How long since you have been camping?

Used to tent camp when our kids were very small. (I still don't know why.) They are now 44 and 45. You do everything you do at home under worse conditions. I can't believe all the necessary crap we stuffed in a midsize car. Tent, sleeping bags, cooler, camp stove, lantern, stroller, clothes, food, etc.. And oh what fun changing diapers and showering little ones! Yeah, it was a ball!

went on a canoe/portage/camping in tents on a trip to algonquin park the last year of high school.  i graduated in 1990.  
that summer went tent camping with a bunch of friends to wasaga beach - there was baby duck wine and the next day a really big headache.  packing up was miserable.

my mother-n-law has a cottage so that is our escape.  friends coming up 3rd week in august for 2 days.  we will pack up with them and head up to camp (tent) overnight after that.  i figured after 20 some-odd years, one night should be a good way to give it a try again!!  i have been warned about lack of toilet facilities and so we will really be getting back to nature!!  

Last night! We are in the midst of a 24 day cross-country trip with our 3 sons (16,14 and 10). We have a travel trailer that has all the modern amenities. I would not like primitive camping! We have made so many great memories over the years on our trips.

We live in western NY... but right now we are in Oregon. On this trip alone we've been to St. Louis, Rocky Mountain National Park, Salt Lake City, Reno, Redwood National Park and Crater Lake National Park. We are on our way to Olympic National Park and the San Juan Islands before we start the long journey home.

The only place I've ever felt a bit scared was St. Louis... The city has seen better days, I think... and the campground we stayed at didn't have the best security.

I should add, we did enjoy our backpacking trips. We planned one for this year as well but our 15 year old (who loved it) asked to camp at a campground this year. Apparently, the girls are more plentiful there, lol. Our 14 year old daughter hates both. Our 12 year old goes with the flow.

Just a few weeks. We have a 24 foot travel trailer that we use to go to a few places kinda close to home. We usually go a couple times/summer to an Army Corps of Engineers campground about 45 minutes away from where we live. The park is neat and clean with laundry, showers and flush toilets! We like the camp hosts and park rangers there. It's almost like 'going to the cabin', but you take the cabin to where you want it.  

I do go tent camping with Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts (both my sons are Scouts). I enjoy it and to help me sleep I have a tent fan and sometimes take an over the counter sleep aid before bed. I would love to get a RV camper for our family. When we vacation now it is not tent camping but staying at a hotel or cabin.