Why 'Camping' is boring...

You may say I am wired differently...may be I am -- I am not arguing that...but camping is such a bore for me that even if someone says they'll give me 1000bucks if I 'camp' for a weekend...I most probably would not take up on that offer..no kidding..
Over the weekend, we (entire Sujatha family on one side and me and my s-in-law on the other....atleast that's how me and my s-in-law percieved it...LoL) went on a camping trip to Yosemite...my first trip to that place in all this 10 years of living in the bay area, this itself may throw off some people--"what? you've been here for 10 whole years and never been to Yosemite once..you're wierd..." is the kind of look I get when I disclose this to people..but sorry to say that I may not go back to that place that soon..mind you..its a beautiful place and all...nothing wrong with the place itself, its just that I cant take so much of nature..I feel aloof..something like there's something happening at the other end of the world and I am stuck here, kinda feeling..if you see what I mean..
to say that we 'camped' -- is like saying it snows in the bay area...I mean we 'lived' in a cabin furnished with a bedroom, a proper kitchen and a bath...the only proof is that the cabin itself is in the woods...so if u'd imagined we erected a tent and we had bears for company and we had a cozy night by campfire...get real...

One development I loved during this trip was Raagini taking to the swimming pool like the proverbial fish taking to water..she could get into the water with me..she was flapping her legs and in general was very happy to be there..I should look out for a swim school now..

For me the culmination of the boredom on the weekend was this one hour journey we had to take from the base of the camp uphill to "Glacier point" where you get to see the 'half dome' on the otherside...I mean the halfdome is smack in front of you at the base camp...so what you do is, ignore it, climb up a hill and go to a seemingly 'vantage' point and look at it through your binoculars...hello...no one told me that at "Glacier point" that's all there's to it..you'll see the same rock in a different angle..at a different elevation..If someone even gave a mere hint, I would have considered my options and decided to stay put...or may be not...they needed a driver..ah! that was it..they needed a driver....
and to hear that these camps are so 'pricey' and they get booked out in advance..I hear its' all gone for the july4th weekend..may be I should become savvy and buy some 'timeshare' here..what you say?