Definition of camping?

poncho62 wrote:
Well...those items add up to about 2 grand...I have just about double that wrapped up in my 5th wheel trailer. I am sitting in it right now and its pissing rain outside....but, it aint dripping on my head, so Im a happy camper

There sure is a difference between the days of being in the tent and the now TT. When we camped in our tent and saw all the RV'S pull in with all the "fancy" equipment, we laughed and said to each other....those folk really have no idea what "real camping" is. What a waste of good money. We swore we would never get an RV.

Well....now we sit in one of those extravagant things with the fancy equipment. The same stars are above, the same fireside songs and cooking is enjoyed and we still hear the loons. Now however, we can get out of bed instead of having to inch our way up. We can sleep knowing we are not going to wake up to damp clothes and instead of 6" of snow breaking poles....well we will leave that one alone, but you get the idea. Either, age, health or plain choice is what determines our way of camping.

...Camping is what you make it...not how. We sure miss our tent at times. Maybe we are due for some remote, back country camping again.

Well...those items add up to about 2 grand...I have just about double that wrapped up in my 5th wheel trailer. I am sitting in it right now and its pissing rain outside....but, it aint dripping on my head, so Im a happy camper

Thanks Eric, my wife and I both got a laugh from that. :B

Water-Bug wrote:

loulou57 wrote:
Isn't that the truth!!!!

Tent.....$700.00
Sleeping bags x2.....450.00
Stove.....$200.00
BBQ......$250.00
Cooler...$215.00
Lantern...$75.00

Place to camp for the night......$25 - $30


Then if we move on up we can spend over $500,000 to be able to wander the countryside. Too bad our rail system in Canada has decreased significantly. The magical stories we hear of the hobo riding the rails.

Wow!!! $700 tent, $225 sleeping bags, sure glad I don't live in Canada.
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EDIT. Jack Kerouac would be rolling over in his grave.

LOL....actually the sleeping bags were bought in the US.

I thought it was comming home with poison ivy, poison oak covered in mosquito bites not having slept and eaten for at least 72 hours, cus the bear and the racoons ate your food, passenger door on car totaled when you decided to leave the cooler inside and the bears got it, stinking to high hell from falling in the stagnant swamp, tent totalled when you sprinted out with out oppening the zipper when the bear tore into vehicle climbed a tree from which you promplly fell and tore several branches on the way down, etc.

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loulou57 wrote:
Isn't that the truth!!!!

Tent.....$700.00
Sleeping bags x2.....450.00
Stove.....$200.00
BBQ......$250.00
Cooler...$215.00
Lantern...$75.00

Place to camp for the night......$25 - $30


Then if we move on up we can spend over $500,000 to be able to wander the countryside. Too bad our rail system in Canada has decreased significantly. The magical stories we hear of the hobo riding the rails.

Wow!!! $700 tent, $225 sleeping bags, sure glad I don't live in Canada.

EDIT. Jack Kerouac would be rolling over in his grave.

Isn't that the truth!!!!

Tent.....$700.00
Sleeping bags x2.....450.00
Stove.....$200.00
BBQ......$250.00
Cooler...$215.00
Lantern...$75.00

Place to camp for the night......$25 - $30


Then if we move on up we can spend over $500,000 to be able to wander the countryside. Too bad our rail system in Canada has decreased significantly. The magical stories we hear of the hobo riding the rails.