camping um i've been to several different kinds of camping when i i've been to a girls camp where we slept you know in tents and there were a bunch of girls and cooked over the fire and i've also
uh been camping in a camper trailer or or on a uh with a truck and a and a camper um when i was younger
i really enjoyed going in the in the the trailer
i didn't realize until i was older how much how much work there was involved for the for the parents of the camping
um are you have what kind of camping have you participated in
uh i'm a boy scout leader so we we go camping every month
oh
you know just you know tent camping of
i never really camped in you know in a motor home or a trailer
oh
it's always been in a tent
so when you go do you go to to designated camping sites or just up in the mountains or
just no no the the the boy scouts have their own you know ranches
well no mountains there
uh-huh
that they own and they've got park rangers that run them
oh
and that you know they've got campsites set up and latrines and water and all for the boys
oh so you you don't really have to rough it too bad huh
no we we bring our own cooking gear you know the the boys split them up in patrols and they cook their own food and stuff
uh-huh
oh do you do you cook over an open fire or do you have the little camp stoves
uh we
we usually cook over an open fire we've we've got camp stoves in you know in case it's if wood is too wet or something but
uh-huh
oh have you ever done Dutch oven cooking while you're camping
yeah
uh yes we
we've cooked stews and cobblers and biscuits and
oh
in fact every every time i go i end up having to cook biscuits for breakfast in a Dutch oven so
oh you must be an expert huh oh
well just a lot of practice
oh yeah i've had um
we go my family once a year goes up to the in the mountains around here it's to a place called Cup River and
and camp out with the family and also a family reunion type thing and my uncle makes uh
potatoes and onions in the in the
in the Dutch ovens and they are sure good i so i don't know how to cook that way but it's
yeah we
i've liked the things i've tasted
we do that for breakfast sometimes
oh do you set up your own you take your own tents you say and
uh yeah the the boy scout troop owns enough has enough tents for the boys you know two man tents one for each boy
uh-huh
and then a couple leaders have big tents that most of the adults you know sleep together in them
oh
and sometimes sometimes we rough it we went there's a
lake called Lake Texoma on a Texas Oklahoma border
uh-huh
and we took the boys backpacking there that they didn't have any
you know facilities or anything and we
oh
each we packed in our tents we packed in our own groceries our own water and stuff
oh wow
oh wow so you have to
and boy
take everything you need and
do they did you just find a place that you liked and decided to set up camp there or
it's it's a it's a state park
uh-huh
so we just you know had to check with the ranger and tell him where we was going we had a map and all
oh
we had the boys the boys hiked in i guess about five miles
oh wow
and we set up camp and you know spent a night and
uh-huh
do the boys like that kind of better or do they like to just go where it's close and the facilities there
oh they they seem to like the roughing because they want to go again next month
oh next month in December oh i keep forgetting you're it's not as cold there as it is here oh well i when i was a fourth year uh
yeah
no it's
girl scout camper we we hiked into a spot and that was um by a lake and it was beautiful and i almost think that's you feel more rewarded when you when you do it that way than when you drive in with uh
other stuff it is a lot more work though
yeah
it takes a lot more so did you camp when you were growing up or is this something you've just done as a result
uh i was in scouts as a kid so you know i've gotten
when camp with kids i've gotten used to it and
uh-huh
uh my wife was from Mississippi out in the country and she's
her family camps they you know they spend they spend a week on a lake fishing and stuff uh
oh
in fact a few years ago we
on Labor Day weekend we went into the Arbuckle Mountains in Oklahoma
oh
took three days we camped at a different site each day
oh how nice
and that was enjoyable
boy that sounds like it sounds like it was a
a nice trip
huh i yeah i have lots of good memories when we always used to take a week in the summer my family and have lots of good memories of
sitting around the campfire and marshmallows and ghost stories
