Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

Yes. You're closer to nature, sleeping in a sleeping bag, etc., and it's not much different than camping in a vehicle.
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No. Staying in a hotel isn't camping, so why would staying in a cabin be different?
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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Nobody's mentioned how "off roading" almost always takes place on roads?
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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RVing, off-roading, e-bikes....not my jam nor even my peanut butter.
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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I "camped" in a rented cabin at a state park in Texas once. It had cinder block walls, air conditioning, and metal bunk beds with mattresses. Looked like a prison cell, maybe a federal country club prison. I was with a group that rented them out for a trip. The bathrooms were in a separate common building and infested with roaches, and there was a water well outside to hand pump water (may have been pressurized with a spigot), which the deer frequented, so that aspect was more like "camping". My scout camp had open air three walled cabins with gurney bunks, and was considered camping. Common double pit toilets with no privacy. Some other troop sites had field tents set up on platforms instead of the wooden cabins.
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

Post by Dave B »

Everyone knows "real" camping only occurs with thousands of dollars in ultra light gear, not in some silly cabin.
Make wilderness less accessible.
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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12ersRule wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:31 pm RVing, off-roading, e-bikes....not my jam nor even my peanut butter.
+1 12ers. I am getting awfully tired of nearly being run over on my favorite trail by an idiot going 30mph on a e-bike.

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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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Another silly 3 year old post resurrected. Ugh.
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Re: Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

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mtree wrote: Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:49 am Another silly 3 year old post resurrected. Ugh.
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