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Glamping

Glamping, as it was explained to me, is when you go camping in anything that is more luxurious than a tent.  This is the type of camping of done all my life.  I know nothing different.

But this May I will be going camping in something that doesn't have 4 solid walls and a roof over my head (well technically a pop-up doesn't have completely solid walls, but it's not a tent!).  And in reality I'm still avoiding the tent aspect and will be sleeping in my car.  Thankfully my car is an Outback, so I will have the room and storage all in one spot so it won't be that bad.

Now, I've always loved camping.  I used to go a lot when I was a kid with my parents and grandparents.  My grandparents even had a camper that they owned on a river.  I would go there multiple times during the summer and we'd go fishing out on the boat or go for bike rides.  I have a lot of fun memories of doing that.  Still don't want to put a worm on a hook or kill a fish (I don't like killing things).

When my parents upgraded to a travel trailer we also joined a camping group which would go somewhere once a month.  It was fun doing things with people and I made some friends that we'd do stuff every month.  In the winter months there was a camping show in Green Bay that our group would run the company's regional representation.

Unfortunately, I haven't been camping in at least a decade.  I've wanted to go, but going by myself always sounded like a drag.  Thankfully I have some friends that have invited me to go with them at least once this year so I'll see if I end up with a tent at some point so I'm not just sleeping in my car.  Also, hope that the weather plays nice this summer.  At least that's one thing I don't have any control over.

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