Favorite Part Of Camping?

[DMan]

I love camping, although we don't rough it as much as we used to. My favorite part though has to be sitting outside in front of a roaring fire, sipping on a beverage, and watching the sun set over the water. How about you?

[Theosus]

Being way far away from other people, with my cell phone off, so everyone will just leave me alone.

[Bojib]

I don't really know what I enjoy about it most anymore.

Used to, it was to get away from the people, and enjoy the peace and quiet, and just enjoy nature.

Then, when I got married and bought a house, we moved to a spot well away from it all. If I'm not sitting and pecking I'm usually outdoors doing all the things I used to go camping for. I turn off all the lights, the TV, the noise makers, built a fire in my fire pit and just relax.

Of course, I don't know how much longer this will last, I could not and can not to afford to buy all the land I'd like to have around me. People keep getting closer and closer. So, I'll probably get back to camping a lot more in the next few years so I can get back to enjoying the peace and quiet that it offers.

Sometimes I do like just the adventure of getting somewhere. The camping part is only a place to sleep. I've done ATV camping were we ride all day then set up camp. I know the ATV kind of goes against the true naturalist part of it all, but I think it's fun. My friends and I had a hike in cabin we built by hand once. It was a nice little log cabin pretty much hidden in the woods near a pond. I enjoyed the hike to get there, and fishing in the pond. It wasn't hid as well as we thought, some hooligans eventually found it and burned it down.

The more I think of it, the more reasons I can think of to enjoy it. This post could continue on for quite some time. That's while I'll stop my rambling here.

[ppine]

The quiet, trees, wildflowers, the light, the smell of pine and wood smoke, good friends, the relaxed way of doing things and the unexpected critters.

Like the sarge says, you cannot beat a good fire. Look to the left.

Planning the next day's hunting or fishing is a big topic. I almost forgot reading poetry aloud and story telling.

EDIT. Sleeping with the dogs is always a highlight. I like everyone's answers.

[oldsarge]

Originally Posted by ppine

The quiet, trees, wildflowers, the light, the smell of pine and wood smoke, good friends, the relaxed way of doing things and the unexpected critters.

This and relaxing around a camp fire!

[TroyS]

Originally Posted by ppine

The quiet, trees, wildflowers, the light, the smell of pine and wood smoke, good friends, the relaxed way of doing things and the unexpected critters.

Like the sarge says, you cannot beat a good fire. Look to the left.

I agree!

For me, it will be the fact that I get to enjoy the outdoors with my kids. I always get a kick whenever I see them enjoying themselves by the campfire with their mallows and their hot choco, laughing and asking to be told scary stories. It's those kinds of moments that are just priceless.

[Barney]

Every part of camping is my favorite part. I love just being on the trail, sitting by the fire, testing my gear, the whole shebang.

[dinosaur]

Like Bojib said, the camp is just a place to sleep. It gives me a base from which I do the things I came to do.

[BGreen]

We're invariably with family. Watching my family enjoy themselves and laugh and play together is the very best. Talking about old times, growing up camping together and "telling on each other" for past goofs cannot be topped.

[HikerJoe]

The fire for sure. Nothing like sitting around that, drinking a beer, usually by myself, burning old reciepts and other evidence that could be used against me.