I grew up camping with my family every summer in the mountains. We would plan our trip in the months nearing summer and anxiously await its arrival. My dad was big on roughing it, so we didn’t bring most of the traditional camping gear you may think of.

To do all of our cooking we would light a campfire. In order to gather food we would catch river trout with homemade hooks and string. The one luxury we did have was an inflatable canoe we brought each year. This would allow us to venture into less fished parts of the river to find the best trout. I will always recall my childhood fondly because of these camping trips. Thanks mom and dad!

I grew up camping with my family every summer in the mountains. We would plan our trip in the months nearing summer and anxiously await its arrival. My dad was big on roughing it, so we didn’t bring most of the traditional camping gear you may think of.

To do all of our cooking we would light a campfire. In order to gather food we would catch river trout with homemade hooks and string. The one luxury we did have was an inflatable canoe we brought each year. This would allow us to venture into less fished parts of the river to find the best trout. I will always recall my childhood fondly because of these camping trips. Thanks mom and dad!