Where do you go camping?

@tammyr (5946)
Etowah, Tennessee
June 15, 2007 9:15am CST
Do you go primitive or do you like all the amenities? Do you maybe rent a cottage, or take a tent? What about a RV? I go to a local creek where we can camp primitive for free. I like primitive camping, mostly because I prefer to not be in crowds and enjoy the quietness. I sleep in my tent and make my bathroom behind a tree! How about you? Where and how do you camp
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@herrbaggs (1308)
• United States
15 Jun 07
I must ask you what does sleeping in a tent next to a creek and going to the bathroom behind a tree have to do with camping? Around here it is called homsteading.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
Well I guess I envy you except for cutting wood for a fire I love the life! Where are you from?
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@herrbaggs (1308)
• United States
15 Jun 07
I live on 50 acres in the middle of no where arkansas and have a private 4 acre lake. In the evenings I sit on my elevated small porch and watch the deer and the geese feeding down by the lake. Its not a bad way to finish out ones life.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
I have a deer that visits my backyard. There are about 20 geese in the pond down the road. I enjoy living in the country and would never want to live in towns or cities again.
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• Canada
15 Jun 07
We go in a tent or tent trailer depending on where and when we wanna go there are still lots of places to camping here that are free jsut have to knwo where to look adn keep them secert ther eare lot of what are called forestry camp sites that are open for a small price liek $20 for the season and are good for the hundred of sites.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
Our pay camp sites that are near enough that we can go there for showers, clean water and a potty, Are $12 a night for 4 I think. Extra people pay $.50 a day more. I can not see paying $48 dollars for my daughter and myself to stay there for 4 days! Crowds, lots of noise! Where we stayed was 2 sites and the young drunks were a real pain in the !
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
OHHH Now that sounds delightful! Being in the mountains I have not thought about camping on the beach! the sand would be so much more comfortable than the floor of the forest!
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• Canada
15 Jun 07
Yeah some of the ones here are as much as $24.00 a night and if you put out a second tent is $5.00 I prefer to cam p on the beach just above the tide line and it is free adn you have an awesome veiw in the mornign.
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• United States
25 Jun 07
My son has just purchased a tent and has told me that he will be camping out for the next month or two in order to save some money. This freaked me out a little bit. But, I guess if you love to camp, why not do it.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
25 Jun 07
LOL I thought I would save money too. By the time I bought what we needed to replace and all the ice, i don't think I saved a thing. Not to mention that my son came here and turned the air back on, as well as a fw lights.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
16 Jun 07
I like primitive to a point. I can no longer sleep on the ground as the cold gets into my bones, even in summer. I dislike crowds and opt for seclusion and off the beaten track sites where I won't be disturbed, unless it's a goanna coming in to see what we are eating, or a kookaburra that pinches our food right off the frypan as it's cooking and while we are sitting close by tending it! It's been a long time but my then partner and I discovered an off road camper was ideal for us and I have to have my porta potty. They have a giant sized bed and room to sit and set up the table inside to play cards or games if the weather is inclement. My only regret is most of the places where one can camp are national Parks and no pets are allowed. I'd love to take my animals.
@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
17 Jun 07
I go to a national forest site and we are allowed to have dogs on a leash. I take them on tie out cables and hook the around stumps, posts, table leg, what ever. But NEVER on a tree I learned that it hurts the tree to do this so I don't use the trees. I like everything except sleeping on the ground, and cutting the wood. It would not be so bad if I had and could use a chainsaw, but I only have a saw. We can also only burn downed wood. and I decided against the air mattress for some BLOND reason! And I must ask; What are kookaburra & goanna? I have not heard of them. I will go see where you live on your profile. I know it is not anywhere near me! LOL
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
18 Jun 07
I would have known what a moniter was. The bird is beautiful! Australia is a dream of mine. I would love to go there, if of course I ever win a lottery!LOL
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
17 Jun 07
As you can see, I'm Australian. A kookaburra, sometimes called "laughing kookaburra" is a member of the kingfisher family. See here: http://www.amonline.net.au/factSheets/laughing_kookaburra.htm A goanna is a large monitor lizard. See here: http://home.iprimus.com.au/readman/goanna.htm Happy camping!
