Camping

[Smithy]

Have you ever gone camping before with friends or family?
The last time I went camping was 12 years ago, it wasn't for me I prefer caravans.

 

[Yvonne Smith]

I have not gone camping for many years, but when I was younger, i loved to go camping up in the mountains, by some pristine lake, catch fish and cook them over the campfire for dinner, and sleep in my sleeping bag with an air mattress.
Growing up, camping was something that my parents did almost every weekend in the summertime. We lived in Northern Idaho, and there were many nice places to go camping back then.

My mom would make fried chicken and potato salad, and pack the coffee, and cans of pork and beans, bacon, eggs, bread, and whatever else we were taking for food.
She had a woven basket with the camping dishes, which were made of colorful plastic and had matching cups for the coffee.
We would go on Friday afternoon my dad got home from work and stay until late Sunday afternoon, and then drive back home again.

After i grew up up and had kids, we also went camping, but not as often as i did growing up. We did go fishing and swimming in nearby lakes and rivers a lot though, and all my kids are excellent swimmers.
I would love to be able to still do that, but it would have to be with an RV now, I think.

This is Roman Nose Lake, and it is high in the Idaho mountains, and it is one of the lakes where we used to go and camp and fish.

 

[Shortie]

I remember a few times having sleep overs at my friends houses and we would camp out in the garden in a tent, it was a lot of fun. Don't think that could be done anymore in that day and age now.

 

[Smithy]

I remember a few times having sleep overs at my friends houses and we would camp out in the garden in a tent, it was a lot of fun. Don't think that could be done anymore in that day and age now.

Oh I remember them days too!

 

[Nancy Hart]

I went on a road trip from North Carolina to California back 1970s with a tent. The tent was the old style where you had to set it up with stakes. It was a significant time waster---to put it up at night and take down in the morning. I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't want to do it again with that particular tent. The new ones are easy to set up. Not sure that counts as camping.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Hubby and I are 'professional' campers, since I taught him how it's done. I don't like sleeping in motel or hotel beds or using community toilets or showers, so we camp out in tents or my van, which is easier than pulling a camper around or motorhome.
I loved our skoolie bus.

 

[Marie Mallory]

Have you ever gone camping before with friends or family?
The last time I went camping was 12 years ago, it wasn't for me I prefer caravans.

Have you ever gone camping before with friends or family?
The last time I went camping was 12 years ago, it wasn't for me I prefer caravans.

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Smithy, when I post a picture from Imgur I get a notification it is too large. Yet it doesn't look any larger than this picture. Can you help me know what it is I'm doing wrong?

 

[Don Alaska]

I camped most of my life. I was trekking into the woods with a buddy or two when I was as young as 10 years old. My wife was just reminiscing about a Ladies camping trip she was on with her females friends when we lived in Bush Alaska. The women boarded boats and headed upriver to a sandbar in the wilderness. They slept on the beach with no tent and watched the sum traverse the sky as it never went down. I asked if she remembered how they dealt with the mosquitoes but she couldn't recall. "A punk fire and mosquito dope I suppose" was her reply. When we did that as a family, we would catch salmon out of the river and cook them on an open fire. Good memories!

 

[Yvonne Smith]

I camped most of my life. I was trekking into the woods with a buddy or two when I was as young as 10 years old. My wife was just reminiscing about a Ladies camping trip she was on with her females friends when we lived in Bush Alaska. The women boarded boats and headed upriver to a sandbar in the wilderness. They slept on the beach with no tent and watched the sum traverse the sky as it never went down. I asked if she remembered how they dealt with the mosquitoes but she couldn't recall. "A punk fire and mosquito dope I suppose" was her reply. When we did that as a family, we would catch salmon out of the river and cook them on an open fire. Good memories!

We did the same thing with fish we caught, @Don Alaska; but in north Idaho, it was trout that we fished for. We often had fresh trout along with pancakes and eggs cooked over the campfire for breakfast.
My mom was a great campfire cook, and we all enjoyed our camping meals.

