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05-11-2018, 01:07 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Countless Reasons to Camp
Our family has been enjoying camping in the great outdoors for generations with facilities next to nothing, to literal covered wagons, and now the most comfortable, evolving equipment and vehicles of our generation.
Sometimes it's about a destination; sometimes it's simply the journey or the people who are in or near our camp. Except for rare, urgent times when unexpected issues require independent support facilities, and even then, camping is usually about the peace and relaxation that is so comforting.
But wait, I'm preaching to the choir.
We have been enjoying our Cougar High Country 321 RES, pulled with a Ford F-350 crew cab with a long covered bed for extra gear and "necessities."
Hope to benefit from experiences and tips from many others via these forums...
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05-11-2018, 01:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 187
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Welcome to the forum and I guarantee you'll find lots of useful tips and tricks, I sure have! I've also loved the outdoors since Ma 'n Pa wrangled up three boys and took us into the mountains where they slept in the little Shasta TT while we happily spent nights in a tent. Your covered wagon experiences is unique! My basic-as-you-can-get camping for a time was going "primitive" at Mountain Man black powder shooting events where we lived in a canvas wall tent, cooked over an open fire (after starting it with flint and steel) and I wore cotton shirts, fringed leather britches with suspenders and a wide brimmed hat. It was fun but a LOT of work, sometimes in the hot sun. We still go to Rendezvous and shoot our muzzle loaders, but it's mighty nice being "civilized" back at camp with a generator and AC!
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05-11-2018, 02:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Midlands of South Carolina
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Welcome from the Midlands of South Carolina!
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Retired Navy CPO, Vollie Firefighter and Industrial Maintenance Specialist
Wilson III: 2015 Ram Tradesman 2500 6.4l CC 4x4 SB
the gypsy, Belle III: 2018 Sprinter Limited 3531 FWDEN
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05-11-2018, 03:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Georgia
Posts: 104
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Welcome to the forum from Georgia! We started out with us and two of our three kids in a Coachmen 198 in 1998 - so tiny! We got our first camper so that we could comfortably visit our middle child, who is profoundly mentally/emotionally disabled and whom we had moved to a full care developmental facility 4 hours away. We moved up to a succession of campers of all types and sizes (all towables) over the years - anything from larger travel trailers to a 5ver - even a PUP (what were we thinking??).
Our middle child still lives in the same care faciliity (fabulous place!), our other two are grown, so it's just us most of the time. We recently had our daughter and our 3 year old granddaughter join us at the beach, which was fun. Mind you, this was the same daughter who used to hate camping - too small and cramped, she used to complain. Amazing how "free" beach vacation changes one's mind - lol! Her husband hates the beach, so she was thrilled to be able to enjoy a few days of sun.
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2017 Keystone Bullet 248RKS
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05-11-2018, 03:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Monroeville
Posts: 1,550
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Welcome from North Carolina and enjoy!
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05-12-2018, 08:50 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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We appreciate your welcoming comments. Your camping history is enviable. The real primitive experiences are most memorable. Horse packing into wilderness areas with bare essentials for building fires in the wood stove to keep the tent warm and snow free while hunting tops the list.
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05-12-2018, 08:56 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chief Mole
Welcome from the Midlands of South Carolina!
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Thanks! We have roots in North Carolina and have enjoyed camping along the Outer Banks.
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05-12-2018, 09:01 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Thank you for your detailed welcoming sketch. Your history is similar to ours. We feel at home here on his site already.
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05-12-2018, 09:05 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gegrad
Welcome from North Carolina and enjoy!
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Thanks. You be sure to keep enjoying also...
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05-12-2018, 10:03 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Picacho, Az
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Had a lot of the same experiences from tents to pop ups to travel trailers & now 5th wheels, from no hookups sleeping on the ground to full hookups, no more Navy showers or sleeping bags. Basically went from "camping" to "glamping" = glamorous camping & boy is it more comfortable. I could possibly sleep on the ground again, just not sure I could get back up. Don't miss ALL the work loading/unloading EVERYTHING in the vehicle twice, putting up tents, building fire pits, now unhook, connect, grab an adult beverage & enjoy.
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05-12-2018, 10:54 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Quote:
Originally Posted by travelin texans
Had a lot of the same experiences from tents to pop ups to travel trailers & now 5th wheels, from no hookups sleeping on the ground to full hookups, no more Navy showers or sleeping bags. Basically went from "camping" to "glamping" = glamorous camping & boy is it more comfortable. I could possibly sleep on the ground again, just not sure I could get back up. Don't miss ALL the work loading/unloading EVERYTHING in the vehicle twice, putting up tents, building fire pits, now unhook, connect, grab an adult beverage & enjoy.
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Your reply rings a lot of happy bells. What a lot (sometimes hard work) of enjoyment has been earned and stored in those built in memory banks! Still, I bet the best is yet to come.
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05-14-2018, 11:14 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: Schulenburg
Posts: 1,164
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Welcome to the forum from SE Texas! In just hoping my kids will keep their fondness of camping and pass that on to their kids.
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2017 Hideout 308BHDS
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05-15-2018, 12:12 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Howell
Posts: 581
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Welcome to the forum from Fowlerville Michigan!
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05-15-2018, 12:33 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Newberg, OR
Posts: 88
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to the Forum from another Camper with webbed toes. You'll find all kinds of great ideas and advice here! We just spent the weekend camped in the middle of a winery down by Wheatland Ferry. Great tour, tasting, and a concert on Sunday to boot.
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2017 Cougar 327RLK 5th Wheel
2020 Ram 3500 CrewCab LB Diesel with Andersen Ultimate 5th Wheel Hitch
Oregon
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05-15-2018, 08:53 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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I'm sure they will. Mine have. It is always rewarding and comforting to be with and to uplift family members, away from all the pressures and distractions of day to day distractions. We enjoy the next generations' excitement as they plan and pursue places we shared
where they experienced togetherness and love. Pass it on...
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05-15-2018, 09:01 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2018
Location: Damascus, Oregon
Posts: 10
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Thanks for the welcome Doc. We'll never forget an awesome rain and lightning storm we experienced on a multi-family campout on the banks of the Williamette river near you. Good for nourishing the webs.
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