Seeing that I've been interested in classic clothing (1900-1950) for quite some time and grew up in the woods, it was only a matter of time before the two combined. After reading an article on classic camping in a copy of Wilderness Ways by Steve Watts, I became interested in that lost style of camping. My desire to camp in this way has grown since then. I have been buying and collecting any object pertaining to this genre for the last few years and I plan to make my yearly birthday campout in this vein. I look forward to this coming event seeing as I have not slept under canvas for at least 30 years or more.
If you are curious as to what I'm blabbering about here, the new godfathers,Steve Watts and David Westcott have a blog about this style of outdoor living called campandtrialblog.blogspot.com and both have written books most notably Westcott's new classic,Camping in the Old Style. In a recent interview on reddirtsurvival.com, Steve Watts said he and Westcott have a series of books on the subject soon to be released.
Well, I'm off to the woods. I hope you all had a fine holiday season and the gods smiled brightly on your family. Until we meet again.
Jerry
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