Yep, this sounds eerily familiar. This is why I'm more of a "backpacker," unfortunately, the wife tends to prefer this type of "camping" (where the tent is pitched within 10 yards of the car).
Sorry the weekend was a bit of a bummer, but at least you got to rest your injured foot

This is *fascinating.* I moved from a Real City to Montana about a year ago, and I've tossed around the idea of camping. I did it once or twice as a kid, and it was never my thing. But what the hell else do you DO out here? I am rethinking my position now.

never thought you were

midlife crisis in the sense of the recent Geezer's group kerfuffle, or real? As to the former, it's been an entertaining rant, but I don't really have anything to add to that that hasn't already been said (and remind me to try never to piss you off ) As to the latter, I tend to have my crises mid-decade. At 25 I decided to go to law school & get married; at 35 the whole physical fitness/workout thing kicked in. I shudder to think what's going to happen in four years.