One of summer's simple pleasures
Until I met my husband, I had never been camping. I was extremely nervous when he asked me to come along on a family trip to go camping up north. I didn't know what to expect, I thought it would be in the middle of nowhere deep in the woods with nobody else around. Well I was glad to have had such low expectations, because I think that made me have an even better time when I got there. Now, I do know that some people actually do go on those rustic camping trips I had imagined, but we went to a campground with lots of people around, a nice beach and, yes, bathrooms! And showers! Now that was more like it!
Ever since that first trip which was about 6 years ago, we have gone camping every summer. Up north here in Michigan is stunning in the summer. I am getting very excited because it is that time where we are getting in touch with friends to plan dates and make reservations for campsites for the summer. In my opinion, it's really is one of the best mini-vacations you can take. It costs only about $20 a night (and that's if you have a whole site to yourself), we can drive to most sites we like in under 4 hours, and you have no choice but to relax while you are there. What cracks me up are the people who go camping and set up the T.V. outside or stay in their camper the whole time adn watch TV. It seems every year we go, we end up seeing more and more trailers at the site and less and less tents. We are tent campers.
I think camping is either a love it or hate it type of deal. Just curious to see who here goes camping, and if so, trailer or tent?