Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple's Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature

ISBN-13: 9780899974323

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Wilderness Press

Publication Date: 10-11-2007

Pages: 176

Product Dimensions: 8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

Writer, camper, and paddler Michelle Waitzman was born and raised in Toronto, Canada, where she worked in TV production for almost 20 years. In 2005, she followed her wander and her lust to Wellington, New Zealand, in search of love and the great outdoors (she found both). She now works on the occasional blockbuster New Zealand film project and fine-tunes her lovemaking skills with her partner, Gerhard, on their many “tramping” trips Down Under. Michelle blogs about camping with her partner, andother outdoor misadventures, at loveinatent.blogspot.com. This is her first book. Illustrator Ann Miya lives and works in Santa Cruz, California, where she and her husband share a little compound with Rio the dog and four cats. When not drawing or dog walking, she gardens and practices the ukulele or the accordion. She and her husband recently bought a new tent.

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While nighttime is the easiest time to go unnoticed by other campers, some couples prefer to have morning sex on a camping trip. They feel more confident and attractive in the morning because they haven’t had a chance to get dirty and sweaty yet. Not to mention that on very active trips, they’re just too exhausted at the end of the day. If you’ve gone to sleep at sundown, you’ll probably be waking up very early anyway. It never hurts to put the time to good use. Making love in the morning also has the advantage of a bit of daylight in the tent. You’ll have an easier time finding what you need, and cleaning up after yourselves.

Top 10 Euphemisms for Making Love in a Tent

1. Answering the other call of nature
2. Painting the canvas
3. Howling at the moon
4. Keeping the bunnies awake
5. Working off the marshmallows
6. Driving in the tent pegs
7. Sharing body heat for survival
8. Gathering wood
9. Shakin’ the stakes
10. Flapping the fly

Tentus Interruptus
“There are some dangers when you borrow a tent from friends and you aren’t used to it yet. So let this serve as a warning to everyone—make sure you try putting up the tent at least once before you go out camping with it.

We started getting busy in the tent after a long day of hiking, and things were pretty passionate. My husband was on top and we were kissing like mad. There wasn’t a lot of space in the tent, I have to say, and when he tried to roll us over so that I was on top, he rolled us onto the side of the tent. I guess we didn’t do a very good job of putting it together, because somehow one of the poles popped out of its place! The end of the pole must not have been sitting properly in its little grommet. It was already getting dark when we set up our campsite, so we kind of rushed, and, as I said, it was a borrowed tent we’d never set up before.

The next thing I knew, I was on top of my husband, naked, and the tent was caving in on us. He didn’t want to stop, but I was laughing too hard to keep going. I mean, how can you have sex when you’re literally wearing your tent? At least there was no damage to the tent. I couldn’t imagine trying to explain what happened when we returned it to our friends.”
—OB

Table of Contents

Convincing Your Reluctant Partner that Camping Is Fun

Planning a Trip that Won’t End Your Relationship

How to Keep Smelling Good Enough to Kiss

Creating a Romantic Dinner from a Ziploc Bag

How to Have Sex in a Tent Without Destroying It

Making Car Camping the Ultimate Drive-In

Paddling to Paradise

Holding Hands While Backpacking

The Most Romantic Campsites in North America

The World as Your Outdoor Bedroom

Absolutely Everything You Need to Get Outside and Get It On

Index

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