Anyone else addicted to camping??

[RadioNate]

Um no...

I like s'mores but you can keep the rest.

Our 4 bedroom, 2 bath lake house with air conditioning, phone and satellite tv is just about as rough as I get.

 

[minkydog]

YES YES YES~ We love camping! I grew up camping, but DH did not. He had to learn to love it. For several years we had a small tent--we were packed in there like puppies. Then we reached "that certain age" when you're back just cant take sleeping on the ground. So 2yrs ago we bought a pop-up. I was worried that it wouldn't "feel" like camping, but I got over it. It still smells like canvas and feels like a tent. Only it's off the cold, hard ground. and the bed is soft. We still use the comfort stations and spend most of our time outside the camper. If anything, we camp even more now than we used to because the preparation &set up is so much easier.

in fact,I'm taking the Dutchmen out Friday; going to kidnap my DH and take him into the woods after dark for a little marshmellow roasting and entertainment. Campers are a breed apart--a little sturdier, more adventurous, and definitely not high maintenance. I only wish I had more weekends.

 

[funhouse8]

I am seriously debating upgrading from our tent to a pop-up. I'm just afraid that it won't have the "togetherness, campy" feel that a tent has.

We have done this too and I also don't think we lost anything. The best thing about the pop-up is I can store all my camping supplies and just have to bring clothes. I boiught a duffle bag if each kid and whenever we were heading out I would just tell them how many days and they would pack themself. When they were little I would double check the bags but this has helped make it easier for me. Just tell them 4 underwear, 4 shorts, 1 long pants & etc. We never bring the TV either, just board & card games. I think camping is the best thing i have done for my family. When we go to a hotel, they wish they were camping. We have been staying at camping resorts and they have so many things going on. Movies, bingo, family games, arts & crafts, pools, lakes, fishing & so much more. We are a family of 6 and without my pop-up we have trouble finding a room. I have to say I too was scared out of camping in Fort wilderness and have stayed in the cabins there. No that isn't camping but it is on the campground. Enjoy your camping family & may all your trips be filled with sunshine!!

 

[wishiwasgolfing]

Yes, I love camping too! In a tent. We just came back from a 4 day camping trip to New Hampshire. I wouldn't want to do it every week but now and then it's great to get away from it all. No TV and and all that crap. I just make sure my cooler is full of beverages. And we have plenty of wood for the fire.

 

[Kitty 34]

I'm addicted to hotels so no I'm not a camper.

My brother and his family camp all the time and love it but not us!

 

[MagicalMom]

I'm just releived to know that I'm not alone, I was starting to think I was nuts!!!

 

[sweet angel]

Campers are a breed apart--a little sturdier, more adventurous, and definitely not high maintenance.

I can honestly say I'm not high maintenance.

 

[Honu]

We love to camp as well. We do some primative camping with our cub scout troop, usually at least 3 times a year. We also enjoy just going to a KOA and setting up.....has he plus of the pool and playground.....our area KOA always has something going on around the holidays.....Labor Day they'll have watermelon races in the pool, scavenger hunts, pancake breakfast. Halloween they have hay rides and trick or treating.

The only thing I don't like is packing up all the stuff when it's time to go home.

I am so camping illiterate that I could not figure out how you were going to set up your family at KOA.

 

[C.Ann]

When I first purchased our summer place here at the lake, it was pretty darn primitive.. No running water (had to hike to a well in the woods); no electricity (kerosene lanterns - an old honest-to-goodness "ice" box and kerosene stove); no phone; and obviously, no tv, a/c, computer or anything of that nature.. My adult DD really misses those days and sometimes I do too..

DD & her DH have a travel trailer down on my extra lot (their second - they upgraded from the first) and my DD's in-law's often come up for the weekend with their motorhome..

We still do the "campy" stuff - a campfire most every night; toasting marshmallows; telling ghost stories; having sing-a-longs; etc. - but there's definitely something to be said for when we had "less"..

I don't think I ever could have done the tent thing though.. Too many bears wandering around and I wouldn't sleep a wink!

