How old were you when you first went camping?
Friday September 28, 2007
Do you remember your first camping trip? Who took you? How old you were? Where you camped? Seems like yesterday. I was eleven years old, and I went camping for the first time with neighborhood kids, who had invited me along on an overnighter under the stars along the banks of the Licking River in northern Kentucky. My family wasn't much into outdoor recreation except for the occassional fishing trip to a local pay lake, so I was unaware of camping up to this time. My first overnight campout turned out to be a blast, and I was ready to try longer camping trips. |
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We did all our camping in our back yard. It was depression time and we couldn’t afford camping any other way. We got together with our neighbor friends and dug deep holes in the far end of out yards. We lived in the country and had very big back yards. We secured old rugs or blankets over the top for the roof. We made a campfire and cooked hot-dogs and roasted potatoes drank hot chocolate We ate crackers and peanut butter and sang songs. And told those scary ghost stories. Couldn’t wait for bedtime boys slept in one hole and girls in the other. We slept like rocks until morning sun and the rooster crowing.
Wow I havent thought about this for almost 70 years
I was 50 the very first time I went camping.My husband and I were invited by my brother and his family who are avid campers.We borrowed my son’s friends tent and invested in a comfortable air mattress.We brought our own water and did not have any electricity. What we most vividly remember and still embrace was our natural harmony and peace with nature.It made me fell young and it renewed our sense of discovery.We fell in love with camping this very first time and to this day, seize every opportunity to go!