Definition of camping?

[96Bounder30E]

[Veebyes]

"Camping" is when we leave the satellite receivers at home...

How about where there is no satelite reception, no over the air reception & no cell service?



"Waking up in a campground.......priceless"

Reminds me of our weekending boating days, always out on our own anchor, & watching all of the dayboaters scurry back to shore before it got dark while we headed to the cooler for another one or got the grill out for some fresh caught fish.....priceless

[westend]

pitch wrote:
I have been homeless, albeit voluntarily. I spent most of '71 and a portion of '72 "finding" myself. Started off with an old bread truck, I found I could not support both a vehicle and myself so I sold it for $80.00.
I rode my thumb after that.
I had a sleeping bag, and 3 or 4 tin cans with a large restaurant size serving as a stove. I had a piece of tarp for a shelter. I have slept under bridges and under the giant trees of the North West.
I know that this was a cartoon in jest, but camping is not at all like being homeless.

It sure was a kinder, gentler camping experience back then, wasn't it? Your post reminded me of the bread truck and step vans I used to own. There's a good story about 5 young friends, a monkey, and camping in Big Sur but I'll save that for another day.

[pitch]

I have been homeless, albeit voluntarily. I spent most of '71 and a portion of '72 "finding" myself. Started off with an old bread truck, I found I could not support both a vehicle and myself so I sold it for $80.00.
I rode my thumb after that.
I had a sleeping bag, and 3 or 4 tin cans with a large restaurant size serving as a stove. I had a piece of tarp for a shelter. I have slept under bridges and under the giant trees of the North West.
I know that this was a cartoon in jest, but camping is not at all like being homeless.

[Alan_Hepburn]

"Camping" is when we leave the satellite receivers at home...

[FunnyCamper]

Now that was funny and great!!

for me a huge fortune with the toyhauler.

anyway ya do it tho...camping is fab!!

[Veebyes]

34' of 5th wheel, 4 door fridge, surroiund sound, air, heat, 100gal water, carpeted throughout etc.etc. It is not camping & it is not a camper. It is a rolling small condo. Daily operating costs are about the same as staying at home but I don't have grass to mow every 10 days.

[tatest]

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.

That's changed since the early 50's to early 70's when my wife and I bought our gear, starting as boy scouts and girl scouts. $20-30 dacron fill bags, $50 tent, $40 for the small Coleman stove, $20 for the lantern, probably $40 for the cooler but I don't know because it was a gift. I know a cheaper Asian knock-off of the cooler is still being sold at a higher price as a "classic" model.

Look for a pic of tent, wife at stove in the picture thread in Tent Camping forum here. She's gone, but I'm still camping with the rest of the gear.

[michers]

Tent $350 on MasterCard
Campstove $75 on MasterCard
Waking up in a campground.......priceless

[Cloud_Dancer]

I've never been homeless, nor have "lived" like a homeless person (75 years). But, I was a Boy Scout for many years,....does that count?

BTW living in a motorhome is far from being homeless. At least that's been my experience.

[rexlion]

It's a funny cartoon, but so untrue. "Living like a homeless person"? On the contrary, campers have a home that they move easily from beautiful place to beautiful place. Show me another way that I can afford a home in the mountains, a home in the woods, homes on several wonderful lakes, and homes in all different parts of the country! With a modest trailer (or even a tent), my home is where I set up.

[loulou57]

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.

[poncho62]

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

[Gene_Ginny]

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

[loulou57]

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.