Camping in my family goes back 5 generations. They were farmers that came out to Washington State on the train in 1889. My grandfather made an ice axe in shop class around 1910 for climbing the volcanoes. Starting in the late 1890s the whole extended family packed up several wagons and headed for Mt St Helens for 2 weeks each summer to "climb the mountain."
I still like to take out the old wall tent and fire up the wood stove to stay connected to the old ways. Big trip planned for late October after the crowds die down in the Sierra.