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pnichols
Nov 23, 2013Explorer II
Francesca Knowles wrote:
When push comes to shove, the simplest explanation is this:
"Camping" is by definition temporarily stopping/staying in some place other than one's home base- doesn't really matter what kind of shelter is involved. From tent to Prevost: if it's a temporary thing it's a camp.
Francesca - in one concise all-inclusive single sentence I think you nicely nailed it. Well stated!!
... It covers what the early pioneers were doing in their wagon trains, it covers mountaineering base camps, it covers backpacking camps, it covers canoeing camps, it covers hunting camps, it covers oil and gas field worker camps, and it covers wherever any kind of RV is parked other than storage.
(Ooooops ... what do call what a boater is doing whenever they're living on their boat, temporarily here and there, while still keeping a land home?)
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