How Did You Get Started Camping?

[Sarah]

When was the first time you went camping and realized that was something you really enjoyed? I didn't discover camping until I met my husband who is an outdoor enthusiast. I wasn't sure I would enjoy camping in a tent without any luxuries, but found pretty quickly that it was a lot of fun. I was also surprised to find that I could do without a lot of the fluff.

[Judy Ann]

Hi Sarah, taught myself to tent camp in my 50's. Boarding fees per night for my Bichon Frise are $40, add a motel and that is more money than a nurse should spend per night when saving for retirement. We are still adjusting, however more of my coworkers want to join in each trip. It is fun to meet up at the end of the day and share a campfire and stories...Wish I could stay up as late as they do without feeling the pain in the am!

[freedommachine]

Heck I camped with my family since I was only about 3. So I have camped all my life and always will. My first memories of camping were around mt. lassen, with an old tent made in the forties,fishing with a stick with line and hook tied to it. Then going out for the day going into lava tubes and swiming in crstal clear creeks. So I have loved camping for as long as I can remember. I alway like It when I see a family camping with kids only a few months to a few years knowing they have a good start on camping.

[rockytibby]

I started camping with my dad when I was about 12 years old. During hunting season in Nov. up in the Oregon mountains. We had an old army tent and good sleeping bags. It was very cold but I enjoyed it, it made me tough. I never did hunt, I just could not bring myself to shoot a deer. My dad always got one he was an avid hunter.

[oldsarge]

Had an Uncle who tooks us all camping. Always had a great time and could never get enough of it.

[safn1949]

Went on the Appalachian Trail in 1968 with a group from summer camp( I was 12),it was a complete Chinese fire drill but I never forgot it.

[Refrigerator]

Backyard 7 years old with old bed sheets and blankets hooked to a chain link fence with clothes pins. Been in my blood since.

[dinosaur]

Dad took me hunting, fishing and camping. It started when I was old enough to walk.

[Hank]

I haven't done enough of it to consider myself a camper but I enjoy it

[Refrigerator]

yo Hank...we all started out that way.