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What's Normal? - Do you regularly go camping? (2 Viewers)

Do you regularly go camping? At least once a year for several days.

  • Yes

    Votes: 20 12.4%

  • No

    Votes: 141 87.6%
  • Total voters
    161
I voted no, although my wife would vote yes :lol:


We rent cabins at state parks, which is camping for her. I grew up backpacking in the wyoming mountains, to me that is camping.
 
When I lived in WY, at least twice a month during the Summer/Fall. In FL, it's difficult to get spots anywhere. As a result, I have gone twice in 18 + years
 
No.

My wife and I are very similar on many dimensions, but we differ a lot on "openness to experience." I have little interest in camping, but I'd enjoy going out on a 2-3 day trip just to see what it's like. There are parts I'm sure I would enjoy, like the hike out and back and sitting around in nature in a quiet environment, and there are parts I would not enjoy, like having to take a dump in a hole someplace. But I'd be willing to give it a try just for something different to do. For my wife, this is a hard no.
 
Last time for me was when my son was a boy scout. He's in his mid 30s now. Suppose that's a no.
 
3C's said:
Last time for me was when my son was a boy scout
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The last time I went it was for this. There were 4 adults there and the "tough guy" of the group was sharpening his knife and talking about how us 4 adult males would be able to fight off a black bear if one showed up. I quickly informed him it would be 3 adult males fighting a bear, as I would be grabbing my son Michael and getting out of there. :lol:
 
I don’t, but hiking the entire AT is on my bucket list. Just have to have the FBG lottery pool pay off first, so I can afford to take 5 months off work.
 
We tent camp probably a handful of times each summer as my wife really enjoys it. I like detaching and getting away from it all, but we also stick to campsites that take reservations or are FC/FS if we go during the week to secure a spot. It's Oregon, it's beautiful here and the skies at night are fun to observe absent city lights. A nice campfire, some adult beverages, your main squeeze - that's good living. And it's cheap! Plus, again, living in the PNW there's a million places to camp in any direction your drive. Go east to the Cascade Mountains? Awesome! Go west, camp out by the Pacific and slumber by the soothing sounds of the ocean? Yes please! Little south to hit some rugged, raging rivers or up north to the great North Cascades, arguably one of the most beautiful national parks in our great country.

So yeah, we do tent camp quite a bit and I hope we do some more of it before our little kids are teenagers and won't want to go with us anymore. Even then I think my wife and I will still go with our dog.
 
I like to think that I love hiking and camping, but in reality, I don't do either very often. My wife and one of our kids doesn't care for camping at all. Additionally, living in Chicago, to get a decent campsite, you have to reserve several weeks in advance and hope that the weather is OK.

My younger daughter and I typically go one night per year.
 
Osaurus said:
When I lived in WY, at least twice a month during the Summer/Fall. In FL, it's difficult to get spots anywhere. As a result, I have gone twice in 18 + years
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Where did you live in Wyoming, not many FBG's from there.

I lived in Gillette, Sheridan, Powell, and Basin but I have a brother that lives down in Rock Springs.
 
In theory, I'd like to do it more...I love the outdoors and fishing/camping. In reality, when I do go through the effort of planning a trip, I like hotels more. My wife also won't go without running water, so it'd be just me and the kids if I ever actually planned a trip.

Closest we come is setting up a tent in the back yard sometimes.
 
MTskibum said:
Osaurus said:
When I lived in WY, at least twice a month during the Summer/Fall. In FL, it's difficult to get spots anywhere. As a result, I have gone twice in 18 + years
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Where did you live in Wyoming, not many FBG's from there.

I lived in Gillette, Sheridan, Powell, and Basin but I have a brother that lives down in Rock Springs.
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Laramie. Been all over the state throughout the years.
 
We do it every so often. Mainly because the kids like it and it creates some great memories that I wouldn't trade for the world. But the suffer to fun ratio is very high, not to mention the amount of work that goes into it and making it bearable for everyone, especially out our way where temps can dip into the low 40s at night even in the summer.

