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Is Winter Camping For You?

Camping may be the quintessential summer activity but that doesn’t mean you have to hang up your tent when the weather gets cold. For the die hard campers among us, the weekends between Queen Victoria or Memorial Day and Labour Day are simply not enough to scratch the itch that is the desire to sleep under the stars. The truth is that with proper gear and preparation there’s no reason that your camping adventures can’t take you deep into the winter. And we’re not just talking about the campers that live in temperate southern climates. No what the latitude or altitude is where you live, there is a way to get out and about when the mercury drops. Think we’ve lost our minds? Let us convince you otherwise!

What’s so awesome about winter camping?

• Peace and quiet! Even the busiest of summer campsites are often totally deserted in the winter. Once things get a little harder on the camping front, a lot of people head for home. If you’ve been longing for some seclusion but been finding it hard to come across, winter camping has your name all over it!
• Lack of bugs … and bears. Many of the critters that can make summer camping annoying or downright dangerous are not out and about when things get cold. With snow on the ground and temperatures possibly below freezing, insects and spiders will not be a problem and bears will have long since entered hibernation. He's right about that.
• Access to places and activities that aren’t available in the summer. Your favorite summer fishing hole may become your favourite ice skating rink if you just give it a chance! Chances are good that the places you love in the summer will feel totally different in the winter.
• You can see for miles and miles! Speaking of a change in perspective, with the leaves all gone from the trees you will be able to see way farther than you ever have before. Photographers will love the striking change of scenery that the winter landscape provides.
• The satisfaction of not taking winter lying down. Winter can be a challenging time for people who love to be outside. It’s easy to curl up under your comforter and pine for warmer days to come but we promise that you’ll be a lot happier if you learn to work with the elements. Winter is beautiful – embrace it!

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I'll add to that list:

• No dust
• You don't stink
• Your friends don't stink
• No need to make ice runs
• When actually snowing, you can hear the flakes hitting the tree branches
• With snow on the ground and a full moon, you can hike (some places) at night without a light
• Big fires!

 

Ya...your are right on. Sometimes it's so cold you can hear the silence glistening in your hears .

 

Isn't that true. I never did understand the question, "If a tree falls in the forest...can it be heard?"

 

...and then again, does it have to be a nobody or a something?

 

This true. I took philosophy. The hardest thing for me to do was to learn the terms and methodology and to wrap my head around how it is expressed. It's a course for the brainy and though an excellent student I was never an academic.

 

...but a philosopher would argue that no real consequence might not be a correct thought.

 

....just joking with you Eric.

 

Ditto. Not that my opinion counts when it comes to humans but I agree too.