Brit Reacts to 5 Ways British and American Camping is Very Different 

Pumas are also known as a cougar, mountain lion, and panther, among other names and are native to North & South Americas

I live in Oregon, and while yes you can take your family to a campground, many of us prefer to actually go out in the rain forest and camp in the actual wild. Cozy up with the deer, elk, bears and cougars. It's wise to take a firearm, though in 65 years I have never needed it. Very peaceful all alone next to a creek in the deep forest. A few days of that will clear your head.

Hershey bars are the only chocolate that is going to taste right on a s’more.

The way you light up over food makes me laugh 😂

Racoons are adorable , persistent, intelligent, and major assholes. They will figure out how to get food by any means.

Camping means many things to many people in the US. Many people "camp" in their $150k RV's. As a former Boy Scout leader in NH we often drove to a trail head and went into the woods with only what we could carry on our backs. I also directed what we called the Klondike, also called the Freeze-out. This took place in late January. One morning a Ranger came to our camp to make sure we were okay. He informed us that the temperature got down to -9 F that night.

As a kid and former Girl Scout, I did a lot of camping. Everything from the pitch your own tent kind of camping, to staying in a log cabins with built in bunk beds. I had a lot of really fun times, but the scariest trip of all was this lake side camp where we were in pitched tents, and in the middle of the night, my friend and I were woken up by all these weird noises, and then we could see dozens of shadows moving around in the dark and surrounding our tent. We turned on the flashlights, and there were just like 20 or 30 raccoons and other animals all tearing through the campsite looking for food. We could see them everywhere. This was literally why the owner of the camp was adamant about our troop needing to lock up our food stuffs in this sort of barrel thing, because anything that wasn't in there, those little bastards ripped through or ran off with.

Singing is when you have children and in my family it was on the drive because people go camping for peace and quiet.

S'MOREs are particularly good because of the fresh air, hiking and ambience. Like Midway food at a State Fair. It is the location, sensory overload and all the walking.

This absolutely cracked me up! Um, I live in Montana so seeing bears is a fairly normal thing...? I saw 3 while tubing down a crick (creek) and have seen many while staying at my family's cabin. Mountain lions are basically everywhere, and deer even roam through the city/town. Raccoons and skunks meander my neighborhood nightly, and I have a squirrel (that I named Cornelius) living in my tree in the front yard who I feed all year. And it's wild that S'mores aren't a thing in other countries! I didn't know that! Love the content, thanks for the laughs!

I've seen black bear camping before. We call our pumas cougars or mountain lions. Most areas they seem to be very rare. Black bears aren't known to be as aggressive as other types of bears. They mostly go for food out of dumpsters, sort of like big raccoons. They can attack if its a mother with cubs, or if frightened. It's not common, but possible.

I was in the Everglades in Florida in April, sleeping in my camper van with the windows open and only the fly screens between me and the outdoors. I woke up to the sound of one of Florida's endangered panthers (cougar/puma) purring and prowling right outside the van. It lost interest in a few minutes and wandered away. I won't lie, it took me awhile to go back to sleep!

Depending on what region of the US we have bears, mountain lions, bobcats, coyotes, foxes. I'm on the very edge of the town limits and the county line. My neighborhood has coyotes. I hear them in the winter and spring. We have hawks and bald eagles that'll take small pets!! 🏕

S'MOREs. To up the ante use chocolate covered graham crackers (keep in cooler until marshmallows are roasty. It's messy. But so is camping.) And if you can locate them - toasted coconut covered marshmallows. But don't let them burn. (And they are great solo.) The older you get the more attractive glamping becomes.😂

My family camped at a campground from the time I was 5 until we moved to the Chicago area in 1970. Even now, I have so many great memories of those days, from the people we met, like the old man and his wife who showed us how to grill corn when I was 5, to the hiking we did, finding an abondoned gold mine. Great times.

We don't usually do songs around the campfire. Maybe a jam session if someone brings instruments. But usually it is just hanging out and catching up on life events. But riding in the car to the campsite and Queen comes on, there will probably be some sing-a-long and some headbanging.

Black bears snuffle, huff, cough, growl and do roar!! If they are roaring you may be in trouble. To avoid trouble keep a lookout for fresh scat when you're hiking. If you see it just make sure to shout loudly every few minutes. We usually shout something along the line of, " Hey! Mr Bear!! We're here! Just passing through!!" The bear will always avoid people given a choice, and surprise encounters are the second most dangerous. Second only to accidentally coming up on cubs and their Mama. Shouting helps avoid that too. The drawback is , of course, you'll scare off all the other nearby wildlife too. Oh well.

My earliest memories as a child are either of holidays with the family or of camping. I grew up till the age of 11 in the vast suburbia of Southern California so we escaped that hustle every chance we got. Luckily there is no shortage of amazing places in California to go camping for a week or even a three day weekend. Since you have never been camping, you should go, at least once in your life. Slow down and disconnect, contemplate the beauty around you.

