So.... Are Pop Ups Camping?

OpenAir · 05-21-2010, 07:02 AM

Tear drops and pop ups are just lovely looking, but are they really camping? Its not like you are out there and roughing it-it very much looks like a home from home.

northernbushape · 05-21-2010, 01:02 PM

I think everybody will have a different view on what camping is to them. I look at it this way - regardless of what I sleep in, tent, Jeep (I run a 4 door Wrangler and I'm short), forest shelter etc. camping is defined by everything else I do while not sleeping.

outdoorsy · 05-23-2010, 08:38 AM

Seriously? You think my pop-up is like being at home. I don't have a bathroom in my pop-up. My pop-up is small and not very comfy either. I don't have a dining room or a kitchen in my pop-up either. I'd say it's camping!

failghe · 05-23-2010, 12:23 PM

Camping is different for everyone with the same goal. Getting outside.
Just like working. I can never have a desk job, I need to be moving around and being outside. Some people need a office job. The result is the same. Getting that paycheck.
I started camping under the stars with nothing but the ground and a log for a pillow. Then a sleeping bag, then a tent. Now maybe a camper of some sort.
Different strokes for different folks.

OpenAir · 05-24-2010, 07:40 AM

The only pop ups that I've seen online have been very homely, having kitchens and so on. Obviously the more basic pop ups and trailers wouldn't compare or really come into this so I apologise for that.

I guess, it almost seems like compact caravanning with some of these that I've seen lately.

05-21-2010, 07:02 AM	#1
OpenAir Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 69	So.... Are Pop Ups Camping? Tear drops and pop ups are just lovely looking, but are they really camping? Its not like you are out there and roughing it-it very much looks like a home from home.

05-21-2010, 01:02 PM	#2
northernbushape The Jeepist Join Date: May 2010 Location: British Columbia Posts: 27	I think everybody will have a different view on what camping is to them. I look at it this way - regardless of what I sleep in, tent, Jeep (I run a 4 door Wrangler and I'm short), forest shelter etc. camping is defined by everything else I do while not sleeping. Oongawa

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05-23-2010, 08:38 AM	#3
outdoorsy Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 50	Seriously? You think my pop-up is like being at home. I don't have a bathroom in my pop-up. My pop-up is small and not very comfy either. I don't have a dining room or a kitchen in my pop-up either. I'd say it's camping!

05-23-2010, 12:23 PM	#4
failghe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Port Richey, Florida Posts: 360	Camping is different for everyone with the same goal. Getting outside. Just like working. I can never have a desk job, I need to be moving around and being outside. Some people need a office job. The result is the same. Getting that paycheck. I started camping under the stars with nothing but the ground and a log for a pillow. Then a sleeping bag, then a tent. Now maybe a camper of some sort. Different strokes for different folks.

05-24-2010, 07:40 AM	#5
OpenAir Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 69	The only pop ups that I've seen online have been very homely, having kitchens and so on. Obviously the more basic pop ups and trailers wouldn't compare or really come into this so I apologise for that. I guess, it almost seems like compact caravanning with some of these that I've seen lately.