Help With The Dishes
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
Canada
August 2, 2016 5:22am CST
Sometimes the jobs that we women have to do is tiresome. At home I have a dishwasher but while camping we have to start a fire, heat the water, set up a table to work on and then you can wash, dry and put away the dishes.
It only happens once a day, usually after dinner. We like our campsite to be clean before we go to bed just in case big critters are looking for something tasty. (All food lives in my van, unless we're eating it.)
We have a dish pan that holds our dirty dishes all day and some get cleaned by the critters that seem to enjoy doing dishes.
The chipmunks are very cute and certainly not afraid of humans. Of course when I know they are around I tend to drop a lot of peanuts....feeding the wildlife is not allowed...
I took this photo a few years ago and just found it yesterday. The chipmunks were entertaining.
I took this photo a few years ago and just found it yesterday. The chipmunks were entertaining.28 people like this
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
Where there is a will, there is a way... When the kids camp with us with their dogs we don't need peanuts, Chippies love dog food too...
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
2 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate Your photos almost make me want to go camping, but I don't think I'd be too happy away from the comfort of my bed.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
@Gina145 we sleep on cots. On top of the canvas cot is a layer of soft foam (used on beds) and then an air mattress. Our bed is smaller than the one at home but just as comfortable if not even more comfortable....
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@vandana7 (102698)
• India
7 Aug 16
Hiya...may be I have male gene...I have tried burning many things...I can tell you which thing burns very fast...old photographs..god knows why...
More seriously...you wanted to know how Indian squirrels look...the same picture (she is calling them chipmunks...we call them squirrels).
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
7 Aug 16
We don't bring our men to camp. I have two sons who participate when they can (they were there this summer and one of Elaine's girls brings her husband) My husband has always worked from May to November so he doesn't participate. Both husbands wouldn't sleep in a tent to save their lives.
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
7 Aug 16
On campsite, everybody does their own dishes. Larger dishes...one per lady if it is a group or even that gets shared. Nobody can wait up for everybody to finish and do everything..instead of enjoying. Not fair. At home, I actually like doing dishes now...I used to hate it. I found a new way of doing it. I switch on YouTube..full volume...and I scream along with it...don't realize when they get over...it is pretty much like singing when we are having bath.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
7 Aug 16
Now that the kids are grown they all pitch in and help with the chores when they camp with us. When they were little, we got tired of the "I did that yesterday.." so we made a daily schedule of all the chores - I'll have to find a photo of the chore list (it also included chef's helper). It was a wonderful thing. No more whining and they enjoyed the jobs!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
2 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate Thanks for the explanation - I thought they were similar in size to squirrels, but they are quite a bit smaller.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
My computer is freezing up today....again. On myLot only... A chipmunk is tiny, a bit bigger than a mouse and they live in the ground, They are very cute and like to be around humans but they are wild so we don't get too close...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
They are all cute until they become a pest. Actually we don't feed them often so they don't become a pest.
@responsiveme (22923)
• India
3 Aug 16
What a cute helper. Clever to drop the peanuts.:)
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@velvet53 (24417)
• Palisade, Colorado
8 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate It sure is. I haven't been camping for awhile but I do love it. I used to go camping all the time.
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@rebelann (117206)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Aug 16
must be nice @PainsOnSlate I am the dishwasher so that isn't an option for me.@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Aug 16
Good thinking... I do the dishes every once in a while but its much easier to just put them in the dishwasher and we run it at night.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
I think some of ours are a mix of gray and brown, I will be looking for a gray one now...
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
3 Aug 16
I do remember the visiting chipmunks from when we used to camp, they are so cute.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
3 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate We were just talking about the fun of doing dishes when we used to camp, my daughter is more of a glamper!! lol
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Aug 16
They are free entertainment. Sooooo cute.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
15 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate They really are cute. We have them around here and I love watching them play with each other.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Aug 16
how sweet! now, why didn't i think 'f leavin' such 'n let the critters've their fare? i hand wash here't the house 'nless there's a big crowd, then use the dishwasher. i'm a bit o.c.d. when't comes to dishes...dirty'uns jest drive me nuts! if'n the hubs jest stabs a few pickles from the jar, i've gotta wash that fork used immediately, lol.
jest love this pic! still gigglin' o'er the peanuts...the hubs does that with the raccoons when he goes huntin' :)
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
7 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate gigglin' o'er ya washin' 't the campsite so's ya get clean hands :D sorry yer havin' so many troubles, hon.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Aug 16
@crazyhorseladycx Its amazing how dirty your hands get when you live outside. So far this morning I have been able to comment on a bunch of posts...fingers crossed...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
7 Aug 16
I do use my dishwasher usually at night. a few of the dishes get washed by hand daily but the rest goes into the machine. I love washing the dishes by hand when camping... It mean onec a day my hands are clean!!! This short comment took at least 15 minutes.... Mylot is not letting me play and that upsets me.
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@Marilynda1225 (91035)
• United States
2 Aug 16
Chipmunks are really cute and i wouldn't mind them running around the campsite...it's the bigger animals that would scare me
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@Marilynda1225 (91035)
• United States
8 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate yup like bears 
glad you don't have them at your campsite
glad you don't have them at your campsite1 person likes this
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Aug 16
Like bears? Thankfully we don't see any bigger animals any more. We like our little visitors too...
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@83908390yulsi (229)
• Guernsey
2 Aug 16
I've always wanted to go camping but I'm afraid of bugs lol what a cute chipmunks
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Aug 16
We don't see bugs on the mountain, in the campground, occasionally a black fly or mosquito but very few. While hiking we have to cover ourselves in bug spray.
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
5 Aug 16
Did you tell him while he was there to help out and you'd see about dropping extra peanuts? I would've told him that and watched him run home to get his wife to help with the dishes! You KNOW he ain't gonna help with them! 
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
5 Aug 16
What??? MY HUSBAND WILL DO THE DISHES! I expect all men to do dishes if they want to eat...
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
2 Aug 16
Nice photo... I bet you get to see a variety of critters while camping...
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
8 Aug 16
Over the years we have seen a lot, the bears were the only scary ones.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
3 Aug 16
We love camping, sadly its over for this summer...
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
3 Aug 16
@PainsOnSlate Oh well. At least you had a good time.
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