Do you rough it, or bring luxuries?

[LakeLady]

We have roughed it in the past when we went camping before we had kids, but now we just feel more safe with having a few luxuries. We still occasionally tent camp, but we always have plenty of food, water, extra clothing, first aid kit, and most times a cell phone depending upon where we are camping.

[Adventurelover]

I bring a blow up mattress because I get too achy after sleeping on the ground, and a tent. Other than that I bring my camera, my phone, and books to read.

[The Scout]

In younger days I would rough it, but now we are comfortable enough at a State Park or Natinal Forest campground with a spicket, showerhouse and flushing toilets. Sleepingbags, foam pads or for some, air mattresses. Colemon propane stove and lanterns, small grill, boombox or radio, plenty of ice, plenty of groceries, cookware and some snakebite medicine or other such libations.

Most of the time we pick a place near decent hiking trails.

[wildmonger]

I know of a man who hiked the whole Long Trail in Vermont going from shelter to shelter with nothing. He ate the leftover food in the shelters, and he was wearing a suit and street shoes!

[Hilltopper]

I need an air mattress or I would not be able to get up in the morning, I just can't sleep on the ground anymore. We also usually stay at a site that has showers. Some things I just gotta have.

[mommyof2boys]

We bring a tent, cookstove and lantern...although we started last year bringing an air mattress so my hips and back don't kill me the next day!

[FernGully]

When we, the family, go camping we bring blankets for lean tos; spades for latrines and battery operated radios. We only stay over night so I guess it's not as big a thing as it could be. We go twice a summer and so far no one minds.

[Luvoutdoors]

It just depends on whose going with us what all we take. We have camped with little more than a tent and some food but if we take the little one with us we bring a good bit more.

[northernbushape]

We generally will set up a base camp and then explore from there so we tend to bring some extras like a 10x10 Easy-Up shelter, air mattress, folding cook table etc. Nothing too extreme. If I am just hiking an over-nighter then I just bring a pad, bag, small tube tent, and my personal carry.

I guess we have a few extras, but a far cry from luxury that's for sure. Almost all of our camping is remote back-country where the closest amenity may be 30-40 miles away - we take what we need.

[outdoors Joe]

I'd rough it, but the wife insists on bringing a tent, charcoal grill, and a camping "toilet." Other than that, she's pretty cool about it. She'll even help clean fish when we catch them.