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cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
Thu Jun 2, 2016, 11:49 PM Jun 2016

What's your favorite type of camping?

Me, I can do it all... from "dirt farming" (dry-camping with a tent) to parking my Class A in a campground with all the hookups.


7 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Dry camping
5 (71%)
Tenting it in a campground that has a shower
1 (14%)
I sleep inside. Period.
0 (0%)
Class A in a totally improved campground with showers, laundry, stores, etc.
0 (0%)
Toy-Hauler anywhere.
1 (14%)
Yurt!
0 (0%)
Backpack and a sleeping bag baby... on the Pacific Crest Trail.
0 (0%)
Heathens!
0 (0%)
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What's your favorite type of camping? (Original Post) cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 OP
What is "dry camping"? ManiacJoe Jun 2016 #1
Tenting it in a place without running water is how it's been described to me. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #2
"Dry camping... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #3
I have a hard time thinking of RVing as camping actually. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2016 #4
"Going"... I guess but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #5
Backpacking in the Sierra is my favorite (solo is great, but with my wife petronius Jun 2016 #6
Wilderness! sir pball Jul 2016 #7
Canvas tent pulled from my car Hula Popper Aug 2016 #8
When I'm alone... LP2K12 Dec 2016 #9
 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
2. Tenting it in a place without running water is how it's been described to me.
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:12 AM
Jun 2016

We also call it dirt farming lol.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,565 posts)
3. "Dry camping...
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:20 AM
Jun 2016

...also referred to as boondocking, is camping in your RV without hookups. No electricity, water or sewer connections."
http://rvwanderlust.com/rv-dry-camping

I like backpacking with each person carrying a shelter-half. I prefer a group of 6 - 15. Wilderness improvisation is exhilarating but alone in the wilderness isn't a good idea.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
4. I have a hard time thinking of RVing as camping actually.
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:27 AM
Jun 2016

We have a 36 foot Class A and to me that's just "going" lol.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,565 posts)
5. "Going"... I guess but...
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 07:30 AM
Jun 2016

...it beats paying $100+ per night then driving another 40 minutes to get to where you want to be.

petronius

(26,657 posts)
6. Backpacking in the Sierra is my favorite (solo is great, but with my wife
Fri Jun 3, 2016, 11:43 PM
Jun 2016

is better). Car camping is a close second. And we want to try the RV thing; I haven't done it since I was a small kid.

But my go-to is a tent, backpack, and any trail that leads above the tree-line...

sir pball

(4,939 posts)
7. Wilderness!
Sun Jul 3, 2016, 09:36 PM
Jul 2016

I go up to the Adirondacks every summer with my buddy, sometimes for fishing, sometimes for trail running, but we always go straight wilderness rules - 150 feet from water, running or still, and 400 feet from the trail. Usually look for a pond about a half-mile in, bushwhack, and then set up camp right at the 150 foot line. There's very few better things in the world than running a High Peak in the morning, catching a few trout early on, and then enjoying them back at camp, heading out to have a nip of bourbon and watch the sunset on the edge of a lake where the closest warm body is a mile or two away..

 

Hula Popper

(374 posts)
8. Canvas tent pulled from my car
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 01:27 PM
Aug 2016

at the end of a road.......... or into a field somewhere there are some vistas to see.

LP2K12

(885 posts)
9. When I'm alone...
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 12:03 PM
Dec 2016

Me a tent and/or sleeping bag and no amenities.

When my three kids, all under 10 are there... a tent and a place with at least showers.

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