CC&P 33: Let's Gather Round The Campfire, And Pass The S'mores!

Nothing like the great outdoors to really put your life into perspective, eh? Camping and hiking remain time-honoured classic activities to do in summer, as well as year-round (weather permitting, of course)... too bad the hosts of this podcast are just a pair of CITY SLICKERS who are wholly unprepared for roughing it! What will they encounter in the woods?!

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Transcript

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SAREENA:
Hello, our favourite fried potatoes! I’m Sareena- 

MELISSA:
-and I’m Melissa!

SAREENA:
-and together we’re Curried Chips & Poutine! We’re two friends separated by the Atlantic Ocean, answering the questions no one asked! 

BOTH:
Enjoy!

MELISSA:
Hello, our favourite fried potatoes! The summer sun has definitely hit us earlier than we all expected and now it's in full swing.

SAREENA:
It sure is. And with the good weather, we're all venturing outside, in the hopes of topping up our vitamin D supply for the year.

MELISSA:
Speaking of going outside, Metallikato, one of our amazing ko-fi donators, has asked if we can talk about the great outdoors, but more specifically hiking and camping.

SAREENA:
Look at us, having a seasonally themed season! If you would like to suggest any episode themes, then feel free to leave us some spare change on our ko-fi page.

MELISSA:
That's right! We are over the halfway point to our goal of 30 cups, but we would love your support. Also, if we receive another three cups we'll post some of the outtakes we keep hidden away.

SAREENA:
Oh yeah... maybe you should keep the spare change for ice cream?

MELISSA:
That was last episode, Sareena! Today we are talking about camping! So what's your experience with camping so far?

SAREENA:
Very limited. I wasn't brought up in one of these families that kind of go away on family camping trips, like every year religiously. My first camping experience, I think, was actually when I was doing an internship in California, and so we'd take the weekends to go exploring. And we went to Joshua Tree, which is a national park that has Joshua trees which are kind of like really funky fun.

MELISSA:
Really?

SAREENA:
Yeah, it's just a kind of desert. It's really cool, and that was my first night in a tent, really!

MELISSA:
Wow, and how old were you? So what are you were high school?

SAREENA:
No, that was like 2003

Unknown Speaker 
Okay, that's, that's fair. It's funny. You mentioned the whole family camping things because my family actually was up to a point right? My aunt uncle would take us on summer camping trips to go to a very specific Park and we'd go I think we stopped going maybe when I hit like nine or 10 but I just remember being young and going on these camping trips and at the time I was younger and a lot less you know, high maintenance. So I thought it was great. So it was age 10 when you hit I was city girl though well you know how it is I sleeping in a camp is all well and good but camping toilets man like the park that we went to they'd have something called the comfort station so it was like the nicer bathrooms and they had the showers and things there Yeah, we always made a point to book a site next to that

Unknown Speaker 
bar. Yeah, I think I like the idea of camping of like I do want to be outside and pop the fresh air you know the beautiful scenery, but I just had like my home comforts.

Unknown Speaker 
Absolutely, I mean, I just kind of laugh at the idea I'm like, why am I paying to sleep outdoors like you do that at home for free. But it is more about being with the camping with people you like not sleeping on the ground and

Unknown Speaker 
yeah, and also like for me camping is kind of like synonymous with like horror. I wasn't gonna say anything about it. Yeah, Metallica just suggested the theme. I was like oh no, this is gonna lead into horror questions that is only July June whatever it is the bit of the year

Unknown Speaker 
it's summertime let's leave it at that. Yeah. In my defense I was being good I news could go real this could turn real hardcore into horror territory. I did not I'm glad just no worries just wait till October then I'm gonna lean hardcore into it. Yeah, no, I know and you'll be allowed I will allow you allowed Excuse me? Excuse me. We're always only one question away from eldritch horrors my friend that's true

Unknown Speaker 
but my other kind of I guess I don't know if you would call it camping experience is when I went to a lodge in Oh yeah, National Parks that's also in California. And so that's where they have redwood trees and stuff is really beautiful there and someone we knew had a lodge and we stayed at the lodge but when it got to nighttime It was dark outside and then we were just at this Lodge and like oh now we need to close the curtains of all the windows that I was just like edging at this side of it just like me I hate everything so if I get over my fear of what could be in the dark maybe camping with fun

Unknown Speaker 
I mean honestly like people make fun of others for being scared the dark but I'm like we don't know what lurks in there like get off my back baby.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, exactly. We're you know we're more aware and more cautious and that's fine it's fine

Unknown Speaker 
that's funny you're mentioning a lot about West Coast privilege there I have never been to California or even bc so I you know I'm missing out on those nice campgrounds there. We just have our lakes and things.

