and then there’s the sheer fun of it—especially if you have a family. moping around a stuffy hotel room wondering what they are going to give you for dinner is a tedious business. by comparison, it’s so exciting to arrive at a camp site, put up your tent and start getting a meal ready. you are active all the time and you are always close to nature. imagine yourself beside some clear streamwith mountains in the background. night is falling, everything is peaceful-except for the delightful sound of chops sizzling in the pan! camping provides you with a real change for everyday living. you get up earlier, go to bed earlier, develop a hearty appetite. you have enormous opportunity to meet people of various nationalities and to share your pleasures with them. people are so friendly when they are relaxed. how remote the strained world of hotels seems when you are camping! how cold and unfriendly the formal grettings that are exchanged each day between the residents! for a few precious weeks in the year, you really adopt a completely different way of life. and that’s the essence of true recreation and real enjoyment.