Why Do We Camp?
Ok, most of my blog post are about some cool MOD I’ve done or about a repair method I think might be helpful, but today I’m going to try and answer the Question.... Why do we Camp?
So, why do people camp? This is a complex question with many different answers. Some say because they love the outdoors, others the peace and quite, and some just love the nomadic lifestyle. For most of us, all the above apply, but I think for me there’s a couple reasons that I just recently uncovered.
I heard a story the other day about two people eating a meal together at a very fancy and expensive gourmet restaurant. One friend had invited the other to the meal and was super excited. The friend asked the guest during the meal, “Are you enjoying the food?” The premise of the question was they wanted to make sure the guest was having a good time. The Guest answered, “I’m enjoying you.” This answer reinforced that the time spent with others was more important than the food.
Here’s the moral. A gourmet meal with someone who is not pleasant to be around would be a Horrible meal. A cold hotdog with a interesting pleasent person would be an Incredible meal.
Enjoying Life is more about spending time with enjoyable people and less about the method for which you spend it. Being madly in love in Paris, TX sure beats the heck out of a lovers quarrel in Paris, France.
Have you ever sat and had an enjoyable conversation with a stranger from another campsite? Me too. Do you think you would have had that conversation with that same person outside the camping environment? Me either.
Why is this? Why is it that we will take time to converse with complete strangers from any variation of social-economic background while camping when we otherwise would not even acknowledge their existence. Is it the common interest, environment, boredom...
I think in some strange way camping increases our vulnerability to social interaction, it increases curiosity, our desire for discovery. Camping puts our mind at ease, relaxes us, gives us the desire to absorb our surroundings and environment instead of blocking them out.
So, Why do we camp? My answer is all of the reasons previously mentioned above, love of the outdoors, peace and quite, being nomadic, but my main reason is it allows me to isolate myself with people I enjoy spending time with. It provides me with the ability to focus on those enjoyable relationships without many of the distractions I would have otherwise. Camping in our Airstream allows me to reclaim what the world so often steals. Quality time with people who are enjoyable me. Our Beloved Airstream is our method, but it’s not why we camp.
Why do you camp?
So, why do people camp? This is a complex question with many different answers. Some say because they love the outdoors, others the peace and quite, and some just love the nomadic lifestyle. For most of us, all the above apply, but I think for me there’s a couple reasons that I just recently uncovered.
I heard a story the other day about two people eating a meal together at a very fancy and expensive gourmet restaurant. One friend had invited the other to the meal and was super excited. The friend asked the guest during the meal, “Are you enjoying the food?” The premise of the question was they wanted to make sure the guest was having a good time. The Guest answered, “I’m enjoying you.” This answer reinforced that the time spent with others was more important than the food.
Here’s the moral. A gourmet meal with someone who is not pleasant to be around would be a Horrible meal. A cold hotdog with a interesting pleasent person would be an Incredible meal.
Enjoying Life is more about spending time with enjoyable people and less about the method for which you spend it. Being madly in love in Paris, TX sure beats the heck out of a lovers quarrel in Paris, France.
Have you ever sat and had an enjoyable conversation with a stranger from another campsite? Me too. Do you think you would have had that conversation with that same person outside the camping environment? Me either.
Why is this? Why is it that we will take time to converse with complete strangers from any variation of social-economic background while camping when we otherwise would not even acknowledge their existence. Is it the common interest, environment, boredom...
I think in some strange way camping increases our vulnerability to social interaction, it increases curiosity, our desire for discovery. Camping puts our mind at ease, relaxes us, gives us the desire to absorb our surroundings and environment instead of blocking them out.
So, Why do we camp? My answer is all of the reasons previously mentioned above, love of the outdoors, peace and quite, being nomadic, but my main reason is it allows me to isolate myself with people I enjoy spending time with. It provides me with the ability to focus on those enjoyable relationships without many of the distractions I would have otherwise. Camping in our Airstream allows me to reclaim what the world so often steals. Quality time with people who are enjoyable me. Our Beloved Airstream is our method, but it’s not why we camp.
Why do you camp?
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We camp for the reasons posted above, but also for a change of pace, new surrounding and just what's out there. I like to see how other people solve various camping challenges as will as neat improvements. Since going solar, lithium and compost, we rarely stay on campgrounds until arriving at our destination. That alone brings up all kinds of discussion on ways to do it. Probably our only regret in the 50 years of camping is not starting sooner before the kids were 5 and 8 years old. Why? Probably for the same reason a lot do not. A young family with lots of responsibilities. Up on looking back, I can see with ingenuity that did not have to be a game stopper. Oh well!
nothing like hid sight.
guskmgPosted 08-03-2019 at 03:14 PM by guskmg 