Later, when I was fishing with my kids, we would build a small campfire and cook the fish, and sometimes baked potatoes wrapped in tinfoil in the coals of the campfire.
Even at home, we often just had a small bonfire and would roast hot dogs and marshmallows for dinner sometimes. Back then, you could buy chicken backs for about 17 cents a lb, and we often cooked those over the campfire for dinner, too.
Then, we would all just sit around our campfire and sing songs together.

 

[Marie Mallory]

I camped most of my life. I was trekking into the woods with a buddy or two when I was as young as 10 years old. My wife was just reminiscing about a Ladies camping trip she was on with her females friends when we lived in Bush Alaska. The women boarded boats and headed upriver to a sandbar in the wilderness. They slept on the beach with no tent and watched the sum traverse the sky as it never went down. I asked if she remembered how they dealt with the mosquitoes but she couldn't recall. "A punk fire and mosquito dope I suppose" was her reply. When we did that as a family, we would catch salmon out of the river and cook them on an open fire. Good memories!

Sounds great, lots of good memories for sure.
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We did the same thing with fish we caught, @Don Alaska; but in north Idaho, it was trout that we fished for. We often had fresh trout along with pancakes and eggs cooked over the campfire for breakfast.
My mom was a great campfire cook, and we all enjoyed our camping meals.

Later, when I was fishing with my kids, we would build a small campfire and cook the fish, and sometimes baked potatoes wrapped in tinfoil in the coals of the campfire.
Even at home, we often just had a small bonfire and would roast hot dogs and marshmallows for dinner sometimes. Back then, you could buy chicken backs for about 17 cents a lb, and we often cooked those over the campfire for dinner, too.
Then, we would all just sit around our campfire and sing songs together.

I love camping stories, always loved the woods. Where I spend most of my time now. Of course I liked the city life too when I was young.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

I would love to be able to still do that, but it would have to be with an RV now, I think.

What's wrong with that? I can't sleep on the ground anymore, because for one thing it kill me, and another I would need help getting off the ground... I would have to wear a T-Shirt with an old man sleeping on the ground and saying "I'm Camping and I can't get up!"

I remember a few times having sleep overs at my friends houses and we would camp out in the garden in a tent, it was a lot of fun. Don't think that could be done anymore in that day and age now.

Why not? All you need is yard, a tent and a grocery bag full of munchies.

I'm glad we did it, but wouldn't want to do it again with that particular tent. The new ones are easy to set up. Not sure that counts as camping.

Sure, it does. It's all about being in the great outdoors and having fun, not how you sleep.

 

[Shortie]

Why not? All you need is yard, a tent and a grocery bag full of munchies.

Just with how the area is where I live now, it's not overly bad, but you do get incidents, wouldn't want to risk it, now a camping night of fun in the living room would be fun

 

[Sheryl]

A camping story....

My brother and SIl bought a tent that slept four. Nice tent, expensive. But not being tent people, hubby and I rented a room at the motel. That night, the rain poured down, the wind blew, the rain ran into the tent. After that, they rented a room, too. I don't know what happened to the tent, I never saw it again.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

Camping is great when you're young. The older you get, the more you are drawn to camping at your favorite Hotel that serves a nice, hot breakfast. And if you're a more adventurist kind of person, a nice comfy RV. What fun is there in sleeping on the ground when you know you're going to need help to get up, and you know you're going to have to get up at least three or more times during the night?

 

[Marie Mallory]

A camping story....

My brother and SIl bought a tent that slept four. Nice tent, expensive. But not being tent people, hubby and I rented a room at the motel. That night, the rain poured down, the wind blew, the rain ran into the tent. After that, they rented a room, too. I don't know what happened to the tent, I never saw it again.

LOL, we lived in a tent here in Florida during the 100 year flood, lightening striking ground near out head tent almost laid down over us, but we made it.
When we first moved here in 1998 we had to do clearing, set up paddock for horse donkey and keep our dogs and cats with us. Run wiring for electricity, have well put in and save for mobile home till we could build the house.
We had a perfect tent set up, small tent for showers, but this cold spring water was no fun bathing in February.
Medium size tent for kitchen storage and one for bedroom, clothing.
Cooked on Coleman stove.