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, just casually by our lake. Oh yeah, the whole that sounds fantastic. Like Love where you are,

Unknown Speaker 
I guess. But again, you're talking to a city girl through and through. So I'm like, Well, I like the city.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah. All right, let's cautiously go into our questions then. Yes. Question number one, would you rather go camping with a good friend who knows nothing about camping? Or go with a new friend who has been camping their whole life

Unknown Speaker 
already? I'm kind of seeing a giant red flag popping up these questions. Why would I go camping with someone who's new, I don't know what you're like, I can't trust you enough to not stab me in my sleep. But

Unknown Speaker 
they're the good friend or someone that you've known a while like you really get on. Like, this is a friend that you would see every couple of weekends or whatever indeed suggested to you. Hey, Melissa, you know what would be fun going to the middle of the woods and going for a camping trip? Even though I don't know how to do any of that?

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, my God. No, I was I was talking more about the second one than the new. I'm like, how new are you?

Unknown Speaker 
Say I don't know you went to a work do or something. And you made a bond. And you've been chatting a lot. And you know, you've met up a couple of times, but it's not like deep interconnected love friendship just yet. But this could be the trip that changes all of that. Oh,

Unknown Speaker 
I don't know if I'm willing to be that vulnerable. I don't know. Cuz I can see the upsides and downsides for both of these because, you know, I can't be much like anything else is it's who you do it with, right? Yeah, cuz good friends make everything better. However, good friends who don't know anything about surviving in the wilderness could be potentially life threatening. I don't know how I feel about that either.

Unknown Speaker 
I love how you go to the extremes. I mean, I was just thinking like, you know, a friend just suggests so we just turned up at like, 6pm and it'd be fine. But actually, by the time we get there as pitch black, you can't see anything your torches don't have batteries, you know, just the inconveniences of of camping rather than I'm going to die. Now.

Unknown Speaker 
The word of the first rule of thumb is we're camping. You don't set up at nighttime. It's a terrible idea.

Unknown Speaker 
No, I know. It's a terrible idea. Although that's what happened when we went to Joshua Tree and you know, make it work.

Unknown Speaker 
Well, that's done. You guys. I suppose the thing is, if I go out with a friend, okay, I'm leaning more towards going with a good friend who's never camped before? Mm hmm. Because then I can take the reins of planning this thing because I know how to camp. Okay. Yes, that's fair. I think I will do that because I am by no means an outdoorsy person. But I've read enough to know what to do what not to do. Yeah. And I've been you know, a little bit of cable myself. So I'm like, there's something there.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, you've got enough of a foundation to know what to expect and know when something is very, very wrong.

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, for sure. It's funny because this actually you know, the people the hardcore outdoorsy people they have sneeringly made like a phrase called glamping.

Unknown Speaker 
I want to glum I want to do that. I love that glamorous camping. Yes. Give me that one.

Unknown Speaker 
I mean, there is literally nothing wrong with getting you know, a fancy tent and like having all these things and still sleep outside and call it camping. Like that's fine. I don't see anything wrong with that.

Unknown Speaker 
No, I don't. It's just like, you know, level. That sounds amazing. Like, I really do like the idea of camping and like last year before? Well, yeah, well, I booked it before COVID. And things happen. I booked myself on like a like a camping Safari trip. Like I was prepared to go out and sleep for the outer walls of our distance and things. And I was like, yeah, you know, it will be basic and I'll just have to rough it because I want to go and see the animals but I think if someone was like, hey, thriller, let's just go away for the weekend and sleep on some grass. I'd be like, no.

Unknown Speaker 
Sleeping Bag. The grass. Is your blanket. Enjoy. No, that is way too free range for me. I think so. You know, I'm gonna go camping with a good friend and I'll be like, okay, here's what not to bring. And here's what to do. So I'll do that.

Unknown Speaker 
Okay, I think I would go with a new friend because I don't trust my knowledge of camping in the slightest. And so I would take it as like a bonding experience. You know, hopefully they won't kill me. I'll take someone before I leave. I both are going camping. If you don't hear from me in like three days. Oh my god.

Unknown Speaker 
I mean, that's just a general rule of thumb anyways, you want to let people know where you're going and when you'll be back, right?

