Why Camping?

Camping means spending time away from the wife and cat and trading it in for bugs, heat, hunger, aching muscles, long car rides, and a couple of dirty sweaty guys. Some would argue that this would never be a good trade in. But the pay off is seeing the places where men tread more softly. It's a chance to step away from the fishbowl lives we usually swim in and see a world maybe a little closer to what it should look like. The sky is bluer out there. The trees are greener. At some points the water is so clear you can count the fish at the bottom. At others the water is a white blur as it tumbles down the moutain with a loud roar. And instead of reality tv or video games, at night you can lie out on a rock and watch the stars just to remember how small you and your problems are in the whole scheme of things. That's why.