Re: Recent issues concerning Tent - vs - RV camping
I think some people have a very broad idea of what camping is. (IE Sleeping somewhere that isn't a normal residential area.) Others have something more specific in mind. (ie ONLY in a tent, with a wood fire, eating beans from a can, etc)
I think its more about getting out and enjoying nature and getting away from your cable TV, computer, boss, noisy neighbors, traffic, etc. I enjoy tent camping. It makes me feel more connected to the land. Same as riding a motorcycle makes me feel more connected with the world, as opposed to seeing it while floating along in a glass and steel cage.
Same as there are bikers and non bikers, there will be tenters and RVers. The road is big enough for both as long as everyone watches what they are doing. I don't mind camping next to someone in an RV, as long as they respect what I am trying to do, which is not hear them blasting rap music, watching "Jersey Shore" on satellite with the sound turned way up, or tossing beer cans and garbage all over the woods.
Last time I went camping, it was wet and raining so we split the difference and rented a screen shelter. It was basically a little one room cabin, with screened windows all around, a ceiling fan, and light bulb. Did I feel like I wasn't camping? Hell no, it was essentially a permanent wooden tent we put all our stuff into, and then we sat outside by the fire the rest of the time we weren't sleeping. We cooked over a coleman stove, has propane lanterns for light, etc.
Here it is. Just replace the shelter with "huge tent" or "pop-up camper" and its the same scene.
I think some people have a very broad idea of what camping is. (IE Sleeping somewhere that isn't a normal residential area.) Others have something more specific in mind. (ie ONLY in a tent, with a wood fire, eating beans from a can, etc)
I think its more about getting out and enjoying nature and getting away from your cable TV, computer, boss, noisy neighbors, traffic, etc. I enjoy tent camping. It makes me feel more connected to the land. Same as riding a motorcycle makes me feel more connected with the world, as opposed to seeing it while floating along in a glass and steel cage.
Same as there are bikers and non bikers, there will be tenters and RVers. The road is big enough for both as long as everyone watches what they are doing. I don't mind camping next to someone in an RV, as long as they respect what I am trying to do, which is not hear them blasting rap music, watching "Jersey Shore" on satellite with the sound turned way up, or tossing beer cans and garbage all over the woods.
Last time I went camping, it was wet and raining so we split the difference and rented a screen shelter. It was basically a little one room cabin, with screened windows all around, a ceiling fan, and light bulb. Did I feel like I wasn't camping? Hell no, it was essentially a permanent wooden tent we put all our stuff into, and then we sat outside by the fire the rest of the time we weren't sleeping. We cooked over a coleman stove, has propane lanterns for light, etc.
Here it is. Just replace the shelter with "huge tent" or "pop-up camper" and its the same scene.
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