RE: What's 'Camping'?
I was going to stay out of this thread but it keeps drawing me back.
I've been 'motel camping', I've been 'car camping' and I've 'camped under
the stars'.  And now I 'camp' in my Westfalia.  Before I was old enough to
drink (legally) I'd hiked a bunch of miles in the So Cal coastal hills with
a 50 pound load (and heavier) and slept 'under the stars' in weather that
was in the 30's at midnight and the 90's by noon the next day.  I'd slept
outside with nothing but a mummy bag at 10 below in the Sierras in the
middle of February.  I'd lived in a climate that the temps and humidity were
both 80 to 90 24 hours a day and slept in a small tent there (when the
Typhoons didn't keep me in a cement building.)  And I'd packed and slept
under triple canopy jungle so thick you had to yell to be heard 20 yards
away (and if you want to talk about big bugs and other critters visiting
join me around the campfire some night).  I think I can say I've BTDT.  And
now, a few years later (I'll be 71 in a couple of weeks) I'm perfectly
content to travel by sitting in the drivers seat and park, pop the top, and
'camp' where I damn well please.
As Mark stated so well we are a diverse group with diverse wants, needs,
tastes, limitations and expectations.  And budgets.  Many of us 'camp' the
way we want when and where we want and to define 'camping' for the people on
this list is like trying to define how high is up.
Alright, off my Soap Box and donning the Nomex....