my friends noticed a rustling in a large thorn bush behind us, it continued for about 10 minutes. So my friend Dave, 6’ 3” burly rugby player type said that’s a rabbit den under there. He then exclaimed “I am going to try catching one by hand”, so off he walks to the large thorn bush; it was fully leaved up so he took to his hands and knees to get a better look. Still couldn’t see any thing so he pushed his large head into the hedge. This startled the fully grown Ram with very curly horns that had been hiding in the thorn bush it charged out head first, butting Dave square in the face. Dave still in a lot of pain, dizzily stood up holding his sore face then fell over a log into the thorn bush. Needless to say he had a rough night in hospital with very broken nose, mild concussion and covered head to feet in scratches from the thorn bush. His nickname since has been Sheep!”

Maggie Melin from Minnesota told us:

“I was young, maybe 8 years old. We were camping in a state park, in the middle of berry season. My dad always wanted to experiment with baking in the cast iron Dutch oven. Would he be able to keep the temperature correct and consistent long enough to bake a pi?. He had plenty of practice making stews and egg bakes... but could he keep it properly regulated to use it as an oven. And he looooves pie. My dad is a pie connoisseur. Preferably blueberry pie... but he’s not picky.

It was blueberry season. So one morning, my parents and my sisters and I all go out and pick berries. We got buckets full. Plenty to make a pie. Mom was prepared with the ingredients needed to make the crust. Making pies was our activity as soon as we got back to the site. MMMMM… fresh picked, wild blueberry pie. Really, could anything be better? She had also grabbed a can of cherry pie filling to make a cherry pie.

We made the crusts, filled the pies, and put them into the Dutch ovens. Dad had the fire and the coals all set for them to bake. And they came out perfectly. Crusts were brown, but not burned. They were done all the way through. Fantastic for a first try. Mom set both pies on the picnic table to cool. We went off to do something – swimming, or ride bikes, not sure what it was. But we all left the camp site while the pies cooled.

When we came back… BOTH pie tins were EMPTY! A raccoon was cleaning the last bits of the cherry pie off his paws as we walked up. The blueberry pie tin was licked clean. All that work! Hope the raccoons enjoyed their afternoon treat.”

Image Source: campingintheforest.co.uk

Gray Wilson fro the UKtold us:

“We were at a campsite in Spain– Castel Montgri at L'Estartit – where a lot of folk went to the local river/estuary to catch dinner as Sea Bass and Mullet congregated at the base of a weir on the River Ter (Rio Ter). The weir attracted lots of anglers from the locals to holiday makers like me, we all had a laugh when a man came down to the weir with wife in tow it was obvious from her speech she was fuming with him for buying a fishing rod – he appeared to think it was easy to catch dinner. The guy cast in – but like a stupid was using a snag rig of 6 trebles tied together he obviously hooked 2-3 large Sea Bass instantly the telescopic rod he had got shattered under the power of the fish and his line broke (20lb line too) he slammed the remains of the rod at the bridge tower and stormed off complete with wife who was screaming purple faced at him in German – once he was far enough away everyone started laughing. Spanish, English, Germans alike all had enjoyed the show.”

What’s the funniest experience you’ve had during a camp trip or on any other kind of holiday? Let us know in the comments below!