This or That: Camping or Cottaging?

[Bella'sMom]

camping, camping, camping. Nothing beats coffee from a morning fire.

now we do have a RV, however I still prefer the tent! Getting away from it all, in the woods with a fire and the stars. Love it.

 

[bulldogs4me]

I don't mind if I'm with my parents in their 5th Wheel but as for tent camping not a big fan ... I HATE bugs, spiders, bees, mosquitos, lizards any creepy crawly thing so makes camping difficult to say the least!

 

[Ftse 100]

My idea of camping is a nice warm place with room service, daily service and a nice hot shower.

 

[2BullyMama]

I don't mind if I'm with my parents in their 5th Wheel but as for tent camping not a big fan ... I HATE bugs, spiders, bees, mosquitos, lizards any creepy crawly thing so makes camping difficult to say the least!

^^^^^^^ What she said!!!

 

[agingermom]

Define camping? If my air conditioned motorhome is included than count me in. And beer coolers of course

 

[PapaSmurf2]

Both....we camp a lot in the warmer months. It's nice to throw a tent on the bikes and ride to anywhere. The dogs LOVE it. The reason I say both is because we use a queen size air bed, an air conditioner, and always I have our laptops!!!

 

[ScottFree00]

Camping! I use a backpacking hammock. Maybe i should get Lucy a little tent..

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[anatess]

I have 3 boys (yes, my husband is like a little kid!) that are big-time Scouting people. They are gung-ho over camping. And no, has to be the craziest caveman tent... they even went with just a tarp hanging from a rope... and my husband is preparing the kids to go dig a hole in the ground, slap their sleeping bags in there and cover themselves with leaves because he did it when he was a kid canoeing down the Colorado river for 5 days with nothing but one backpack on his back that couldn't weigh more than 40% of his own teen-ager weight. By day 3 he was trapping squirrels... Yeah, talk about survivalists....

But, everytime I go with them, they go crazy because I don't allow shoes in the tent, I make the boys constantly sweep the tent (because even with shoes off, mud still gets in there somehow!), they have to wipe their feet with baby wipes... we have to have the cots (no air mattress for me - my husband is 200 lbs, I'm half that, I get stuck to his armpit all night long, and I refuse to sleep on the floor because I have a bad back)... and we have to have the screen patio over the picnic table... So, what I've been doing is stay at the campsite until night time then I go check in to the closest hotel and then come back and join the gang in the morning...

 

[Vikinggirl]

Cottaging definetly, I'm not a big outdoor , nature person, but I enjoy being at a cottage, and relaxing, it just has to have running water, indoor plumbing, a hot shower, a proper bed, not a air mattress, or the ground, no creepy crawly, anything, or animals that could come inside, like a tent, and all the comforts of home, like TV, radio, furniture, proper kitchen, no cooking on a fire, or camping stove, although I like the barbecue.

 

[Tracy T]

We used to love camping. We've got a pretty nice tent with cots, air mattresses, battery lanterns and fans, etc... but the past few years it's all gotten to be a bit much for us.

The cottage stay was awesome, but expensive. So the last time we went we just checked into a motel right across from the public boat dock... and loved it! I just love a hot shower after getting in all grungy and sandy from fishing or swimming, or just walking down a sandy beach.