That's right and I love it. Now, I have to say there was a time in my life when my sentiment was not so and I quote, "oh, I do not do camping." However, after my time living in Flagstaff, AZ my mind was changed and my attitude was shifted. Of course, the combination of high elevation and low temps equals no snakes and hardly any bugs aside from the occassional delirious fly. Arkansas, on the other hand, offers plently of both which is why I was never too keen on the idea while growing up. The very few camping and floating trips I attended as a child were miserable at best.
Cut to my short list of camping trips as an adult and I have come to realize that camping is not necessarily 'roughing it' if you are with friends who know what they are doing. Let's see, my non roughing it adventures have included car camping in Durango, CO, tent camping in Canyon De Chelly, AZ, neither car nor tent camping (yep, just a sleeping bag and a beach) in Rocky Point, Mexico, car camping on Lake Ouachita , AR, and finally my latest fete, Island camping on Lake Ouachita. The latter being my favorite so far.
