When camping, consider a new “path” for that leg hair. Braiding, perhaps? For oft-times the showers at camp are glorified caves with plumbing. A simple equation of words will demonstrate:
“Cave” = “Cold”
“Cold” = “Goose Bumps”
Alas…
“Shaving” + “Goose Bumps” = “Bloody stump of a leg”
Just say “NO!” to camp shaving.
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I agree.
As a child we camped in tents, we bathed in streams (no fancy pants showers) and slept on the GROUND. Camping nowadays is so upscale, it makes me laugh.
I did something like that when I was 15 years old and driving from San Francisco to the Grand Canyon with my folks and younger punk brother.
For some reason I just HAD to shave my legs and I did so WITHOUT water in the back of our camper shell pickup truck. It was awful. Never, thankfully, to be repeated. See, I can learn!
Anywho, the funny thing is I have blonde hair on my legs - as IF anyone was going to see that peach fuzz. So glad the days of worrying that the world is watching are long gone.
Can you say wax? I wax before vacations, before childbirth, before the holidays. I’m talking hair-free for weeks, ladies. Totally worth it. I recommended Liz at Cherry Blossom Day Spa on Bainbridge Island.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/cherry-blossom-day-spa-bainbridge-island
LMBO!!! You are so right! Thanks for a good laugh!
I thought it was a given that if you are camping then the niceties (like shaving) are totally negotiable!
Yikes! That’s nasty!
Ouch! That’s not good.
Yeeeowch! I’m shuddering just picturing it! But girl, why on EARTH would you want/need to shave your legs when CAMPING?!?
Oh, I know goosebump shaving pain well. And it’s not pretty.
Just spent 5 days in the woods by myself (well, there was a critter in the attic of my 100-year-old cabin of rodent likeness), and took with me this great book, Backcountry Betty (http://www.mountaineersbooks.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=817). Very funny book, and actually quite informative. Easy to read by the fire. Worth packing on the next trip in the event you really do want to stay as chic and ladylike as Betty author Jennifer Worick of Seattle.