I remember when----???? (camping version).

sidney wrote:

cbshoestring wrote:
I have a buddy that says we go "trailer" NOT "camping". I have no desire to start an arguement over what "camping" IS.

However, after reading the post about needing bigger tow vehicles, bigger trailers, more gadgets, etc... I do think it would be interesting (it's -2 outside) to hear some comparisions between family travelling (rv style) today as compared to when many of us were kids. It does not need to get condesending, the comment can come to a conclusion, or be left open ended. Kinda like this----

I remember when-- families had 6 kids, and they all fit in a two door pickup, and pulled/slept in a 20' trailer.

I remmber when-- batteries maintenence meant making sure all flashlights/radios, etc... all fit the same size battery so you only had to pack one size.

I remember when-- awnings had poles and ropes to trip over.

I remember growing up in Penn Hills and going family camping for the first time at Keystone State Park.

The original, uneven sites, by the lake. Before they built the cabins, and that fancy new section with cement pads.

Loading up in the station wagon for a ride over to the swimming section on the other side of the lake.

Going out to the camp store, which really wasn't a camp store,but rather a store off the state park at the intersection of nowhere and still not there.