Choosing a camping experience
I hope Pnichols doesn't mind me highjacking something thoughtful that was said in another thread - but this is a great point: pnichols wrote: One aspect of tent camping that I don't like is findi...
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So nice to hear there are others out there who still enjoy and cherish their camp beginnings:).
I'd be perfectly happy to continue tenting but the reality of older age is upon ....the man:B;).
So we'll continue to do a mixup between tenting anding RV in the coming years.
Still, I have to say my current mode of tenting is far different from my start. Used to bicycle camp with all our gear attached to the frames, and a child sitting over the back wheel in the old style childrens' chair and another in a metal framed backpack. No cooler or cooking gear besides a few ZipLoc bags to marinate meat and veggies in bottled Italian dressing and a folding skillet. No idea whyyyy we are all still alive, LOL. At times we left the tent poles at home and just guylined the pup tent to cut down on weight. And w/ the crazed optimism of youth generally no rainfly.
Now we stuff a rented SUV or mini van with sooooooo much gear sometimes the driver can't see out the rear window which irks him mightily.
I think the length of our RV is about 17' so we should still be able to fit in out of the way areas.
I'd be perfectly happy to continue tenting but the reality of older age is upon ....the man:B;).
So we'll continue to do a mixup between tenting anding RV in the coming years.
Still, I have to say my current mode of tenting is far different from my start. Used to bicycle camp with all our gear attached to the frames, and a child sitting over the back wheel in the old style childrens' chair and another in a metal framed backpack. No cooler or cooking gear besides a few ZipLoc bags to marinate meat and veggies in bottled Italian dressing and a folding skillet. No idea whyyyy we are all still alive, LOL. At times we left the tent poles at home and just guylined the pup tent to cut down on weight. And w/ the crazed optimism of youth generally no rainfly.
Now we stuff a rented SUV or mini van with sooooooo much gear sometimes the driver can't see out the rear window which irks him mightily.
I think the length of our RV is about 17' so we should still be able to fit in out of the way areas.