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, it's always a good practice, you know, nights I or you know, driving places just to check. You make it back. Okay. Yes. Okay. Why are you so obsessed with me? God? With your well being okay, I would like to Well, no, I have none of that.

Unknown Speaker 
I mean, obviously, if we were friends just based on money, then oh, I don't know her. Who are you? Wow. I'm rich with ice cream. You've eaten it? Ice cream is there for me. Question two time for questions. Would you rather have magic boots that you never feel tired in until you take them off? Okay. Or would you rather have a magic tent that's much roomier and comfy on the inside but weighs roughly 20 pounds. What? No. Cuz I knew he would go for that one. But I'm like, No, there's a caveat. You can be lugging this thing around. Yeah, no.

Unknown Speaker 
I think like what's really funny about this is when we went to Korea, they love hiking there I tours all the time. And it makes sense. Like it's really beautiful there. They've got the mon ends, they've got the ocean and yes, it's it's wonderful. And I think at that stage of my life because you want to make new friends and you just don't want to miss out on anything. I did say yes to like going out on hikes and big walls and things quite a lot. But now that I've got a few more years of experience behind me, I know 100% fact that it's just not what I enjoy. Like I like short walk. We're gonna walk from here, we're gonna see a waterfall and we're gonna come back like yes, that's great. I don't want to be out for like five six. I was like, no

Unknown Speaker 
it's funny. You mentioned that just because I actually don't mind hiking however you're hiking up mountains you can miss me with that take me on like a nice winding trail or something and you know, then we'll head back after a few hours that's fine. I can do it but going up mountains no way because again in Korea, like Serena said, it's super hardcore hiking business. And I remember with my classes there was a an annual hiking trip that they'd go on. Oh, yeah. Oh my god. So the baby grades the grades one and two. They went up like a small mountain, you know, went up there to spend a few hours call it today went home. Yeah, third and fourth graders went up the intermediate mountain night. Okay, not gonna take my chances with that. And then my poor fifth and sixth graders, not only are they going up the highest, the most difficult of the mountains that they were going on. Yeah, they camped there overnight, too. Oh, no, no.

Unknown Speaker 
I mean, it like it looks amazing. You know, people always take like, such amazing pictures all day. And you know, it is fantastic. And if you're all about that, then power to you, like have a great time. But I think with me, I guess there's something else linking to it. Like, I want to know that I can come back safely. I agree. 100% I just want to go for a little walk. Oh, yeah, it's really pretty out here. This is great, get a bit of sight and then come home. That's all I want to do. So. And also with my feet, they do tend to like heart pretty quickly, like I actually walk for so longer than probably because you know, my feet are soft and squishy, you know, like one of the five meters. So I would take the boots because then I would be able to go on these big long walks and it'd be amazing. And then when I'm safely at home, I can then suffer the consequences of when I take off.

Unknown Speaker 
Honestly, every that's the same thing. So like I like at the end of the day. It's like kind of like oh, you feel it? You're like Yeah, can I keep going all day and you take it off and you immediately collapse? You're like, Oh, you know? Yeah. Yes, exactly. Yeah, cuz the idea of carrying like a portable palace I suppose on your bag. It's it seems appealing, but also I don't like hiking or camping in places I would say overnight in because I'm like, like you said short short excursions are the way to go for me too. Yeah, but yeah, so I would also go with those boots. I feel like it'd be handy for other uses as well. Not just hiking, but hiking would be the most I guess extreme variant thereof.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, I mean, like just having magical boots that you know, don't give you blisters and are actually comfy to wear like, you know, that's just a novelty in itself. So I'll take the fancy footwear. Thank you. Okay, as well, I great. I guess maybe my next question might be along the similar vein four question number three. Would you rather take the wrong size tent or the wrong kind of sleeping bag on your camping trip?

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, man, when you say a wrong size tent? Is it like comically small or is it like super huge and it's very roomy.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, so like if it is just like the two of you that's going camping. The tent that you pull out of your bag is actually for like 16 people.

Unknown Speaker 
But then also for the sleeping bag bed. Is it just not? Is it too light for the Yeah, either it will it won't keep you warm or it will keep you too warm. Oh geez, I mean fat chances of that happening. I am like I said before, I am a very very warm person. I am my own furnace and other people have taken advantage of this.

