Do you go Camping in Tents?

Roughing it in my father's opinion was staying in a low cost hotel... My sister loves to camp, my brother will camp for music festivals, I would rather have a roof over my head and a bed under me!

Rain is always a major concern whenever I go camping. I have had so many wet camping trips that it is just not funny anymore! I am going camping on the Sunshine Coast next weekend for the Caloundra Music Festival. http://www.caloundramusicfestival.com/ I went to this last year and the weather was absolutely awful. I took two small tents and set them up under a large tarp, but the rain was that heavy that both tents leaked anyway and the wind was so strong that I hardly slept as I was afraid the tarp would take off it was so noisy! We paid for three nights but only stayed one! Also the festival had to be half shut down on the Sunday and moved into the indoor venues. Luckily we were already inside when this happened as we got to continue watching bands, but many others had to be turned away. Due to this they gave refunds to everybody for the Sunday, so not only did we get to see the bands, but we got some of our money back! I will be taking my big tent this year and the weather is supposed to be fine, but anything can happen at this time of the year. October is when the storm season starts up here! I went camping for ten nights last Christmas time at Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains and it was awesome. Great weather most of the time, lake front camping, plenty of freedom for the kids to go off and do whatever they wanted to do. The best family holiday that we have ever had.

That sounds like alot of fun. I hope to be able to do more with my daughter soon too. I used to camp in a tent also.

It sounds interesting and exciting to go camping in tents, but I have never had such an experience. It is because camping in tents is not popular in our place. Right now it is raining here and it seems that a lot of places around the world are having rain. I wish you to enjoy yourself with the upcoming camping you will plan to have with a lot of fun.

hi jenny, its been ages since i last went camping. but it was a totally clear day with lots of sunshine in the daytime and a beautiful star filled night. we set our tent a few meters from the beach. and we didnt need tarps over our tents. we were awaken by noises near the beach around 1 or 2am because a dolphin got washed out and had to be returned to sea. that was the exciting part. all the rest was a normal beautiful day hence we had fun. i guess if the weather is not that promising, you have to have a second option as to where to sleep where it is dry. or you can set your tent in between two trees where you can tie your tarp above your tents. trees would be a lot stronger to hold your tarps. i am not very sure about how you would put up poles, tarp will surely be quite heavy when the rain comes and it might just fall over the tents when you are not an expert in setting it up. i hope the weather permits and you have lots and loads of fun together with your daughter. ann

I love to camp and always use a tent. I would suggest getting a tarp to put over your camping area, one big enough to cover the two tents and your cooking area if possible but if not then just over the cooking area. The rain does make for a bit more problem with camping but at the same time, it can be nice to play cards under the tarp with a lantern and listen to the rain fall around you... I hope the weather holds for you and your trip goes well! I tend to camp in the Northeast US. I have several favorite spots that I go to, mostly near Moosehead Lake, which is my original home.

It has been a long time since I have been camping. I have not even considered it for the most part anymore, and if we did, we would have to purchase a Tent as well. Or maybe consider using our Canopy if we could? We would definately have to buy an air mattress first. That would be a definate. But since it is getting so expensive to go camping, we have never considered really doing it sometime.

When I have camped overnight in the past I usually have had a van or a station wagon to sleep in. We would go to a lake nearby, or to the river outlet for that lake. If it was raining I just would go home. Actually there are shelters where you can get out of the rain and use a grill under cover. I hope you have a ton of fun.

We do that occasionally. Last year we camped up along the California coast among the redwoods. It was gorgeous...

Camping with your daughter...How special is that? It is an opportunity for some very special memories for both of you. I haven’t been camping in years. I used to go a lot when I was a member of a bush walking club several years ago. I enjoyed it immensely, even if we didn’t shower as much as we wanted to or sleep comfortably at times! It was rough occasionally but it was also great fun. I hope you enjoy yourselves and that the weather is kind to you.

It has been a long time since I went camping. We probably went 3 or 4 times. One time we even caped in Myrtle Beach on vacation but mostly we went to a lake about an hour from home. In general I liked it. One time however all it did was rain and we couldn't cook or do much of anything. I was a lot younger and in better shape the. There is NO WAY I could do it now.

I've been camping before but not the type of camping where you're in the middle of a forest and have to pull up a tent. My school plans a camp trip in which all students pack their necessities and we go to this camps site and we live in cabins. These camp trips are for experience and some bonding time with other students. The camp site is located in a forest near a beach and there's cabins every where with one area to eat with tables and chairs. So it's much more luxurious compared to camping with a tent and camp fire but I reckon that's more fun though.

i love going camping in tents i have a large six person tent that i use and its not that hard to put up at all i do it by myself because i usually go camping by myself the only thing i dont like about it is that it is so heavy but luckly i can just strap it to my mule with all my other gear and he carries it into the woods for me since we usually hike 3 to 5 miles into the woods before we set up camp i just use a sleeping bag on the ground i dont like using an airbed sometimes i dont even sleep in the tent just outside with the animals under the stars

Rain schmain, if it's battering down, that should motivate you to put the tent up quickly ;-). Last time I went camping was on a tour of the Scottish islands, on a couple of days, It was blowing a hooley, with the wind coming from three different directions and the rain coming in sideways, I thought that the tent was going to get blown away but it held fast. The good thing about the weather was, all the biting insects got blown away. I had a great time on that trip though, visited some of the distilleries and sampled some of the whiskey they make out on the islands and walked in some very beautiful places where few other people visit. Also loved brewing up some tea and cooking on the fire/camp stove......