I nearly froze to death in highschool. My biological clock was smashed with a sledge hammer and dumped in a furnace.

Also, I'm confused. was this a small study conducted by a university, or a study conducted by a small university?

My dad was big on camping. He would rather have spent $100 on a good campsite than $60 at the Motel 6.

I have overall good memories, although my OCD growing up made using those campsite public restrooms a nightmare. Ugh.

Having said that... if/when I ever return to Yosemite, I'm staying at either the Yosemite or Tenaya Lodge. (Look up Tenaya sometime Amy, it's beautiful.)

My husband is an Eagle Scout and a professional camper - je is NOT a morning person.

I thought living in the country would reset my biological clock. After one month I was going crazy from isolation, got pregnant and now I wake up at three all the time. :-)

Can't wait to move to Texas! Yeehaw!

But I do so love camping. As long as I have plenty of amenities to return home to. That resets my biological clock just fine!

I'm going camping (backpacking) tomorrow & Monday to Lake Ann in the North Cascades (photo at this website.)

One of my best friends -- who used to be my main backpacking partner in the '80s and who now lives in Washington, D.C. -- flies out to Seattle every summer and we always go for an overnight hike or a day hike, depending on the time he has available.

What I love most about backpacking are the views. What I dislike most are the bugs. Even when I was younger, I couldn't stand them and now I really hate them.

There are two ways to be a good morning person. First is join the Army. They enforce the camping thing.

The second is to be a severe night owl, and not go to bed until the sun is well up.

I noticed when I an in Japan, that Amy and I seem to keep the same schedule. Japan is 16 hours ahead of the west coast. :-).

Makes sense to me. Exposing newborns to the sun first thing in the am helps set their day/night patterns.

And it's pretty hard to sleep in, in a tent. I used to be a morning person. I'd take summer classes at 8am, and be home about the time others were getting moving. It got me out of school faster. Now that I have kids, I am NOT a morning person. I think it has to do with craving what you know you can't have. I can't have lazy am's in bed, so I want them sooooo bad.

Dh likes to tease me that I'm an indoor person. I'm not-it's just that hauling 4 kids, and all their gear, on a hike, and listening to the inevitable whining, makes it less fun. Much as he runs his mouth, though, I've taken the kids camping and he has not.

I get up at the crack of dawn--5am. Love it as I get so much done. Hate camping.

Every day I see the sun rise. But always from the dark side.
I've been a Night Person since puberty. My family and some friends still harass me about it, although they've had half a century to get used to it. I had to quit an oncologist whose illogically hostile preoccupation about my hours took over my treatment.
I will never understand why so many people become extremely antagonized by those of us who find we must walk in the beauty of the "dark sacred Night". Now that I am retired, those many people can kiss my ass.

What is the big deal with being sync'ed with the sun...other than your lighting bill?

I think camping blows dead goats. I can only imagine doing it in a SHTF scenario.

I've worked a lot of night shifts at my job, bmused. Millions of vampires can't be wrong.

I hate nature.

What is the big deal with being sync'ed with the sun...other than your lighting bill? -- The Former Banker at August 3, 2013 7:42 PM

Does that mean I only have to work about seven hours or less in the winter?

Being a person who camps and a person who visits fancy hotels are not mutually exclusive, on the contrary, you need disposable income to do both.

Sleep with the blinds open. Natural sunlight will filter into your room and help you wake up.

Hotels have blackout curtains that don't allow any light into the room. Crack them open so when the sun comes up, sunlight will filter into your room.

"Natural sunlight will filter into your room and help you wake up."

I live in the city. The mercury vapor lights are the nighttime sun around here.

I used to like camping when I was younger. Now, not so much. Before we moved to the new place, the ceiling in my bedroom was painted a very dark blue, midnight blue I think it was called, and my brit boyfriend put up a bunch of those little glow-in-the-dark stars and such. First time we turned the lights out and were on the bed, daughter #2 said, "mom! It's just like camping, only without the bugs!"

Yeah.