Quote Originally Posted by K'sariya View Post
Our camping is probably more comfortable than it should be. Air mattresses and usually a portable air conditioner or heater that my dad, whose pretty handy, has whipped up. Always love how food tastes when cooked out in the fresh air, though. Lots of great nights out by the campfire, and I always love bringing back a blanket that smells of woodsmoke.
I tried using an exercise mat as a mattress and it worked a little bit, but I still don't think it was enough. My only thing is I do have air mattress, but I'd have to either pump it by hand or use the electronic pump at the main building, carry it across all the camp sites, and hope it fits through my tent door while fully inflated (I don't think it would).

Cooking the food is great. If you're good at grilling, cooking it over a fire is essentially the same kind of deal. I took some MREs to the camping trip and those are pretty good and while you don't have to cook them, I think they're a lot better if you do. But yeah, you could spend hours by the campfire just chatting about whatever and you'll never notice how quickly the hours fly by. When you have good friends that enjoy that kind of thing, it can be quite fun despite the bugs and such.