Outdoorsy Escapist Gifts

'Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day . . . teach a man to fish and he'll never get any work done.'

"Ahhh... close enough."

'I love our hideaway. I only wish we could find it.'

Ice fisher.

'Relax, it's just like riding a rollercoaster.'

"He's got no idea how to run a Husky team."

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

Crowded Ice Fishing

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

Fish swimming by fishermen's feet - 'This looks like a safe place.'

Skier and his dog.

"Why don't you just go and see this summer's feel-good movie?"

'This is you, enlarged.'

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

"We should have done more to bring all the things we were trying to get away from."

Man fishing while aliens invade.

'I did not say there was a miss in the motor, I said the motor was missing.'

"So why do I feel like we're being watched?"

'Do you ever just feel like getting away from it all?'

'You said you were going to put gas in the RV, and then come right back. You've been gone for a year. Care to explain?'

"It's all about putting work into the right perspective...and this helps me!"

Blowing up the camping mattress.

'Now don't forget, polar bears can be sneaky buggers.'

Nobody likes a smore loser

"How to deal with weeds."

Death skis towards a man fishing on cracking ice

"Now that the playground's thawed, let's welcome back Mary Redmond, Sarah Turpin, and Hector D'Amico."

'Come back and get me about noon.'

The Wet Fly Man is a more active creature.

'For the life of me I can't see how cooking over a fire, bathing under a spigot and sleeping on the ground can be fun!'

'I normally don't ride a dirt bike, but my motorcycle doesn't do well on potholes.'

City Dog - 'Big trouble - haven't seen a fire hydrant in hours!'

"This is highly confidential, so, yes, we built a little fort."

"I don't think there's enough vodka for another week in Canada."

'Would you like to eat in the restaurant or dine outside on our Wasp-atorium?'