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In reply to the discussion: Where's the Worst Place You've Ever Spent the Night? [View all]ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)14. Did you get a carton of milk and some bologna sandwiches at least?
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I remember at Scout Camp once I slept on a tarp under a stack of branches.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2019
#2
Funny, I was thinking about my own wilderness survival 'shelter' a few days ago - if it hadn't
petronius
Feb 2019
#123
Not me - when they suddenly had trouble calling Pennsylvania, I flashed right back to
Kashkakat v.2.0
Feb 2019
#98
In a blizzard in CO stranded at a tiny gas station / convenience store. The interstate was closed and
RKP5637
Feb 2019
#5
I'd forotten about being stranded in a blizzard, but that happened to me, too.
Liberty Belle
Feb 2019
#84
Those storms are scary, and sometimes they become way more dangerous than predicted. Glad you
RKP5637
Feb 2019
#89
I loved the Everglades but the person I went with freaked out at all the mosquitos . I mean freaked!
lunasun
Feb 2019
#47
Between the rail cars, on the floor, in front of the men's toilet on a Eurrail train
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2019
#16
Well, mine isn't as bad as ANY of these so far, but it was bad enough...
CaliforniaPeggy
Feb 2019
#18
I too have had some youth hostel tales, but likewise more than one day in car on closed highway
hlthe2b
Feb 2019
#20
All I can say is I was in college, she insisted on driving and I should have known better.
dameatball
Feb 2019
#29
In the aisle of a German sleeper train. I had bought a ticket for a berth but
fierywoman
Feb 2019
#30
Korean war veterans always talk about how cold it was there. I spent two winters in Germany
doc03
Feb 2019
#70
I was house sitting once. I had a dog and cat and a house to look after. I went out the side door
applegrove
Feb 2019
#33
On the concrete stairway to an underground bathroom in Quebec City during Winter Carnival
jpak
Feb 2019
#39
What?? You missed the black fly season in MN ? You should have gone back for that experience !
lunasun
Feb 2019
#52
And here I thought the night my wife told me she wanted a divorce was the worst
ProudLib72
Feb 2019
#79
I also spent a miserable night in rain at a rest stop Good Times ! I thought about my worse
lunasun
Feb 2019
#72
Overnighting in a Snow Cave after Greyhound Bus broke down in middle of Nowhere
arthurgoodwin
Feb 2019
#100
A pension in Heidelberg summer 1970. Filthy, didn't take shoes off, lay on clothes over bedding
bobbieinok
Feb 2019
#102
I don't tell my most sordid PTSD stories here, but I know why my kids hate camping.
hunter
Feb 2019
#119
Probably one of those high-rise multi-hostel buildings in Hong Kong - comfortable in its way,
petronius
Feb 2019
#124
lived in a car a couple times....lived in a camper shell in someone's yard once...
TalenaGor
Feb 2019
#129