First years of camping
What do you remember about your first experiences camping? My dad driving 5 hours to a campsite, 3 kids in the back asking the age old question. My mother cooking supper on an open fire, only to h...
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Family only camped once or twice, rented pop-up campers in the late 1970's. Where we did spend our time was sailing with a number of overnight stays around various places on Galveston Bay, with the occasional race offshore to Corpus Christi, or day sail down to Freeport, TX. Sleeping overnight on the boat, was very much like camping, but the days could be so different.
I took my boys out to various state parks when they were young, tents or simply the open bed of a pickup truck. Times were simple.
The boys, now 20 and 26 are nowhere close to marriage, hopefully equally as far away from fathering kids. I do look forward to the time, to help arrange for them to get their families out, see what I can do to help influence their interest in the outdoors.
I took my boys out to various state parks when they were young, tents or simply the open bed of a pickup truck. Times were simple.
The boys, now 20 and 26 are nowhere close to marriage, hopefully equally as far away from fathering kids. I do look forward to the time, to help arrange for them to get their families out, see what I can do to help influence their interest in the outdoors.