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
16 Jun 07
I love to go camping, near water and secluded but I do like to have modern bathroom facilities nearby - like roughing it but not completely. We've had a tent for 10 or more years.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
17 Jun 07
The bathroom is one thing I miss a lot. I use a bucket or crate with trash bags. You can put an old toilet seat on top to sit on. Better than squatting!
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
15 Jun 07
It has been years since I last went camping. That was when I was in school, at a school camp, in the school field. After I left school, there was no more chance to attend a camp. We did go to chalets but it was different from a camp.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
My sister lives near Savannah Ga and she said the only place to camp there other than the yard, is a small wooded lot on a city block. i wouldn't know what to do If I couldn't go to the woods by walking out my door!
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
16 Jun 07
I have only ever been camping once and that was a few years ago lol We camped on a Camp Site so there was a Bathroom, Showers and that available lol I would not have gone otherwise and we used a Trailer Tent so I was not on the Floor
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
15 Jun 07
We go to a lake, if we are local. We will do primitive day camps. Hubby has yet to camp out with me at night. We have taken a tent on occasion to use as a headquarters, changing area, rest spot.I used to go camping with my close friend a lot, when our kids were young. Cook at a fire ring, using deadfall wood.sleep in tents or in open air, on lawn chairs. Sometimes in the back of the station wagon or van. When we travel, we usually rent a KOA cabin, and that is more like a little self contained room. You do not cook there, and you go over to a shared bath house. It is actually a very economical way to travel, with cabins being about half the price of motel rooms, or less. I still like a real toilet. LOL They also have tent camping sites and RV hookups.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
Well you have given me a good idea.We are having a big trip in Sept. with the girls. We are going to Canada for an event with girl Guides! We will have to stay over night and I have been looking at hotels, but... $$!! I have decided to check on KOA.I will PM you with the area we will be in and see if you know a good one near there. I may be close to you but I am not sure where your town is!!LOL
@rhinoboy (2129)
15 Jun 07
I normally only camp when on fishing trips with friends. We pay a small fee to set up our tent on a caravan park (a trailer park for vacationers). We could probably get a little more 'primitive' but it's good to be able to use running water for cooking etc. and a toilet for #2's! This year my friend borrowed a tow-along trailer and it was much more comfortable than the tent, but I kind of missed 'roughing it' like we used to. After a few days I used to dream about getting into my nice warm comfy bed and cuddling up to my wife!
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
My bed would be about the only thing I REALLY missed. We went and got some of those blow up pool floats and used them as our beds. It was a big help! There is a pay campground about a mile away and we go there to use the showers, potty, get extra clean water. If they sold ice there we would not even have to go to town!
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
15 Jun 07
We go primitive...Its free on the beach...Loo behind the tree...lol. No people around its brilliant.
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@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
15 Jun 07
When my family goes camping we take the tent. We usually go to a campground, but prefer the rustic area where there are as few people as possible. We don't need all of the extras, but a bathroom and a fire pit are nice. A primitive camp is nice too, basically anywhere along the river or lake where we can jump in and wash up, and where we can find a private spot to use the bathroom.
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@eden32 (3973)
• United States
24 Jun 07
We go on most of our trips with our camper, which has pretty much all the luxuries of home. I enjoy primitive camping as well; but at the moment I am 5 months pregnant & our littlest one is 5 years old. For those reasons the camper is the current preference. I am planning a "just the girls" trip this summer with my teenage daughter- that will be roughing it & tent camping.
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@happymom1 (1179)
• United States
15 Jun 07
I love camping i enjoy it. Tent is always the one that use for camping because its interesting and fun. I like to camp in the mountains that has lots of beautiful trees and maybe flowers.
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@tammyr (5946)
• Etowah, Tennessee
15 Jun 07
I live in the mountains so yes I have to agree I love the mountains!
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