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I like this description of Camping from Wikpedia:

[font=arial]Camping is an outdoor recreational activity. The participants (known as campers) leave urban areas, their home region, or civilization and enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, usually at a campsite. Camping may involve the use of a tent, caravan, motorhome, cabin, a primitive structure, or no shelter at all. In many parts of the world'camping' refers exclusively to the use of tents or similar portable structures.[/font]
[font=arial]Camping as a recreational activity became popular in the early 20th century. Campers frequent [/font][font=arial]national parks[/font][font=arial], other [/font][font=arial]publicly owned natural areas[/font][font=arial], and privately owned campgrounds. Camping is a key part of the program of many youth organizations around the world, such as [/font][font=arial]scouting[/font][font=arial]. It is used to teach self-reliance and team work.[/font]
[font=arial]Camping is also used as a cheap form of accommodation for people attending large open air events such as sporting meetings and [/font][font=arial]music festivals[/font][font=arial]. Organizers often provide a field and other basic amenities.[/font]
[font=arial]Camping describes a range of activities. [/font][font=arial]Survivalist[/font][font=arial] campers set off with little more than their boots, whereas [/font][font=arial]recreational vehicle[/font][font=arial] travelers arrive equipped with their own electricity, heat, and patio furniture. Camping is often enjoyed in conjunction with activities, such as: [/font][font=arial]hiking[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]whitewater kayaking[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]hill walking[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]climbing[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]canoeing[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]mountain biking[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]motorcycling[/font][font=arial], [/font][font=arial]swimming[/font][font=arial], and [/font][font=arial]fishing[/font][font=arial]. Camping may be combined with hiking either as [/font][font=arial]backpacking[/font][font=arial] or as a series of day hikes from a central location.[/font]
[size=2][font=arial]Some people vacation in permanent camps with cabins and other facilities (such as [/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]hunting camps[/font][/size][size=2][font=arial] or children's [/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]summer camps[/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]), but a stay at such a camp is usually not considered 'camping'. The term camping (or camping out) may also be applied to those who live outdoors, out of necessity (as in the case of the [/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]homeless[/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]), or for people waiting overnight in [/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]queues[/font][/size][size=2][font=arial]. It does not, however, apply to cultures whose technology does not include sophisticated dwellings. Camping may be referred to colloquially as roughing it, and usually lasts for more than a day.[/font][/size]
 

[quote author=Eagle link=topic=1080.msg8179#msg8179 date=1316740540]
I find this discussion interesting and amusing.  I have often wondered why certain campgrounds won't allow pop ups and tents.    They can do whatever they want they own the place but, I am just curious as to why.

There's one place in the Outer Banks of NC (Kill Devil Hills I think) which doesn't have any facilities (restrooms/showers), just full-hookup sites.  For that reason, they only accept MH/trailers with full hookups.  I'm not saying all other campgrounds have the same reason (unlikely), but some refusals of tents and pop-ups could be for similar practical and health related reasons like that.

I think each one of us should enjoy the outdoors in whatever way makes us happy. I also think that we should all take note of the campers around us and try to not disturb them with noise and actions that they might find objectional. Being good neighbors is what it is all about. If you like music when you are camping there is no reason you shouldn't be able to enjoy it but at the same time there is no reason that a camper in the next site should have to listen to it. Keep it turned down or better yet use ear buds. As a tenter I do not want to hear the noises of generators or the running of diesel engines, therefore I would rather be grouped with other tenters. In campgrounds I expect a certain amount of noises that I may not particularly care for but that is the nature of places were many people come in contact with each other. When I go backpacking I expect much more quiet surroundings. The best thing you can do is do your best to be considered of others around you. If a place I visit has too many things about it that I don't like I just don't go there ever again.Sometimes your neighbors might not realize that they are ruining your experience and all you need to do is politely speak to them about the problem and they might try to be considered enough to at least meet you half way. If not then you could ask the operators if you can be moved.

With 52 years of backpacking experience and 35 years of campground camping experience (tent and popup), I've made some observations and reached some conclusions. 1) People are people. If they're friendly at home, they're friendly when camping; bigoted, bigoted; intelligent, intelligent; ignorant, ignorant; organized, organized, sloppy, sloppy. 2) Camping is intensely personal; each of us has his own style (and each of us thinks his is the RIGHT style). 3) There is camping and there is RVing; the mindsets are different, and, generally, RVers look down on campers and campers generally think RVers are jerks with too much money who consider themselves privileged.

I camp to "get away from it all". I prefer state parks with comfortable sites spaced far apart, under trees. I try not to bother other people, and I hope they won't bother me; I'll say "hi" and maybe shoot the breeze a bit, but don't expect me to be your closest camping buddy. I respect the rights of the other campers (I don't cut through their sites, I don't play loud music, and I don't shine a whole bunch of lights at night, all night) and I hope they respect my rights. I run a clean, organized camp, and I hope others do the same. I abhor idiots with generators, especially the RVers who want to save 5 bucks a night by taking a no-hookup site and then running their generators (that's the type of sound I trying to get AWAY from). I love to cook and eat well in camp.

I've seen too many RVers walk their dogs through the tent sites and let them poop in the sires, and then walk away. Ii know that not all of them do this, but enough do to give them a bad reputation.

I enjoy camping with other good campers who know how to do it well and who are friendly and respectful of others. I hate to camp among I's and A's (Idiots and A******s) who are piggish, loud, rude, and disrespectful, whether they are campers or RVers.

Perhaps the question should be: Could we find a way to a way to separate the good campers from the bad campers?

OR How can we separate the good from the bad? :-X