When I went car camping with the wife and son and his friend we always went to a campground near the beach for a week. We’d reserve one of our favorite sites in a very tree heavy loop so we were pretty isolated. Slept in a couple of tents. It was really fun.
Other times I go camping is when I’m elk hunting with my friends. A couple of them have RVs but I usually end up sleeping on a cot in the snowmobile trailer. The worst part of that is that the floor is like walking on spikes.
My neighbors are doing a diy conversion of a transit van into a camper, and it’s SO COOL. They have a sleeping platform with space under it for their mountain bikes; they’re still working on it so I don’t know what else they’ve added but I’m envious.
Campground with running water and flush toilets. Air mattress in the tent. I’ve done all kinds of camping and that’s as rustic as I like to go now. It’s my trip, I do what I want.
I haven’t gone camping since I left the Army. I’m not comfortable sleeping on the ground. My daughter, on the other hand, will take her Bronco and disappear into the woods anywhere for a week at a time.
I used to take people camping for a living working for outdoor adventure programs in a handful of countries. I do everything from remote backpacking/canoeing to sleeping in my minivan when driving to and from places rather than waste money on a motel.
Remember something I left in the house and go back inside. And stay. I obviously left my mind behind because there’s no way I’d willingly want to go camping.
I camped a few times when I was younger. Always ended up with my sleeping on a rock. Hated smutz stuck on everything and peeing in the woods. Tried an RV too but I’m claustrophobic. I like my sleep number mattress and hot shower better.
@dptalia oh no my dear…
3 days, the Most Basic of stretched picture cable feeds, and NO WiFi.
a few years ago (2017?) I drove my buddy out to Oklahoma to be with the rest of his family at his little bro’s Graduation from Boot Camp.
when we got to town, the hotel I Booked had
the basic cable, but no Wifi (available for a fee i was willing to pay, but it was broken), and no Coffee maker in room. (they do have it in the lobby from 6-11am, but and we had to be on base at 5am to get our visitors passes, Ft. Sill has their own access rules)
now Granted it was a Motel 6… but no complementary wifi…in 2017?
hell the coffee was the easy part, there was a dollar general down the street, so I bought the Cheapest/only-ist coffee maker they had, some basic palatable coffee, and filters.
the next day picked up sugar packets and creamers at the walmart.
I was tempted/ prepared to just leave the maker in the room, but my buddy had to bring it home, and now it’s boxed up in his basement as an emergency spare…
had I known they didn’t have a coffee pot in the room, I would have just packed the Keurig that was collecting dust on a shelf in MY basement.
Stay at a hotel…
@shahnm 13 years in the army makes you appreciate comfort!
@shahnm my wife is not into camping… At all…
Embassy suites because they have great breakfast
@ironcheftoni
Yes! Haven’t been in years but the best.
I don’t see Hampton Inn listed?
Grab the blender and go outside
When I camp, I don’t go.
I am surrounded by girl campers. It’s in tents.
/giphy tents
I hate camping but if I did camp, I’d go all out like Pete in “A Goofy Movie”
Hotel.
…wonder what apocalyptic event could have resulted in such a dire situation?!
At a campsite only for a mountain bike festival.
When I went car camping with the wife and son and his friend we always went to a campground near the beach for a week. We’d reserve one of our favorite sites in a very tree heavy loop so we were pretty isolated. Slept in a couple of tents. It was really fun.
Other times I go camping is when I’m elk hunting with my friends. A couple of them have RVs but I usually end up sleeping on a cot in the snowmobile trailer. The worst part of that is that the floor is like walking on spikes.
Plan to get a 3-4 season truck camper for retirement. Then I can camp wherever a pickup can go.
also T-bag them and gank them again as soon as they respawn.
My neighbors are doing a diy conversion of a transit van into a camper, and it’s SO COOL. They have a sleeping platform with space under it for their mountain bikes; they’re still working on it so I don’t know what else they’ve added but I’m envious.
Campground with running water and flush toilets. Air mattress in the tent. I’ve done all kinds of camping and that’s as rustic as I like to go now. It’s my trip, I do what I want.
Usually at something Hilton.
Preferably somewhere warm and sunny.
I haven’t gone camping since I left the Army. I’m not comfortable sleeping on the ground. My daughter, on the other hand, will take her Bronco and disappear into the woods anywhere for a week at a time.
I used to take people camping for a living working for outdoor adventure programs in a handful of countries. I do everything from remote backpacking/canoeing to sleeping in my minivan when driving to and from places rather than waste money on a motel.
…stay in an Airbnb RV.
@ThunderChicken I didn’t know there was such a thing. Seriously?
@katbyter Yup. I stayed in one recently.
Remember something I left in the house and go back inside. And stay. I obviously left my mind behind because there’s no way I’d willingly want to go camping.
I camped a few times when I was younger. Always ended up with my sleeping on a rock. Hated smutz stuck on everything and peeing in the woods. Tried an RV too but I’m claustrophobic. I like my sleep number mattress and hot shower better.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/hey-everybody-its-glen---camping-1
Don’t. No camping for me.
Roughing it is basic cable at the hotel.
@dptalia oh no my dear…
3 days, the Most Basic of stretched picture cable feeds, and NO WiFi.
a few years ago (2017?) I drove my buddy out to Oklahoma to be with the rest of his family at his little bro’s Graduation from Boot Camp.
when we got to town, the hotel I Booked had
the basic cable, but no Wifi (available for a fee i was willing to pay, but it was broken), and no Coffee maker in room. (they do have it in the lobby from 6-11am, but and we had to be on base at 5am to get our visitors passes, Ft. Sill has their own access rules)
now Granted it was a Motel 6… but no complementary wifi…in 2017?
hell the coffee was the easy part, there was a dollar general down the street, so I bought the Cheapest/only-ist coffee maker they had, some basic palatable coffee, and filters.
the next day picked up sugar packets and creamers at the walmart.
I was tempted/ prepared to just leave the maker in the room, but my buddy had to bring it home, and now it’s boxed up in his basement as an emergency spare…
had I known they didn’t have a coffee pot in the room, I would have just packed the Keurig that was collecting dust on a shelf in MY basement.
Damn, that’s to rough for me!