What's your favorite part of camping?

[Amskeptic]

Favorite part of camping? Taking in the lay of the land in the evening light, reorienting to the night silhouettes with that huge starry sky, then awaking to sun! all is fresh and color again, and not remembering what day it is.
Colin

[Sylvester]

I think one of my favorite camping trips was when I took my son to South Bass Island in Lake Erie, and we camped on the shore of the State Park. Not nearly as remote as a Colin campsite in the middle of the desert, but it was nice with the waves at night, and the idea of camping on an island was too cool. I guess the favorite part of my camping is the location, and how unique it is.

[bretski]

3. A quiet evening with good conversation. When my kids were young they wanted stories about me before they were born.

My daughter loves to hear stories about my life as a child...always fun to tell.

[Ritter]

I like waking up and my wife's hair smells of last night's camp fire. Kind of primal.