As some of you know, in a life previous to MS, I was a whitewater guide for 25 years. I traveled all over the country working, lived outside for 8 months out of the year, in tents and out of the back of my trusty Ford pickup. As I aged, and when MS reared it's ugly huge head, I got slower and more into the "seeking comfort" style of camping.
I look back now at what I used to do when I camped, and how I do it now, and I ask myself where the wet sleeping bag and the leaky tent and the dried food went! I used to fit it all in one pack!
I have what's shown below now along with a folding table, an inverter and a 100 ft. extension cord to blow up that bed. I have a cooler that turns on a light when you open it that holds food for 5 days virtually frozen, I use bedsheets and blankets, I literally have a portable home. We have a tiny digital TV that runs on batteries or plug in, and a stereo with CD player that also runs on battery and plug in.
Is this truly camping?
