What exactly is Camping? (Part one)

I am a Boy Scout, and I LOVE to camp! It is fun, exciting and adventurous. But what is it exactly? At what point are you being "too much of a city slick" I know of a few people who would argue that unless you reached your campsite by foot or horse, you are not truly camping, whereas some people argue that driving a motorcoach and parking it in a rustic locale constitutes perfectly acceptable camping. Some even believe that staying in a summer-cottage, providing certain conditions are met, is also camping. So no I give my say on the subject, in a three-part series. Today are the rules of camping, tomorrow are the camping DQ's, and the third day will deal with Trailers, RV's and Summer-cottage.

Tent, with a flag and BBQ. Camping esse

Roney's rules of camping are:

1. You must be in a tent.
2. no electricity is allowed except for a car for transportation, and a flashlight. A radio may be used if portable, cameras are certainly allowed.
3. There is no distance the tent must be from a car or from a serviceable restroom (a W.C. for my international readers) Though some question pitching a tent right next to a car, see rule one, which trumps any distance rule. (see classic image of tent dog and truck in American folklore and blue-jean  commercials)
4. Cooking is to be of a gas stove or propane variety, with extra points for open fire.
5. The location must be rustic-ish. That being said, your backyard counts. Your living room, if you put a tent up, it counts. Your local park counts. That vacant lot at the corner of Third and Columbus in midtown? Sorry.

There you have it, the basic, what makes a camping trip a camping trip. Tomorrow we will see what doesn't