Gdetrailer wrote:
Folks now days are soft.
Grew up with Mom and Dad packing all SIX of us kids into a STATION WAGON and TENTING as far as Florida the first couple of yrs we camped.
The Dad bought a pickup in 1970, put a cap on the back, made a bench and table and all SIX of us kids road in the back as far as Florida and camped.
Then Dad found a used 1960s TC and all SIX of us kids road in the TC..
We camped like that and it didn't kill us kids or our parents in the process.
We even survived Hurricane Agnes while camping at Disney Florida.
Now days parents are so bothered by their own kids they try to find the biggest monster to tow in order to keep the kids far, far away..
That's one way to look at it. The other way is that I remember growing up camping in a pop up and how much I disliked being cooped up in bad weather. I love my kids and want them to enjoy the experience. I don't know about you, but I hope that my kids have an easier life than I did... not a harder life.
Thankfully, I don't have to raise my family by your standards and you don't have to raise yours by mine.