Does everyone just go camping now?

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Anonymous wrote:In America, I think camping is popular among white people. I don’t see it much with other ethnic groups, aside from the tent encampments set up by the unhoused.

Do you…mostly only know white people?

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins

Might as well just stay at a hotel and call it camping.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

I gave up on the big family tents. A couple of smaller backpacking tents work best for us. They setup in five minutes and sharing a tent with one other person is better than cramming four people in a tent. Also, backpacking sleep pads work fine for camping. The big pads that require a pump take up too much room in the car, puncture too easily and are just a pain. I get that camping is a little bit of work, but if you get a system, organize your gear into bins, it’s pretty easy. As they say…less is more.

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I tried to once with DH because he loved it and we were newly married. That was 25 years ago. It was a lot of work and there were bugs. I slept in the car after the first night. Never again. He went on trips with his friends for a lot of years after that and now he doesn’t even go. His back wouldn’t be able to take it anymore and we only book nice hotels when we travel.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

We started camping with our oldest when he was 1.5 years old, and our younger child was 4 months old on her first camping trip. In a tent. They are much older now. It’s never been a disaster and has resulted in many happy family memories. They still love camping and can now help pack the gear, set up the tent, start the fire, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

We started camping with our oldest when he was 1.5 years old, and our younger child was 4 months old on her first camping trip. In a tent. They are much older now. It’s never been a disaster and has resulted in many happy family memories. They still love camping and can now help pack the gear, set up the tent, start the fire, etc.

Sounds miserable!

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

We started camping with our oldest when he was 1.5 years old, and our younger child was 4 months old on her first camping trip. In a tent. They are much older now. It’s never been a disaster and has resulted in many happy family memories. They still love camping and can now help pack the gear, set up the tent, start the fire, etc.

Sounds miserable!

I’m not sure why it sounds miserable. Parents and kids all enjoy it in our family.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins

Might as well just stay at a hotel and call it camping.

So now I've got "what crazy person brings toddlers camping?" and "might as well stay in a hotel," which probably means a dry mini-cabin with heat but no water or AC is about the right level of compromise.

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Starting around the late 1860s. Not joking- look it up! The establishment of national parks (the first, Yellowstone, established 1872) then further accelerated camping’s popularity.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

We started camping with our oldest when he was 1.5 years old, and our younger child was 4 months old on her first camping trip. In a tent. They are much older now. It’s never been a disaster and has resulted in many happy family memories. They still love camping and can now help pack the gear, set up the tent, start the fire, etc.

Sounds miserable!

YOU sound miserable! Another camping fam here, my kids love it and my oldest tells me he feels most “at home” in nature when we are all together out camping as a family. My youngest’s first camping trip was at 2 mos old. Yes, it’s a lot of work, some trips are better than others (weather, insects, all play a role) but well worth it each and every time.

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It’s an influencer thing

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

Hahaha said like someone who isn't bringing toddlers along.

It's SO much work. And so much stuff. We've started cheating and booking mini-cabins in state parks just to make it a little easier and prevent getting rained out or kids getting uncomfortably cold.

Well that's just silly. Who in their right mind would bring toddlers camping??

People do it. Based on the stories I've heard, it results in disaster 95% of the time.

I would imagine so!

Kids 5-7 or older are usually ok for camping and allowing to roam, but toddler patrol would be a nightmare for the parents. Send those youngsters to grandpa/grandmas for the weekend.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is too much work. I would do it if someone else packed the car, set everything up, made all the food, cleaned and packed up. It’s not the nature that bothers me. It’s the work.

Minimalize. I just take a cooler with some stuff, and maybe a skillet and blanket/tarp.

Tents are too much hassle for real camping, unless one is base camping for a week or more while hunting or something. For a weekend or overnight camping trip, just sleep on a blanket or in the back of a truck.

I gave up on the big family tents. A couple of smaller backpacking tents work best for us. They setup in five minutes and sharing a tent with one other person is better than cramming four people in a tent. Also, backpacking sleep pads work fine for camping. The big pads that require a pump take up too much room in the car, puncture too easily and are just a pain. I get that camping is a little bit of work, but if you get a system, organize your gear into bins, it’s pretty easy. As they say…less is more.

Agree. Those single person tents are not too bad and I have used them on longer solo treks like doing the AT and PCT for those rainy nights.