 

[Cruise04]

I am a camper too!!! This year we just purchased a hybrid travel trailer and what that is is a "hard shell" for the middle part of the camper but the outer beds are bunks like popups except they popdown and you don't have to slide them in and out. We had been tent camping for the last 15+ years and our tent (only about 6 years old) was getting in bad shape - so it was a camper or new tent and the camper store here was having great deals. We were going for a popup but decided on the one we got instead. We've been able to go 2 times so far and have 2 more trips planned. We go to a state park that is only 20 minutes from us and we do take the tv but it's got bad reception down there. The nice thing is having someplace to store all the caming equipment and get it out of my basement. We don't use the toilet, shower, or sink yet either (don't want to mess with hauling water). We go to the shower building and the latrines for bathroom. We sit outside all day and enjoy the air and the trees and the nature. We usually don't go into the camper until about 9 or 9:30pm. I love the fires, I love the smell of the fires, and I like s'mores too although don't eat them like we use too. But just having the fire is enough for me. And fishing when I can - love to fish - very relaxing for me.

Some people say anything over a popup is not camping but ours is. you still hear everything outside in the bunks like you would if you were in a tent - even if the air is going.

 

[Sandy22]

Love camping! For one thing, you can bring your dogs with you on vacation. You're sleeping in your own bed with your own bedding (I'm starting to get the heebeegeebees about hotel beds). Love the family togertherness and the outdoor living. Hate the 'comfort stations' and outhouses. I want a trailer just for the toilet and shower!

 

[chasbos]

I have to go with the NO group on this one! We used to camp when the kids were smaller - I hated it!

Now that I have convinced them all that room service and maid service are a necessity when we vacation they have lost the camping bug!

My DH entire family camps all the time - but never leave the province! What fun is that?

I look at a vacation as just that - a vacation! I do not want to cook or clean - I do that at home.

It is just not for us!

 

[C.Ann]

Love camping! For one thing, you can bring your dogs with you on vacation. You're sleeping in your own bed with your own bedding (I'm starting to get the heebeegeebees about hotel beds). Love the family togertherness and the outdoor living. Hate the 'comfort stations' and outhouses. I want a trailer just for the toilet and shower!

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My sis has a great 2-bedroom, 37ft. with slide out for sale.. Wanna buy it? It's only a 2003.. Great bathroom! LOL

 

[L107ANGEL]

To me and my DH camping is pretending your homeless, no thank you!
Plus I already live in the woods and have had people pitch tents on our property

 

[ckmommy]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE camping!! Cooking over the fire, puggy pies, s'mores--yummmmm!! We got rained out last month, and are seriously considering a pop up. With five kids, it is an inexpensive way to get away for a time. I hope my kids will love it as mich as I did growing up!!

 

[L107ANGEL]

What is a puggy pie?

 

[C.Ann]

To me and my DH camping is pretending your homeless, no thank you!

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It's a great way of getting kids to appreciate what they've got at home..

 

[MagicalMom]

What is a puggy pie?

I was wondering the same thing? If it tastes good, I need the recipe.

 

[mum4jenn]

We enjoy camping also. My dh does most of the work though. My dd went on her first camping trip on her 1st birthday and for the forst few trips we had a tent. We enyoyed it so much we upgraded to a Pop-up and we love that. We do take a small TV that has the vcr in it. My dd loves it so much I think she would go every weekend if we let her. We have stayed at Ft Wilderness in the tent once before we got the pop-up.We even bought a small port-a-potty for the pop-up which really helps me out because I have to go to the potty several times a night. Our favorite places to camp are areas in the N.GA mtns.

 

[DISshopkeeper]

LOVE camping!! Thank you, Girl Scouts! I sleep SO WELL in a tent on an air mattress. ZONKED OUT CITY!

We camp with several families and have been doing this for more than 25 years. Our children are each other's best friends, too, as a result of this time camping, we think. They range in age from 16 - 21 now and they STILL want to go camping with us.

And I still love Girl Scout Camping, too!

But the true magic of camping for me is the fire. And the good company around it.

Yoe are definitely NOT alone, MagicalMom !!