Apparently, roughing it isn't what it used to be.

I am not a happy camper. I'm willing to camp if it's necessary to see something not otherwise available in the back country, but I don't intrinsically enjoy it. But this is overboard, to me. I don't mind the tents, and cooking, and cleaning, and knot tying, and fire building, but I really, really like plumbing. My ideal expedition would be with pack llamas to carry an inflatable hot tub and propane heater.

I used to like to camp with only what I could carry in my back pack; but since my knees have gone south I prefer camping with what I can haul in my Jeep and then drive withing 50 ft of my camp site.

May the wind be to your back. May the bugs in your ass be psychogenic.

There's always KOA, ya know.

D A,
I'm with you. KOA is great in most places. I'm too lame for hiking, but camping is still good. We're actually waiting for the local Global Warming, or it could just be summer, temperature events to cool off, then, straight to the NC coast for a long weekend.

I guess I am a camping bigot, but KOA isn't "real" camping to me. I want to camp with just me, a friend or two, my family etc. Not dozens of strangers milling around. The only road I want near is a dirt road just wide enough for my Jeep to get through, and I want to be far enough away from civilization so that I can't hear any cars or see any artificial lights of any kind (other than aircraft flying overhead).

KOA is great in most places.

Toilets, showers and no cootie bedding.

Cecil,

One word...Basra.

Here ya go Rand:

We have our own land we camp on,usually Memorial Day & we'll be down there for 4-6 days & we're gettin' old enought to enjoy things like that & a camp kitchen,large canopy & for next year I'm buying a used Porta-Potti to convert into an outhouse.

Sorry, no-name, but Basra is a city, with cars, lights, and the occasional aircraft overhead.

I can't even figure out what kind of daft troll that was supposed to be.

No Name Coward,

One word... MORON.

Sigivald,

That was me and unintentionally anonymous. The daft troll was supposed to be a reference to the sort of camping done by elements of the military.

Moron? Perhaps. Coward? No.

I like backpacking myself. Don't get much done, but the knees still work.

I went camping in January.

DA: "Moron? Perhaps. Coward? No."

Sorry, I thought you were the usual anonymous coward who is afraid to attach his/her name to his/her moronic opinions.

But anyway... Basra??? Come on... that is silly at best.

No problem. I knew when posting that that could be a lead balloon.

But I wonder what B.F. Skinner would make of this detached medium.

Maybe you could strike a happy medium with this “camping” method.
Since I can no longer hike, let alone backpack, nor comfortably shit in the woods, this would be a good replacement for me.
Just thinkin’.
Comment instead of email w/picture.

http://www.sacbee.com/107/story/339362.html

The Mosman and Morgado families from Grass Valley enjoy sharing a floating campsite at Lake Oroville�s Sycamore Cove early this month. For $100 per night, the two-story, bargelike structures offer the basics to make camping comfortable

I love camping! The longer and more remote the better. I do worry a little about what happens next if something bad happens, but preparation helps alleviate that worry. My most recent camping was 8 days on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. 7 nights under the stars, 225 river miles, whole bunch of side trip hiking miles, daily visit to the solid-waste-only "OSCAR" (slight upgrade from sitting on an ammo can, which is called a "groover" for reasons that will be self-evident with a little thought experiment). Will probably do at least one canoe-camp weekend and backpacking weekend before winter.