There's always that one moment on every camp trip. Maybe sitting around the fire trading off telling stories with the kids. Maybe sitting with your feet dangling into the beautiful mountain stream surrounded by immense beauty. That one moment where you think "wow, this was totally worth it".

Then you go back to getting eaten alive by mosquitos, freezing your butt off getting out of the sleeping bag in the morning, pooping in the ground, packing everything up, etc and I think to myself "ya know, we have some really great family memories of eating shave ice with the kids by the pool in Hawaii too". And the suffer to fun ratio is much better for the rest of that trip.
 
My wife loves camping and did it often as a child. Because of this, when we lived in the lower desert where it was very hot in the summer months, we'd regularly camp in the much cooler higher desert. However, since we moved to that area in 2019 and can just visit our friends at their campsites when they come up, we haven't camped so I voted "no." I imagine as well that having 4 younger children has soured my wife on camping - at least at this time - because the one time we tried it, it was awful and nobody slept through the night.

For me, I could go my entire life without actually "camping" (defined as sleeping outside for recreational purposes in a moveable structure in an area not gridded for sewage, electricity, and running water). While I get and do somewhat enjoy the idea of going on hikes, sitting around a campfire, grilling, having a few drinks while playing casual outdoor games (e.g. horseshoes, cornhole/bags, ladder golf, etc.), I don't understand the allure of actually sleeping in the area. In my experience camping is just as expensive as staying at a hotel or some other place with all the modern day amenities that make life more comfortable.

In short, my approach to camping is: "I work very hard to have nice amenities, so why would I want to pay extra to sleep in a location that doesn't have any of those amenities?"
 
Zow said:
My wife loves camping and did it often as a child. Because of this, when we lived in the lower desert where it was very hot in the summer months, we'd regularly camp in the much cooler higher desert. However, since we moved to that area in 2019 and can just visit our friends at their campsites when they come up, we haven't camped so I voted "no." I imagine as well that having 4 younger children has soured my wife on camping - at least at this time - because the one time we tried it, it was awful and nobody slept through the night.

For me, I could go my entire life without actually "camping" (defined as sleeping outside for recreational purposes in a moveable structure in an area not gridded for sewage, electricity, and running water). While I get and do somewhat enjoy the idea of going on hikes, sitting around a campfire, grilling, having a few drinks while playing casual outdoor games (e.g. horseshoes, cornhole/bags, ladder golf, etc.), I don't understand the allure of actually sleeping in the area. In my experience camping is just as expensive as staying at a hotel or some other place with all the modern day amenities that make life more comfortable.

In short, my approach to camping is: "I work very hard to have nice amenities, so why would I want to pay extra to sleep in a location that doesn't have any of those amenities?"
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and then bring all your crap with you, then haul it home.
 
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I definitely think that the more often you go the less you find yourself needing. The process is streamlined for us. We have a camping bin with everything packed in there so it's ready to go in the van at the drop of a hat. Add in some camping chairs, tent, food, drinks and that's all you really need. We have a nice camping stove, but I also bring my cast iron skillets and enjoy cooking over an open flame. French pressed coffee in the morning with a small camp fire - pure bliss.

My wife can set up our camping tent and take it down in probably 10 minutes. She's like a NASCAR Pit Crew with that thing.
 
Let me just pack up half my house and go sleep on the cold ground, poop in a hole, not take a shower, get eaten alive by mosquitos, operate by lantern/flashlight, and pretend the bears can't get me behind this vinyl screen that's thinner than a T-shirt, vs sleeping in my AC controlled house with comfy bed, hot shower, flushable toilet, refrigerator, electric lights.....sounds like fun (y)
 
wlwiles said:
Let me just pack up half my house and go sleep on the cold ground, poop in a hole, not take a shower, get eaten alive by mosquitos, operate by lantern/flashlight, and pretend the bears can't get me behind this vinyl screen that's thinner than a T-shirt, vs sleeping in my AC controlled house with comfy bed, hot shower, flushable toilet, refrigerator, electric lights.....sounds like fun (y)
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You don't HAVE to poop in a hole. Sometimes you can poop on a log or find the right rock formation. Dangle from a tree if you're feeling randy.....
 
