My DH and I do, from May through September we usually camp every weekend. I like just getting away from town and relaxing and riding and enjoying outside.
We have a fifth wheel, but often dry camp and might have things (microwave, TV etc) in it, but usually cook outside and spend our time outside.
We sit around the fire and read, talk, or have a cold drink, just enjoy the time, our puppies, each other and any kids who might come along
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I love to camp, but the camping we used to do when we were a couple was very different.
We had our tent and went out with friends, got some food, lots of alcohol and camped near a water body.
It was a total blast!
Sometimes I miss those days.
I would love to camp, haven't in years. If I had a camper, I would probably do similar to you. It is just so convenient to not have to pitch a tent and such.
Not every weekend. I do enjoy it maybe once a year. We have not been in a while. We normally camp at the Great Smokey Mtns. The campsites just have a fire pit and a place to put a tent and a picnic table. No electricity or running water. They have communal bathrooms with just toilets and sinks and a place to get water and do dishwashing. It is pretty fun but we go from like Friday evening to Sunday morning with no shower. So we get pretty stinky.
The problem being I spend about 2 days packing before we go and then when we get back another several days unpacking and washing all the bedding so it does not smell like smoke anymore from campfires. So it is a lot of work for me. So I really have to gear myself up to do it. I enjoyed doing it as a kid.
We also in college did semi camping meaning we set up camps in my mom's back yard. She lives out in the country and we hung out at the fire pit and drank and whatever but would go inside the house to use the bathroom and we only did it one night. That was always fun too.
I would like for once to do cabin camping with like a cabin that maybe has a full bathroom and maybe a kitchen but be in the woods. That would be a lot easier on me. I love being out in nature. I just am a bit too lazy to do all the work involved but like once a year. It takes a lot of prep work for me.
We keep the basics in it all the time and we keep it plugged in so I can keep things in fridge and freezer and we even have clothes in it and bedding etc, even dogs have their bed, toys and food LOL
so we just toss in fresh veggies etc and go. and when we get home, just take dirty clothes out and then reload. and GOOOOOOOOOOO
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True, if camping was like that where I can just kinda keep things stocked and ready to go, it would be MUCH easier! Campers eat a lot of gas but otherwise I think they are kinda cool. I don't know if I would want to own like a camper or RV but I would totally be down with renting one or borrowing one to camp in. Be a lot of fun!
damn, 38 foot isn't messing around. I want a 12-16' one but I also want to be able to pull it behind a half ton even though there is a 1 ton we could use.
To me, camping is staying in a hotel without room service!
I'm not usually a spoiled, pampered princess, but I like my modern conveniences!
I'm with you! I would make a very, very bad camper.
We'll stay in the hotel, Ardie, and let the others do the camping.
Although, I do like the "sitting around the campfire, toasting marshmallows, drinking, talking" part of it. As long, at the end of the day, I can have an indoor shower and a nice warm bed, I'm down with it.
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well if I feel like it our camper has granite counters, solid aok cabinets, nice shower and stool, ceiling fan, regular king size bed,surround sound, two tv's both flat screen one 48" that comes up from behind the fireplace.
yeah crazy, but we figure someday we may use it when we retire and travel around. but we are keeping our house too, no just RV living for me...I need roots
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LMAO oh Des, you make me laugh so. A cow net. I can only imagine the expression on your face as your mind was trying to wrap itself around that concept
Mi imagination runs rampant, that's why I had to ask. It's better when someone explains it to me, because otherwise I keep googling until I find something that validates what my mind came up with.
You know I'm crazy! And then I would go around telling people "Did you know that there are nets to catch cows and that you can attach them to the grill of your truck?!"
To me, camping is staying in a hotel without room service!
I'm not usually a spoiled, pampered princess, but I like my modern conveniences!
I'm with you! I would make a very, very bad camper.
We'll stay in the hotel, Ardie, and let the others do the camping.
Although, I do like the "sitting around the campfire, toasting marshmallows, drinking, talking" part of it. As long, at the end of the day, I can have an indoor shower and a nice warm bed, I'm down with it.
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-- Edited by iluvsuomi1989 on Thursday 6th of March 2014 04:50:22 PM
Would a fondue pot full of lovely melted chocolate be an acceptable substitute for the campfire? Or we could get a fancy suite with a fireplace! Or both!
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I would LOVE it if there could be a peeps camping trip. I saw my ideal camper today. It was probably 14" with a slideout. It just seems hard to find small ones around here. There are always specials on the larger ones because there are so many of them.
I would LOVE it if there could be a peeps camping trip. I saw my ideal camper today. It was probably 14" with a slideout. It just seems hard to find small ones around here. There are always specials on the larger ones because there are so many of them.
TBF, you moved to Texas at what has been a bad time for droughts. We used to only have burn bans for a month or two a year. If it was a bad year, maybe 3 months total through out the year.
I love a camp fire too, but often with dry season open fires are not allowed so my family got me an awesome propane fit pit for my birthday last year and that is fun too!
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I used to do a lot of camping, tent and sleeping bag style. We had a lot of fun.
Now that I'm older, I enjoy my comfort, and like a bed, indoor toilets and running water. I could go hang out during the day, then retreat to the motel room at night. :)
I was looking at some cool camping spots yesterday. They had a pretty lake on one side and a playground on the other so the kids can play and I can keep an eye on them from the campsite. So next time my Dad asks to take the kids camping I am suggesting there instead of 3 hours away! At least this way we are 10 mins from my house and can go home to shower or if I forget something!
My favorite camping activities are biking, hiking, just hanging around the campfire making smores, the kids do nature scavenger hunts and stuff like that. I usually bring some sand type trucks and buckets and shovels to dig around the campsite since there is usually gravel or sand. Its pretty fun.
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I have always loved camping. The rougher the better.
But I don't do it much anymore. Since I moved out to the country, where I live is pretty much like camping all the time. But I still have a bathroom, which is nice.
