Camping Quotes

I missed life in the 1960s, so it has always been a dream of mine to live in a trailer and experience life on the road. A few years ago, I bought a 27-foot, 1978 Airstream from the Recycler in Atlanta. My boyfriend at the time and I shipped our belongings to Los Angeles, jammed everything else we could fit into overhead compartments on the Airstream, and drove. It was amazing because we had no schedules to keep and we could have a different front yard every morning - from the Grand Canyon to Bryce Canyon to the Redwood Forest. Now that I`m in Los Angeles, I found a beautiful spot in Malibu to park it. Whenever my schedule permits, I stay in my Airstream for the weekend. It`s instant camping - a little piece of heaven.

I go camping with my boyfriend - having nothing other than ourselves and the birds to talk with is most relaxing.

I love camping. My boyfriend and I are avid campers. We`ve been all over the country. I love to camp under the stars with him. It`s very romantic. You get very in tune with the natural environment - you know, the birds and the bees and all that. It gets me very calm inside, because this acting business can make me crazy. I need to take some time to myself when I`m not insecure and thinking about what this or that person is thinking about me. I can`t live that way all the time. How can you not get self-conscious? So going out there and being at one with nature is my way of escaping from it all.

I, more or less, love camping out, so I dug it, but I didn`t enjoy other people`s pain.

Some national parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong.

I went camping for 33 days, and now everybody seems to care.

It was kind of like camping near a landfill. Everywhere outside of our base of operations was destroyed and everyone was fending for themselves.

the bay's wilderness character makes it a favorite destination of Juneau's residents for camping, boating, fishing, bird watching, kayaking, whale watching, and many other recreational activities. Berners Bay contributes enormously to Juneau's quality of life. This mine, with its docks and vessel traffic, puts the bay's wildlife at risk, and will severely impact the recreational uses of the area. It's the first step in turning Berners Bay into an industrial zone.

There`s an awful lot of need ... Picture being out camping and the needs there: batteries, tents, tarps, cots, air mattresses, sleeping bags

If I wanted to go camping, I`d go camping. This is a home, not a campground.

(South Bay`s police department organized a bucket drive at U.S. 27 and SR 80 on Sept. 10, raising about $600. Additional drives are planned and significant contributions have been promised. The department also is collecting clothing, camping-type supplies and personal hygiene products. Donations can be made at the South Bay Police station. Chief Michael Morris and others will deliver the money and supplies to the affected areas in about a week.) It should not take disasters to bring us together, to put aside cultural, social and economic barriers, ... We should always do it just because it`s right. We have crisis situations in our own communities on a daily basis if we would only open our eyes to them.

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

I hear a lot of people say they feel guilty going to the beach or going camping when our neighbors in bordering states are affected forever, ... Traffic is light. I`ve seen very few out-of-state tags today.

I`m sure Cindy has said it, but we know what it feels like to lose a child'”to have a child killed in this war. And we are doing whatever we can to end it so quickly that no one else has to experience that same pain and devastation, the same upset in their lives....It doesn`t so much matter whether I am out here speaking in the name of peace and my son`s name or whether I`m out camping and having a good time, when I come home to my little four walls, my son is still dead. The death of any child is a devastating event for a parent. A piece of your heart dies when your child dies. So I just want to stop this. I don`t want to hear about anybody else dying, American or Iraqi.

They are all ... quite economical and inexpensive and sometimes free. Most of the national forests have some free camping. In some of the national forests in the West, all the camping is free,

The biggest hazard with winter camping is the weather. Check the forecast and know what you`re getting into. ... Be aware of hypothermia.