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After years of not spending time in the woods I've been getting back into camping. I belong to several groups on FB and it appears that some things have been redefined.
What I thought -
Off Roading: Getting out there where stock rigs couldn't make it unless one is strong and dumb. May involve overnight stays on the trail. May involve towing a highly modified rig to the trailhead.
Camping: Driving some place and sleeping in a tent. May involve gravel roads and exploring. Aka....spending a bit of money to pretend you're homeless.
RV'ing: Driving or towing some kind of portable living structure...parking it and living out of it for a bit. Aka...paying a lot of money to live like you're poor.
ATV'ing: 4wheelers and SxS. May be coupled with RV'ing and/or camping.
Backpacking: heading out on foot and spending a time living using only what you can carry.
What I'm learning -
Off Roading: Towing a rig some place, possibly with an RV. Going places that normal sane people don't go. ATV'ing with a SxS has been adopted as a subset of this.
Car Camping: Driving some place and sleeping. Might sleep in a tent, might sleep in the car. Staying on the pavement. Also search on "vanlife"....that's a thing.
Camping: Driving or towing some kind of portable living structure and parking it somewhere, usually in a campground with hookups so one don't have to live with any discomfort. Also involves a lot of socializing and complaining. In certain areas, camping may involve having the portable living structure permanently parked at a designated location with a deck attached and/or other structures. Use extreme caution in these situations as the drama is high as is the chance of adultery. These individuals do not like it when you ask them if they are "spending the weekend at the trailer park".
Boondocking: Same as camping but without hookups for your drivable/towable house. Boondockers run the risk of having to use the pit toilet at the primitive campground and not showering for a day or two.
Overlanding: Similar to car camping but the vehicle tires touch dirt. Very frequently involves a significant quantity of expensive gear attached to the vehicle. Achieving the highest level of success involves sleeping on your roof. Peak Overlanding involves YouTube and "Influencers". If the road gets too rough, there is a risk bridging into off-roading without the security of a tow rig...proceed with caution. The worst offense you can commit is starting a campfire with matches or a lighter.
ATV'ing: Pretty sure this is dead.
Bushcrafting: Pretending you're Rambo or Tom Hanks from Castaway. Often involves weird references to military training and/or apocalypse scenarios. Minimal gear involved, drinking questionable water is highly likely and if any form of comfort is involved the bushcrafting is invalid.
Backpacking: A bunch of dirty hippies walking all over the place, eating expensive dehydrated food and sleeping in hammocks. High probability that a Subaru was parked at the beginning of the walk.
Feel free to chime in with your own experiences and commentary.
What I thought -
Off Roading: Getting out there where stock rigs couldn't make it unless one is strong and dumb. May involve overnight stays on the trail. May involve towing a highly modified rig to the trailhead.
Camping: Driving some place and sleeping in a tent. May involve gravel roads and exploring. Aka....spending a bit of money to pretend you're homeless.
RV'ing: Driving or towing some kind of portable living structure...parking it and living out of it for a bit. Aka...paying a lot of money to live like you're poor.
ATV'ing: 4wheelers and SxS. May be coupled with RV'ing and/or camping.
Backpacking: heading out on foot and spending a time living using only what you can carry.
What I'm learning -
Off Roading: Towing a rig some place, possibly with an RV. Going places that normal sane people don't go. ATV'ing with a SxS has been adopted as a subset of this.
Car Camping: Driving some place and sleeping. Might sleep in a tent, might sleep in the car. Staying on the pavement. Also search on "vanlife"....that's a thing.
Camping: Driving or towing some kind of portable living structure and parking it somewhere, usually in a campground with hookups so one don't have to live with any discomfort. Also involves a lot of socializing and complaining. In certain areas, camping may involve having the portable living structure permanently parked at a designated location with a deck attached and/or other structures. Use extreme caution in these situations as the drama is high as is the chance of adultery. These individuals do not like it when you ask them if they are "spending the weekend at the trailer park".
Boondocking: Same as camping but without hookups for your drivable/towable house. Boondockers run the risk of having to use the pit toilet at the primitive campground and not showering for a day or two.
Overlanding: Similar to car camping but the vehicle tires touch dirt. Very frequently involves a significant quantity of expensive gear attached to the vehicle. Achieving the highest level of success involves sleeping on your roof. Peak Overlanding involves YouTube and "Influencers". If the road gets too rough, there is a risk bridging into off-roading without the security of a tow rig...proceed with caution. The worst offense you can commit is starting a campfire with matches or a lighter.
ATV'ing: Pretty sure this is dead.
Bushcrafting: Pretending you're Rambo or Tom Hanks from Castaway. Often involves weird references to military training and/or apocalypse scenarios. Minimal gear involved, drinking questionable water is highly likely and if any form of comfort is involved the bushcrafting is invalid.
Backpacking: A bunch of dirty hippies walking all over the place, eating expensive dehydrated food and sleeping in hammocks. High probability that a Subaru was parked at the beginning of the walk.
Feel free to chime in with your own experiences and commentary.
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