Comments on: It followed us home

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:22:33 +0000

My husband was reading this over my shoulder, saw you talking about a camper, and immediately demanded to know if I knew you in person and whether or not we could con y’all into taking us with you.

heh.

I hope you have a great summer– camping is the best, once you get over that whole nature thing.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:39:55 +0000

I hear you on the toilet. We go camping a place in the woods. It has shared public bathrooms. I can do with out the A/C but I so wish there was a bathroom (and shower) in the cabin.

Still it’s a lot of fun!

By: Woulda Coulda Shoulda » Love hits the road

Woulda Coulda Shoulda » Love hits the road — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:38:25 +0000

[...] then, of course, there is the mounting excitement due to our new camping trailer. I’d love to tell you that the kids are adorable in their anticipation of heading into the [...]

By: Daisy

Daisy — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:22:43 +0000

Enjoy yourselves! when people say it’s “not real camping” just thumb your nose in their general direction. you can still cook over a nearby fire or use the outhouses if you really, really need the experience. If.

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:06:05 +0000

Funny how there’s styles out there to suit everyone’s tastes. Hubs and I do the backwoods camp thing – you know, park the car, hike in a couple miles, call it good?

The pros: no payments on a camper/RV, no spending 3 hours trying to back the beast into a spot and then level it, no equipment issues when the water line decides to break for who-knows-what reason.

The cons? Ummm. Sleeping under the stars? No, that’s not it. The freedom to camp anywhere we want (as long as it’s legal, of course)? Nah, not it. Not having to spend money on all kinds of “stuff” for the camper? Getting away from the crowded campsites where we “get” to listen to everyone else’s TVs blaring while they “camp”? No….

Oh I know! It’s the irritating self-righteousness you get to wave in everyone else’s faces while you chant, “that’s not REAL camping.”

;) I jest – I know you’ll have fun, pretty Mir – and enjoy the call of the wild (remember that a steak – or slab of salmon – cooked over a campfire tastes pretty damn good, and that Nature Is Your Friend!).

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:15:11 +0000

We bought a motorhome last november that was a repo. It JUST got in our driveway from storage yesterday. We used a pop up for 5 years and we were ready to TAKE THE LEAP to a 34′ Coachman motorhome.. now, if my husband can only learn to drive the dang thing we will be set! Our kids LOVE LOVE LOVE camping… I laughed my husband out of the house when he brought home the pop up (he’s a 5 star golfing hotel kinda guy) and told him “This will last one camping trip” but he LOVES it as well! Happy Camping this summer!! We may be in Georgia next year sometime. My parents are moving back to near Augusta and we may be parking it there for a couple week for a visit. I miss GA terribly. I would live there again in a minute… Augusta anyway.

By: just beaux

just beaux — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:35:23 +0000

I love camping. And there are quite a few nice campsites out there all over the country. I especially like the sites that have those continental breakfast parlors that you can wander down the hall to early in the morning. It’s a nice way to start the day. And at night you can come home and get in one of those hot pools. Those sites rock.

By: Pamela L

Pamela L — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:15:08 +0000

You should love camping this way!! My family travelled when I was growing up with a Pop Up Camper. It had not A/C and no bathroom but there were comfortable beds. The problem was the heat – in the closed space w/all the family bodies was stuffy at times. That’s when I would take my sleeping bag outside to the lawn chair (note: not on ground w/critters)and sleep.

You all rock!! Enjoy your travelling summer!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:01:35 +0000

I think this not only makes you an excellent wife, but also a possible saint. I’ll check with the pope.

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:53:35 +0000

I want to get a camper too! Where the park the monstrosity is the main thing holding me back at the moment.

I loved your prior post on Post-Traumatic Camping Disorder. Our first trip was a disaster also–and conveniently timed at the peak of my hormones. My youngest was dirt-phobic, which was just delightful when camping in the dirt! And we did not have a proper campstove. I had borrowed a hiker’s stove from a friend, and the dang thing looks like 3 paperclips bent together–we never got it lit all weekend. Luckily, our friends took pity on us and fed us so we would not starve. We spent the next 3 camping trips in a cabin while all our friends slept in their tents.

I finally have our family back in tents, and inflatable air mattresses are doing the trick for the rocks that always seem to be right where you are lying on your back.

We go to a wonderful campsite that has regular indoor plumbing, and even showers! They also sell coffee in the morning and hot cocoa in the evening. Easy car camping for even the most incompetent campers among us.

With the right equipment, your family is going to have a GREAT time. Look how much fun they are having just in the driveway!