Camping Trailers

Going camping used to mean loading the tent and all the pots and items you would need to survive in the woods into the family car and heading for the lake. There you would spend hours setting up the tent and campsite. You would cook over the fire and sleep on the hard ground with rocks and branches poking you in the back. After a week you would pack it all back up and try to figure out how you got all that stuff the car in the first place and then head for home. If it rained you would have to dry out everything the best you could before packing it.

Camping now has been made a lot easier. This is in part to the camp trailer. All the comforts of home are available on wheels. Depending on the type of trailer you get you may even have a shower, fridge, TV and a nice mattress to sleep on. Motor homes are the top end of camp trailers. The can sleep up to eight, and come with heating and AC units. You drive up and park and your camp is set up. They run $100,000 to $500,000 depending on what features you get.

A true camp trailer is towed behind a truck or car. For $10,000 to $150,000 you can get a variety of travel trailers or fifth-wheel trailers. These trailers are a lot smaller than a motor home but still just as nice. If you don’t have the 3/4th or 1-ton truck to tow your trailer you may want to look at a folding camping trailer. These units are lightweight and can be towed by most mid-size cars. Like the name says, it folds down to a nice tight trailer but when set up can sleep six and still have some of the comforts of home.

If you are finding that the ground is getting harder and the food's burnt ash taste is not as appealing now that you are older you may want to look into getting a camp trailer. It just may be the answer to help you enjoy the outdoors like you used to.