Camping? Why?

If you read this then you are either intrigued, interested, long for, enjoy it or just plain hard core in love with camping. I have a passion for camping. I may only get the chance to go 2 or 3 times a year, and 1 to 4 days each time.

A little about me and why I enjoy camping. I am early 50s, male, married 25+ years, blue collar factory worker with average pay for this area. I don't have a camper or motor rv. I mainly camp in a tent, and it is normally a tent that doesn't cost over 200 bucks, more like a hundred, and most of my tents were purchased used. I camp near water because I enjoy fishing. Either drive in to camp site or take a boat to one. I've done lots of day hikes, but never done any back pack camping. I'm not a survivalist and I don't care about escaping where I can't be found. I like being where I can be contacted by my wife or family.

What I love most about camping is, sleeping in a tent, having and cooking over a camp fire, the smell of wood smoke, not hearing refrigerator air cleaners and other electronic things making noise. I do enjoy a small thunder storm passing over, as long as it ain't to extreme, and a slight wind that ruffles the tent fly before it starts to rain. I've been in some extreme storms, and tornado weather and I didn't like that. I even love to hear small critters scurrying around in the leaves foraging for food, going about their nightly business for survival.

I always love hearing from other people. What area they live in, camp, hike, or what they enjoy about camping. I better get off here before babbling on some more.

Roy

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...well...here I am. I was away when you wrote this fabulous article and I enjoyed the read. I thought I might parallel what you had to say - then I would be wrecking an article that could have easily been written by an outdoor journalist/enthusiast. Suffice to say that I can identify with everything you so amply described. We are a strange breed, and those who hike the trails, canoe the routes, fish the streams, sit at the fire, and sleep under the stars really comprehend those certain feelings we get.