Unknown Speaker 
cozy up to you but like this sleeping bag wouldn't let you sleep comfortably. And the same with the tat like it will be the opposite of whatever situation you're in like, oh, it'd be so nice if I had a four person tent for two people because then you've got a bit of extra room. There'll be no there's room for 16 I don't even know if they have tents that big. They do they'll have like their different compartments and stuff. So like again at Costco they would have them up and I'm like wow, look at this magic house. I will never ever have but the hot tub. Yes, but there was a hot tub of this Magical tent I'd be into it. Oh my god, that

Unknown Speaker 
is crazy. 16 people because I okay, because when we've gone camping, I think our biggest tent held eight to 10 people, which is okay, quite large and still just one big tent. There's no compartments or anything. It's just a tent. Yeah, I've got your roll of people there. But I think I'd have to go to the large tent just for the novelty of it because sleeping bags. I mean, you're not going to sleep comfortably in a tent anyways,

Unknown Speaker 
but it will be like so if there's like four of you, you would have like a one person tent that you don't have to share. So there's that as well. It's like, wow, the tent won't fit with what you need it to be either.

Unknown Speaker 
It's a sort of mini fanfiction. Oh my god, they were 10 mates. I mean, I'm sure we could make it happen. But also I like my space. You just ever have to go with a big group of people that I guess. I mean, that's fair. Because the times I've gone camping it's always been with family. And there's like at least eight of us. So what was my aunt and uncle their kids and in my family, right? Imagine it is your family trip. This is one big tent for 10 people we have two tents for three people each or something. I don't know. You can catch me slipping in the car. well away from all y'all because oh my god, that sounds awful. Oh, if that is the scenario that I'm gonna go to sleeping bag instead. Because Oh, yeah, yeah, I mean, you know, it's like sleeping all in the same room as like, it's terribly don't realize how blessed it is to have walls that separate snoring. Like, I swear, you could probably see the sides of the tent. That's like going in and out with every breath you take, like, come on. seat that just doesn't spell safety to be as whole. Yeah, no, let's go to sleep. Because like I said, I never sleep well intense, because it's like a unwanted superpower. Whenever we go camping doesn't matter. The campsite could be the flattest, most even ground that we could put the camp on. Doesn't matter where I put my sleeping bag, it will always be lumps and bumps and something stabbing me in the back every single time. Maybe that's why I'm I don't like camping that much.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, but I suppose if you were like an avid camper, those people would be like, well, you just buy an air bed or you have like roll out bots and things that can make the experience more enjoyable. But I think usually the trips that I get asked to go on is just you know, it's very first time me like, yeah, which is good. And we'll make the most of one night, where's the harm and that kind of thing was never usually the most comfortable experience. So when I did go to Joshua Tree, I did have a sleeping bag, but it didn't really keep me warm for the night. So I just had to like wear a hoodie and things inside the sleeping bag. But that was fine. Like, I should do it for a night. So I think I would always go back with the wrong sleeping bag and then be like, yeah, never going camping ever again. Thanks, everyone. Bye.

Unknown Speaker 
I mean, yeah, I agree. Just because like it's not too bad because there's more bodies in the tent. So it's like it's warmer would be okay, but is it time for the final question? I think so. Okie dokie. Question number four. Okay, I never like when you start laughing before you say the question. I'm sure I don't know what you mean. Who would you rather go camping somewhere, but there's a 15% chance of getting horribly lost on your way to the campsite? Or would you rather hike on a trail somewhere, but there's a 15% chance of bears. So you've brought two things I don't like math. Okay, well, the numbers just there as a threat really just 15% that

Unknown Speaker 
they are threatened? I go okay. No, I do like the outdoors. But in those situations coupled with numbers. So how am I getting to the campsite? Am I driving?

Unknown Speaker 
Yes. So you have to drive to the main action? Oh, yeah. You're just driving because I'd be me. It'd be rude to make you like walk your way to the campsite? Because that would suck,

Unknown Speaker 
then it's just beauford one, isn't it? You have to walk there and you get lost. You don't get to sleep anywhere. And then there's bears.

Unknown Speaker 
It's either or you either get lost or there's bears? Would you rather I bump those percentages up? No, No. 25%? No, four chance. Okay. So am I alone in this drive to the campsite? No. So you are with I would say probably two or three friends. Okay, this was your route of bonding with your friends. So let's make some memories that will never forget one of those.