General Malaise said:
wlwiles said:
Let me just pack up half my house and go sleep on the cold ground, poop in a hole, not take a shower, get eaten alive by mosquitos, operate by lantern/flashlight, and pretend the bears can't get me behind this vinyl screen that's thinner than a T-shirt, vs sleeping in my AC controlled house with comfy bed, hot shower, flushable toilet, refrigerator, electric lights.....sounds like fun (y)
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You don't HAVE to poop in a hole. Sometimes you can poop on a log or find the right rock formation. Dangle from a tree if you're feeling randy.....
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Who's Randy? Not sure I want to feel that, unless she's a she...
 
Too may people anymore. Probably too old to hike in to get away. Anywhere you can drive to, even with 4 wheel drive, you just can't escape the crowd.

Sold all our camping gear at the garage sale several years ago after we bought the trailer anyway.
 
Not been camping since I was a child. Wouldn't rule it out at some point in the future, but it would either be as part of going to a music festival, or require really specific planning, as while I like the great outdoors I'm not a great outdoors for several days interrupted person
 
Yes. Did it when I lived in Chicago (usually up to Wisconsin).

And of course now in Oregon it’s a freaking wonderland.
 
General Malaise said:
Eephus said:
We used to when the kids were growing up. I'm now too old to sleep on the ground.
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Get a cot, boomer. ;)
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Or get a hammock. (I sleep better in the hammock than I do at home in my bed...)

I love to camp. Would prefer to hike in someplace and hang there. Have done it many times. Wife doesn't like it nearly as much as the kids and I do. Or did. Now that we are an empty nest, I am still looking to get out there, but it will be more car camping style as the wife isn't interested in hiking at all.

Have camped in all seasons, have logged time in each month of the year. Thumbing your nose at mother nature for a little awhile is awesome. My lowest has been -7F, warm all night . Been out in a Nor-Easter too (different trips). If you are prepared it is awesome fun.
 
Voted No. it’s been quite a few years, and even the last few times was in a cabin at the KOA

I did enjoy it though, went as a kid with family and scouts
Went in college a bunch too, lotta good drunken nights there. Typically was camp ground camping though and we would head into town for lunch and stuff, but slept in a tent. Tubing down the river was always a blast

Only time I really went rustic was fly fishing in the state forrest in northern MI. Well I brought fly flushing stuff and drank a lot anyway

Once we had kids we went fairly regularly, either as family or with scouts.

So something I enjoy, but it’s also a pain in the ***, especially with small children. My wife is also not a huge fan either, not sure id ever get her in a tent again
 
Man, surprised by the results somewhat.

I backpack on the AT yearly and camp at least 2-3 more times a year.

Backpacking is fantastic - it’s you and nature. Carrying whatever you need to survive. Love it.

Camping is seriously a piece of cake at any state or national park.

Most of you sound like you are either soft or have no clue how to camp. Hell, I go glamping once a year - take a TV and everything.
 
LOL - hell no!!!

I grew up getting asthma attacks at night if I was outside so hated camping.

My dad always said "why would I want to spend a bunch of money to try and recreate a very poor imitation of what I already have right here?"
 
Bozeman Bruiser said:
AAABatteries said:
I backpack on the AT yearly and camp at least 2-3 more times a year.
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Say someone wanted to do a 5-7 night trip on the AT between the NOC and Grayson Highlands, what would you recommend?

~ Hot Springs to 19E/Roan Mtn seems like a perfect stretch but the GSMNP I imagine is also pretty scenic.

Some dirt bags I used to follow on YouTube did a ~100 mile "Appalachian High Loop" that linked up the Black Mountain Crest, Linville Gorge, and Roan Mountain and also looks like it would be a lot of fun.
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I would definitely do the Smokies. Shelters are all top notch and you can (and must) get reservations. I believe the stretch is 72 miles so depending on the fitness of your group it can take 5-10 days. I can give you a bunch of info/details - itinerary I used, shuttles in the area, best spots, etc.
 
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