Then and now, how camping has changed
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Parks_Explorer
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A1. Better gear and easier to to research and plan trip! #hikerchat
worldlyadventur
A2: Camping in the Pyrenees and it raining so hard it was like sleeping on a water bed #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp A2:Not the first, but I have very distinct memories of camping and fishing with my father. Clear as da… https://t.co/FiwTgCScUq
savings417
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2: My family is from Eminence, MO. Home of Two Rivers in the Mark Twain National Forest… https://t.co/JVYaufuOfv
worldlyadventur
replying to @bushwhackingfoo @bushwhackingfoo @InnTownCamp @TETONsports I was that sister. #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @t_jh2009 It 10 ft of snow too, just guessing #hikerchat
Focalupright
A2. Emerging from the forest wall with the best marshmallow stick ever...and an arm hit by poison ivy! #hikerchat @TETONsports @InnTownCamp
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @runnerteri i guess, he left his home state and came west haha #hikerchat
runnerteri
replying to @worldlyadventur @worldlyadventur And yet there is something comforting about it...#hikerchat
Explorationproj
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2: Never camped as a kid - so bush party camping as a teenager was my first camping. #hikerchat
t_jh2009
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports Exactly and through snow too. #HikerChat
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @worldlyadventur @worldlyadventur @InnTownCamp @TETONsports Times have changed apparently. Not for my sister though. I can imagine… https://t.co/jSdC5ZJ7Mn
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @worldlyadventur @worldlyadventur @runnerteri took a week or more for them to dry out ha #hikerchat
AdventureGlass
I heard that! Crazy! #hikerchat - and not just a dusting! https://t.co/bIBJ1cluV4
t_jh2009
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @InnTownCamp Lol, same train of thought. #HikerChat
TETONsports
replying to @t_jh2009 @t_jh2009 @InnTownCamp Best moments ever spent are times with my Dad. #hikerchat
KristelHayes
A3. More like how has it NOT changed? So much more advanced, warm, dry, comfortable. #hikerchat
TaigaAdventures
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports A2 Waking up earlier than normal all the birds were singing. Turned out it was 4 AM. #hikerchat
worldlyadventur
replying to @runnerteri @runnerteri I know what you mean. I was pretty sad when we got rid of our old tents #hikerchat
nightborntravel
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @AdventureGlass No maybe about it. #hikerchat #hikerneedfood!
RCGibby73
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports @InnTownCamp It's nice to feel the smile when those memories come back. #HikerChat
bushwhackingfoo
replying to @AdventureGlass @AdventureGlass We mostly went to NYS campgrounds, which are a tad more rustic than KOA's. #hikerchat
runnerteri
replying to @Mrs_Roadrunner @Mrs_Roadrunner @worldlyadventur Yes! And camping in Oregon, they were always wet. #hikerchat
jaypeatravels
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports Much lighter. And tougher/more durable. #hikerchat
Kootenaicountry
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3. The giant dome tent that was so tall I could stand up in it! #hikerchat
InnTownCamp
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3: Glamping tents are a bit more comfortable then my original therma rest #hikerchat
t_jh2009
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3) Its very much lighter & a lot easier to clean. #HikerChat
nightborntravel
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A1 I am no longer satisfied when I get flooded out of camp because my parents never checked the weather. XD #hikerchat
TETONsports
replying to @bushwhackingfoo @bushwhackingfoo @worldlyadventur @InnTownCamp I would have been the annoying little brother pestering her to say that. #hikerchat
RCGibby73
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A1: Internal frame packs for the win! #Hikerchat
worldlyadventur
Sisters are GREAT, huh? If it makes you feel better, I went camping w/ my brother in March & didn't say "it's so bo… https://t.co/uSXgOIuNZB
Mrs_Roadrunner
replying to @runnerteri @runnerteri @worldlyadventur exactly , always wondered why father yelled at us for touching the treated canvas hahahaha #hikerchat
runnerteri
replying to @InnTownCamp @InnTownCamp @TETONsports What! That is a beautiful tent! #hikerchat
InnTownCamp
replying to @bushwhackingfoo @bushwhackingfoo @worldlyadventur @TETONsports Funny! My sister loves camping, hoping our kids still like it when they're older #hikerchat
Kootenaicountry
replying to @runnerteri @runnerteri @Mrs_Roadrunner @worldlyadventur Our rainflys had rainflys. #hikerchat
billbrokob
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3: from canvas tents and aluminum cook gear to cuben/carbon fiber and titanium #hikerchat
AdventureGlass
A3 OMG the tent poles - does anyone else remember the stupid tent poles? #hikerchat https://t.co/XJS4KVmom4
TETONsports
#HikerChat RECAP in progress: Be our stars! [recaps by @Travoscape] #TravelTip #travel https://t.co/V2226CvkFw
Explorationproj
replying to @TETONsports @TETONsports A3: First backcountry trip with Canadian Tire full size sleeping bags and heavy everything. Now I shop MEC. #hikerchat
InnTownCamp
replying to @RCGibby73 @RCGibby73 @TETONsports that and better hiking boots! #hikerchat