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[Juniper]

I like camping in my camper, with a toilet, microwave, fridge, running water, and fold-out bed.

But DH and I did a lot of "real" camping before we had kids. We'd go down to Red River Gorge in KY and pack in everything, about 3 hours hike uphill and camp on the peak.

Before that I did quite a bit of camping with the Explorers (now called Venturing - it's co-ed Boy Scouts.) And of course Girl Scout camp as a kid.

It amazed me how hard it can be to get the current crop of girls to go camping with the scouts. There might be BUGS! Yikes. But we go with the Cub Scouts twice a year, as a family, in the tent. This is my son's last year as a Cub. (sniffle)

If we did go primitive camping again, we'd need some new equipment!