Unknown Speaker 
Well, and then is it the same amount of friends I'm going hiking with? And then we're like, oh, bears? Yes. Like, I'm not opposed to meeting a bear on a trip, but the fact that I'm going to have to hike and if you're hiking you generally have less resources with you. You mean you might have like enough water and stuff and you've got like kind of a big bag but if I'm driving I'm already in a car and I've got all my stuff in the car and I'm not alone. So even if we get lost, we'll just like be grumpy about it. Oh, it's not the worst thing but you know, meeting a bear and it potentially not going as amicably as I perhaps think it might is a little bit more danger there. So out My chances with getting lost with all of my gear for

Unknown Speaker 
camera Really? I mean, I was gonna go for the bear option. Absolutely. It's only a 15% chance that's not very much at all

Unknown Speaker 
I know. But then at least I'm not walking, you know, I'm still driving. And I can pitch my tent and then just walk around and have my short day trips. That's fine.

Unknown Speaker 
If you want to play it safe. I do. I do. We should all be playing it safe. I mean, no, you're right. You're right. But it's funny because in my worst case scenario, survival handbooks, I do have things and what to do to to avoid the wildlife and how to drive them away. If you're a bear country, make noise, let them know that you're there.

Unknown Speaker 
Yeah, that makes sense. So this is same for snakes as well. Like you should stop the ground if you need to use nature's facilities. Just make a clearing and then you're good to go.

Unknown Speaker 
I don't know if it's like on a campsite. Or you know, I'm just saying I don't know, but I'm just saying generally. It's good to know. Yeah,

Unknown Speaker 
lots of ways to survive and also the mosquitoes I did not make any mosquito related questions because it would be terrible. Our mortal enemy always but I do like the Oh no, you can't enjoy this either. But the citronella candles

Unknown Speaker 
I know they're like oh, this is repair all the mosquitoes and I'm like it will also repel me like no.

Unknown Speaker 
All right, fine. So you're going to go potentially get lost? Well, I go potentially meet a bear. I'm

Unknown Speaker 
sure one of us will make it back alive to tell the story and it'll be me. They probably would be Look, I made a new friend thriller.

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, cuz Yeah, you took a wrong turn deep in the forest. He never came out. So there's that

Unknown Speaker 
but it's okay. You know, I could have stumbled upon like theories or like a unicorn hide. Hidden den is fine. Just because you don't hear from me ever again. It might not be a bad thing.

Unknown Speaker 
What are you saying? Are you planning to just live away from society? No. Enough comfort out there. I mean, that's what it boils down to. I'm like, look in nature is all well and good. But I'm like, I need to be able to be around for this people and things. Yeah, there's no ice cream but nature cupboard dark. No, there really isn't like I was gonna say like, you can't you don't normally find super cold things in nature unless you are in an environment which lends itself to those things. Yeah. But no,

Unknown Speaker 
generally in England, as much as we'd like to complain about how cold it is. It's not Arctic level.

Unknown Speaker 
It means depends on where you are in Canada, where it actually is Arctic level. So hey, yeah, but anyway, do you have a bonus question? I do I save the nice bonus question for our lovely listeners. What? How dare you? I know. Well, I wanted to give him the easier question because I wanted to see you sweat. So the bonus Would you rather question. So would you rather go hiking to see a sunrise? Or would you rather go hiking to see a sunset? Be sure to leave us a comment, send us an email, let us know which way you'd rather

Unknown Speaker 
see. Yeah, both time good. There isn't a wrong answer. Because they're both beautiful. But you know, really, either time you should be in bed, you know, enjoying the comforts of life. I'm just gonna put that out there. But ya know, let us know if you're different to us.

Unknown Speaker 
I had the bonus question which it can only mean that you have something else for me. Yes,

Unknown Speaker 
I do a wonderful, beautiful scenario ready for you or our what would you do segment. So Melissa, you're out camping with a friend. You have your tent set up and a wonderful campfire going? Ready for some top notch s'mores as you start roasting the marshmallows. You notice a dancing light in the trees not too far away. At first, you think is a trick of the eye caused by the campfire. But then you hear a twinkling of music in the wind from the same direction.

Unknown Speaker 
What would you do? Well, every nerve in my body is screaming that's very nonsense. Don't get involved. I'm just say, I know. We're on the focal locker. Oh, no, I'm with just the one friend. Yes. The one friend and I can trust

Unknown Speaker 
Yes, you can trust your friend. This is not meant to be threatening in any way. is a lie. That's a threat if I ever threat have a good time. It's time for me or for whoever's trying to lure me out there depends on the coin flip.

Unknown Speaker 
Oh, no. Oh, God. Maybe my lucky streak will hold Who knows? Yeah, yeah, that's true. And also maybe I've just cheated myself for saying that. Oh, my God. And then I hear music. Like Can I hear voices too?

