I've lost my love of camping with the pop-up
I really never thought I would say this, but I've lost my love of camping.:S I have a family of 5, kids are 13,13 & 10. Tow vehicle is Ford Excursion. It seems like too much work to pack everyt...
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My father in-law had a few pop-ups over a 35 year period taking a family of five camping 6-7 times a year. They went all over, short trips and long trips like NY to Disney, NY to Canada, NY to Maine etc. all while pulling with a full size Chevy station wagon.
I learned one of the most important thing from him, "Keep it Simple". He would setup camp by taking out two folding chairs, a table cloth and a bug repellent candle for the picnic table. Cooking consisted of the stove in the PUP, a folding charcoal grill and an electric fry-pan. Refrigerator was a 2cuft Sear fridge that replaced a built-in icebox. Kids sat at the picnic table, no chairs for kids, no bikes, no toys, only old black inner tubes for riverside or lake camping. Everyone had a small gym type bag for clothes and each had a sleeping bag, simply nothing else.
My wife and her brothers had some of the best times of their lives with simple camping. My wife and I laugh, if her father was alive today and saw our Jayco Eagle, he would think we were crazy.
Keep it simple!
I learned one of the most important thing from him, "Keep it Simple". He would setup camp by taking out two folding chairs, a table cloth and a bug repellent candle for the picnic table. Cooking consisted of the stove in the PUP, a folding charcoal grill and an electric fry-pan. Refrigerator was a 2cuft Sear fridge that replaced a built-in icebox. Kids sat at the picnic table, no chairs for kids, no bikes, no toys, only old black inner tubes for riverside or lake camping. Everyone had a small gym type bag for clothes and each had a sleeping bag, simply nothing else.
My wife and her brothers had some of the best times of their lives with simple camping. My wife and I laugh, if her father was alive today and saw our Jayco Eagle, he would think we were crazy.
Keep it simple!
