camping

[maroua]

are there any campers in these parts? we have a travel trailer. just wondering if there is a forum here where campers meet..

 

[Troll Doll]

I love to go camping, and hiking too. We usually camp out in a nice, fairly large tent. A tent trailer would be nice, and probably a little more comfortable than a regular tent. I've always wanted one, anyway. A travel trailer is the ultimate luxury, though.

 

[maroua]

ours is a hybrid travel trailer, hardwalls, kitchen, bathroom, microwave, fridge, etc..all the amenities, and then it has popout tentends on either end, so that you practically sleep outside like in a tent, the best of oth worlds.. we love it, and we can tow it with our SUV.

 

[StormeTorque]

I go camping in a small tent - have only done wild camping once though (in the middle of January inside a sheepfold on the moors), usually its just in campsites in areas surrounded by mountains you can reach without needing to travel.

 

[country woman]

I loved to go camping when I was younger. My parents and I used to go almost evey summer. We went to the Okanagan here in BC I loved the camp stove where we cook our food and have coffee. I would go to the lake and go swimming, or fishing.

 

[JJB]

I am so excited for this summer. We're going to buy an old Eurovan with the poptop to go camping! We're hoping to do part of the Lewis and Clark trail. I hear there's a place you can camp where you can stay in a teepee (ND or Montana).

Happy camping!

 

[soda]

camping is cool! I like camping with tents better though. camper vans and similar are already too comfortable.... if you know what I mean ;-)

 

[HiredGoon]

Backpacking in the Sierras during the summer we just put our sleeping bags on the ground around the campfire. If its raining or snowing I use a small one man tent.

 

[unknown1719]

We go to Talladega Super Speedway and rough it!!! I luv it!!!!!! No travel trailer, no frig, no phones, no nothing but a tent, a fire and a gas stove... oh and can't forget that Jambalya pot!!!

 

[mycatspice]

Man, I wish i could camp again! I used to when I lived in Utah ... good times, good times ...still miss it a little ...

 

[Southern Cross]

I camp with my kids here in Florida. It's pretty good for fall, winter and early spring. Once summer hits, unless you have a popup or 5th wheel with A/C, forget it. If mosquitoes don't suck you dry, the heat will get you.

 

[Torah]

What kind of tent do you camp in? I have a large canvas tent. We camp now here in Florida. I make a little heater for our tent, stay nice and warm.

 

[Matthan]

Camping in a trailer or motor home is not really camping at all. Try a backpack, with tent, and you are there....

 

[Torah]

Camping in a trailer or motor home is not really camping at all. Try a backpack, with tent, and you are there....

Right on Matthan.
Try camping with a 6' x 10' piece of canvas. Make a lean-to out of it and keep a good fire going in front of it on cold nights. Some times if it not cold I just cover my bedroll with the canvas. But with my wife and / or kids I have a large canvas tent.

 

[Ahavah]

Camping in a trailer or motor home is not really camping at all. Try a backpack, with tent, and you are there....

I don't know about that..I like the idea of having a trailer. I persoanlly like my bathroom!!!! It's really not very fun to be a female and have to "go" in the woods. My hubby likes to rough it on the Mountains..but when he gets his bug to do that..I say..."go have fun"!

 

[HiredGoon]

I don't know about that..I like the idea of having a trailer. I persoanlly like my bathroom!!!! It's really not very fun to be a female and have to "go" in the woods. My hubby likes to rough it on the Mountains..but when he gets his bug to do that..I say..."go have fun"!

It all depends on your perspective. I've known many females including my wife, who like backpacking and don't mind "roughing it." When I worked in Yosemite N.P. half of the my crew members were female and we backpacked every weekend during the summer. Last year I lead a spring break backpacking trip for college students, and half of them were female.

 

[maroua]

to each their own...we love our trailer. after a good nights rain, i don't envy the tent campers in the campground, when evrything is muddy and needs to packed up that way...my wife totally agrees with the bathroom situation. it's so nice to use your own, and to have things as clean as you would like it.beats any kind of hotel room for sure...i would not take anything away from the backpacking and tent camping, there are lots of places my trailer can't go. but for our family it works great!

 

[Matthan]

The real fun of camping is doing it like the original explorers did it, within reason. A tent or lean-to is far preferable to an aluminim teepee in that regard, just as cooking over wood coals is much better than a propane camp stove. Just the smell of wood smoke is enough to get the blood flowing an the mind going....

Matthan <J><

 

[Torah]

Matthan you sound like my kind of person / camper.

 

[HiredGoon]

The real fun of camping is doing it like the original explorers did it, within reason. A tent or lean-to is far preferable to an aluminim teepee in that regard, just as cooking over wood coals is much better than a propane camp stove. Just the smell of wood smoke is enough to get the blood flowing an the mind going....

Matthan <J><

Matthan, you sound like a reenactor, or at least some one who would enjoy reenacting. I myself have done a few historical treks or scouts, using only the clothing, food, and equipment of a given time period, in my case the mid 18th century. Its a great way to experience the wilderness. Ahhh wood smoke....