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Why do we camp? That’s what I want to share in this section. After all it costs money, takes preparation and we have no TV, so why? Vegetation falls in your plate, you sleep near the ground and have to share the bathroom with who knows who, so why?

After we got married my wife talked about wanting to go camping. I said ya ya ya, thinking it would pass. After we had our 2 daughters and the oldest was almost 5 we decided to have a yard sale and clear out the baby paraphernalia. We earmarked the proceeds for camping gear. After a few shopping trips we were ready to dip our toes into camping.

What we discovered was a whole other world not far from home one that took me totally by surprise. After our third outing I was hooked in a big way. We have weekends out of the house, and for a modest cost. We travel for weeks at a time for a fraction of what motel lodging would cost us. But these aren’t the most important things.