Unknown Speaker 
Just in music on just the dancing like it's far enough that it's not immediately at your tent, but it's close enough for you just to walk to it and investigate. Should you want to

Unknown Speaker 
know. abort, abort, abort. Cool. Hey, I'm going to go barricade myself in the car for the night. See? Because I mean, that's one of the things that you know, you might want to avoid when you're out when it's dark. I just feel like words dark somewhere and you're seeing dancing lights and hearing with strange music. That's not a good time. It's spelling danger of some kind.

Unknown Speaker 
Yes, no, I would I would generally agree with my whole fearful encountering so yeah, no, I would

Unknown Speaker 
God and it doesn't help that I found like a horror podcast that deals specifically with the sort of like, you know, there's something old and dangerous lurking in the forest. I'm

Unknown Speaker 
like, No,

Unknown Speaker 
okay. So is that what you would do is you would would investigate and then holed up in your car.

Unknown Speaker 
I would tell my friend to look over there but to be cool, and have a look over you know, not obviously, and I warn them like that's probably not a good sign. Don't go near it. I think we should arm ourselves with some silver. Maybe sprinkle like a ring of salt around the campsite, you know, all of that stuff. And then barricade yourself in the car.

Unknown Speaker 
What do you take? What do you go get big? I'm sure that's not like a no. Okay, no, I don't think we'd have that much salt. But

Unknown Speaker 
that was the problem. Okay, well, you would have metal and steel implements when you go camping. Like a fork. Yeah, so keep the fairies with the fork. If it's if it works, it works.

Unknown Speaker 
I'll take it. Alright, let's see what happens so you do exactly that you alert your friend who also notices and can also hear the music as well. You decide it's probably best that you pack up what you can and just spend the night in the car even though the stars are out of the campfires going it's also wonderful even with the music but you go to sleep and let's see if your diet is out of a fog right 321 heads its tails got Derek so dearest Melissa, goodbye. It was nice knowing you no no we said we're gonna turn this into a horror episode and that was not my intention. So you put down your what you can think like what would protect you? You do go to sleep in your car while you're sleeping you feel an uncomfortable chill so it's quite cold you probably would have been more comfortable in your tent under this sleeping bag but you make it through the night other than feeling a bit cold and then when you wake up you check your campsite and all of your s'mores are gone all your food is gone and in the campfire in the ash was a little trinket you pick it up and you can see it was a sign of a missed opportunity the end

Unknown Speaker 
if I was someone to avoid you know avoid strange lights dancing lights and music I'm gonna go pick up a trinket that was in the fire to me just throwing it out the window no the fire is done like it's not like it's hot here I love you. Throws back in the fire while also the fire back up throw it back in I just watched like, you know, the language of board are just popping up in the sides of this trinket and I'm like alright, cool. That's my question.

Unknown Speaker 
But yeah, nothing really bad happened. You just you know, you might have a bit of FOMO now.

Unknown Speaker 
Oh my god. Okay. Well, that's the level is my concern here. I just happy to have survived an encounter. That's fine. It's just a party just you know, above. You just didn't die. So good. This is convincing to me. I'm sorry. Sorry. Oh, well, next time. Hmm. Next time indeed. Don't you worry. You'll get yours when October rolls around. But remember the kindness that I bestowed upon you. My opportunity came on gentle nor have kind forgiving scenarios.

SAREENA:
It is now time for the Self-Care Sign-Off.
[gentle chiming music playing throughout]
Now, Melissa and I may not have had that much experience camping, but there’s one thing I think we can agree on that makes the whole experience awesome regardless of whether you’re sleeping under the stars!

MELISSA:
Campfires, man. Whether you’re roasting some marshmallows, hot dogs or whatever else, sitting around the campfire is also one of the best places to just share some really deep thoughts with your camping companions.

SAREENA:
And it’s also great for telling stories! There’s not much that can beat sitting with friends and telling stories, and it’s something that us humans have done for generations. It may not seem like much but by putting some words together and sharing them we can really weave something magical.

MELISSA:
Everyone’s got stories to tell, so take some time this summer (or at any time, really) to tell your own, and to listen to someone else’s. Who knows what you might learn along the way!

[Outro music playing throughout.]

MELISSA:
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Thank you so much for listening! We love you and appreciate you very much. Stay delicious! 

BOTH:
See you next time! Byyyeeeeee!