Originally Posted by
GL49
For me, camping is a way to get away from the responsibilities of life for a little while. Every winter I enjoy camping a few times for a couple/three days in the snow with my son. Not a lot of snow, just enough to cover the ground, it's about a half-mile walk to get to where we set up our tarp and build a fire. A couple of days hiking in the light covering of snow with our rifles, cooking over a fire, scrounging firewood, getting cold at night, that's all part of the fun. It doesn't matter if it rains, snows, blows, freezes, or turns the woods into a wet, drippy, soggy mess. No cell phone service? Priceless!
Worst case, if we get too miserable, we can hike another 1/2 mile to a cabin with a roof and woodstove. Haven't had to do that....yet.
At 72 and still working at a full time job 50+ hours a week, plus teaching apprenticeship classes two evenings a week, I enjoy just being out where the most important thing to worry about in the morning is how long it'll take before the fire is hot enough to brew a pot of coffee.
I'll have to see if I get tired of being in the woods overnight when I'm no longer working.