This is why I do it.

Posted By: crazy backpacker on 2007-07-03
In Reply to: I never understood why people like camping. - Hayseed

I like the challenge, both the physical and the mental. I also like seeing things that can't be reached by car. I like being alone. I like when the stars look so close that I could reach right up and touch them. I like seeing bears! I really do! I like the way owls sound in the middle of the night when they call to each other. I like that backpackers are an absolute minority of people, because I like being different. Very few people can do what I do. I also teach other people how to camp, and I love watching them realize how accomplished they are. It's more than bugs, dirt, and pooping in the woods.
But don't get me wrong! I love those full-blown luxury vacations, too. I spent a few days at the Ritz-Carlton in Philadelphia in January, and I can't tell you how fantastic that was! But, I like that I can go to either extreme and feel completely wonderful.

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Any folding tent campers here? (sm) - Elaine
- We just sold ours. - clhmt
- you mean like a pop-up trailer? - tnmt
- OP says nothing about vacation just camping. - nm
- I'm a hard-core camper. - crazy backpacker
  - I never understood why people like camping. - Hayseed
    - This is why I do it. - crazy backpacker
    - I'm with you girl... - sm
      - Me too!...This girl does not... - mtcd
        This native NYorker agrees! Nice restaurant meal & clean sheets - after a day in the woods would be perfect! nm
        My idea of roughing it is when.... - M.A.
- It's not a vacation if you're still working! :) nm - Look around, breathe the air!
  - Ditto!...Vacations are for relaxing and.. - vacamt
    - Absolutely but if I can stay a few extra days - Elaine

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