I hate camping too!

Different strokes. I love camping. You don’t do it for more than a couple of days though. And I’m sure my own sleeping bag is less gross than many hotels I’ve stayed in. Seems kind of precious to only be able to sleep on crisp sheets.

Anonymous wrote:My 1,200 sq foot RV is nice.

Is a 1200 sf RV even possible?
Our apartment in NYC is 1100 sf (and fits 4 of us comfortably).

For “fake camping” (which is all that my spouse will now agree to) I’d recommend the cabins in Custer St Park if you are ever in the black hills of SD.

If you are on a high end rafting or kayaking trip you will have to sleep in a tent (and if you are in a desert area you have to check it for scorpions with a black light before you go to bed). But you get amazing natural surroundings, the guides cook spectacular meals, and the guides also set up an outdoor “toilet area”. This, however, remains a bridge too far for my spouse in his “old age” (which is apparently all of >40 years old) because he needs a real bed.

Anonymous wrote:Camping is for poor people.

Sadly, this is becoming more and more true. But it isn't actually camping - it is how they live.

Go to any federal/state/municipal campground and you will find families (with children) who are living there. A lot of elderly, too. They may move from site to site or location to location depending on availability but they have no other place to go. It's especially prevalent in warm or moderate weather locales.

As housing and rental costs rise so have the number of people living in campgrounds.

Anonymous wrote:I like to camp in hotels.

Exactly!

I love nature, hiking, water sports, and the great outdoors, however at the end of the day I want to sleep in a hotel. This is why I love staying at ski resorts in the summer. I can enjoy everything that the great outdoors has to offer, but I don't have to forgo amenities, my comfort, and happiness.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d rather cut off my arm than camp in a tent. That’s not a vacation. Period.

Camping in a tent is my version of Hell.

I love my tent. The key is smaller tents- one or two people in a tent. A large tent with four or five people isn’t fun.

Anonymous wrote:My 1,200 sq foot RV is nice.

Sounds nice and don’t mean to sound like a jerk, but is that really camping? Your RV is the size of a small house.

Anonymous wrote:I’d rather cut off my arm than camp in a tent. That’s not a vacation. Period.

Camping in a tent is my version of Hell.

Anonymous wrote:My 1,200 sq foot RV is nice.

I bet it is. That sounds like a huge RV.

My 1,200 sq foot RV is nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Camping is for poor people.

No necessarily. We are far from poor and have camped.

I will say I absolutely hate car camping. But I do love backpacking/country camping.

There are so many beautiful places that you can only see if you backpack in.

But to each their own. If you hate all camping then don't go.

Not poor and love to camp. I like car camping and backpacking, though much prefer backpacking. Camping can be rough if the weather is bad, but I love the simplicity of it- life slows down when you’re on the trail. Most of our lives (mine included) are way too comfortable. Roughing it is good for the soul. Also it’s a great way to build bonds and memories with your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with you on most items you highlighted except for the food part. You should have married someone that was better cook.

Agree. The bad food part is on you. It’s not that hard to make wonderful food on a campfire.

Ew on dirty gnarly dishes, ick

Anonymous wrote:I agree with you on most items you highlighted except for the food part. You should have married someone that was better cook.

Agree. The bad food part is on you. It’s not that hard to make wonderful food on a campfire.

Anonymous wrote:Camping is for poor people.

This.
When I was young and poor, we used to camp on the beach at a state camp grounds like Cape Henlopen or Assateague. Pitch a tent for $15 and split the cost with 3 friends. While I have fond memories, I never want to do that again!

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Anonymous wrote:I actually like most of the outdoor aspects of camping - sleeping in a tent, making fire, cooking over fire or on a camp stove, hiking, just generally being outdoors... If someone could come up with a campsite with a private bathroom/shower, I'd be all over it.

We once rented an entire group campsite with two other families that had not one but four private bathrooms. Each bathroom had a sink, flush toilet, shower and a lock on the door! Best camping trip ever.

Where is this mythical campsite?

DL Bliss State Park, Lake Tahoe. I didn't mention the campsite was a 2 minute walk from the lake.