Have you ever been camping?

The simple answer is yes, but there’s a catch.

The last time I used a tent was several years ago. My parents had to travel out of state for a work conference, and they needed someone to stay on the farm to care for the horses. Rather than drive down from home every day for a week or staying in my parents house, I decided to camp out in the tiny little “forest” behind their house. My brother decided to join me as well and set up his own tent a little off from my own.

We camped out for a week, cooked food over a small fire, and bathed in an unused  500 gallon plastic watering trough that I fixed up. (A tank heater failed to shut off correctly over the winter and melted a hole through the bottom.)

Aside from that, I never really camped at all.