To answer questions, Smores are great, i glamp with a cot and foam mattress pad, and raccoons are adorable bandits that have opened zippers into my tent and raided my cooler.

2 years ago I left my campsite and saw a Mountain Lion on the road a few hundred feet away. I was the closest site so I'm pretty sure it was stalking me. Back in 2011 in Oregon I found a den and a Mountain lion came running out. I drew my handgun as it backed me down the trail, hissing and growling. I'm only 130lb and I bet this cat was a good bit bigger than me. I packed up and left because it knew where I was staying.

When I was a kid (in the 70's) campfire songs were a staple. Now it's been replaced with scary campfire stories. I love scary stories around a campfire...it's perfect. I've never had a bear at camp but have had plenty of raccoons. Some are bold enough to saunter into camp while we sit around the fire. They get into everything! Winter camping is my favorite! No bugs, but plenty of wonderful snow. We use cots and sleeping bags...best sleep ever.

When I was a kid in Colorado, we'd camp for a month every summer (my dad was a professor so had long summer vacations.) Not only would we sing around the campfire, but when they heard us, other people in the campground, total strangers, would show up with guitars and mandolins and join us.

Raccoons are delightful and mischievous little darlings ❤ they are so curious and adorable the way they use their hands and teamwork 🥰🥰🥰 they are just like bears but way smaller and better climbers. Bears make weird little puppy sounds if they aren’t ferociously growling. We use bear spray to keep them away. Yes, our pumas are in our mountains. We even have jaguars in some parts of the south west. My favorite sound at night are wolves or coyotes howling. It’s hauntingly beautiful. And the best part is hearing all the pups in a cacophony of yelping when mom or dad brings home the dinner. I always look to make sure my cat is inside when I hear the pups 😅

I have a fire 🔥 pit in my backyard, all summer and fall we have smores,family members bring guitar's and sing,love it.

You definitely need to try S’mores have someone that has your address send you Graham Crackers and you can use Milk Chocolate that you prefer, Oh but You need to definitely toast the marshmallow until it’s golden brown and at least twice it’s size and hot and gooey! So the chocolate melts when you put it together. And yes, camping is very popular in America. In fact, in the last 10 years it’s become extremely popular with the single 20ish to 35 year olds. Camping used to be more a family activity but now you see a lot of friends just hanging out camping on the weekends.

I have literally spent years camping(in scouts I put in 365 nights outing 7 years) . The sound most associated with bears in national parks, is the sound of trash cans being knocked over.

My husband and I camped with our 5 kids from Spring ‘79 till the early 90s. The first night was in a tent. The next night was in a camper. I told my husband if he wanted me to camp, he better get me something better than a tent. So we bought a popup camper that slept eight people. But even after the kids were grown, we camped on our own. We went to the World Cup in Chicago in 1994. Three of our sons and a nephew commuted to our campground when there was a game. In 1996 we camped outside of Atlanta for the Olympics. The longest trip we took with our kids was to Yellowstone National Park in 1982.

We used to take our horses trail riding and would camp with them. My children love those memories. We love camping.

I camped a lot in the US when I was younger, and I have never once heard of the word "glamping" until this video. As for wild animals, camped once in the Badlands in South Dakota, woke up in the morning to a herd of about 20 wild bison around our tent, casually grazing and walking right through our campsite. The area was also completely riddled with prairie dogs everywhere you looked.

Troublesome wildlife that I've encountered while camping in Michigan over the years includes raccoons, coyotes, black widows, brown recluses, ticks, rattle snakes, and skunks. Out of all of these, I'd say the worst one was definitely the skunks 🤣. On another note though, I will say that these encounters don't happen every time you go camping here, and can be mostly avoided if you make sure to properly secure your food supply. Overall, I find camping here more relaxing than troublesome, and the scenery is absolutely gorgeous.

Never worried about bears while camping, but raccoons are very much around. They make something between a morning dove's coo and a purring sound. We have heard raccoons opening up trash cans at one site, but doubt that they found anything much and the park was so used to them that they attached chains to the lids, so they don't get lost.

I don't have to go camping to see and deer, wolves, coyotes and other wildlife. I live in a very rural farm land area in the Midwest. S'mores can now be made with other types of chocolate bars like Reese's, Cadbury Carmel filled bars, or any other rather flat chocolate bar. We even have flavored marshmallows. Sometimes we use honey gram crackers. Thank you

I've watched a deer feed her baby in my campsite. I've watched an argument between a skunk and a raccoon. Watched a bear try to shake 2 raccoons out of an acorn tree they all were in. Also had a bear bump my camper. he appeared to like left over beans. I went horseback riding and skiing camping and yes s'mores are amazing. We also made pies with slices of bread and pie filling in the fire. Started camping 60 years ago before it became popular, Lots of good memories.

Pumas/Mountain Lions/Cougars: friend worked on a sheep ranch and they had a problem with a mountain lion who wasn't afraid of humans that was using the herd as a smorgasbord. Fun Times!

Bears roar, boy... especially when they're pissed off!!

I've seen plenty of animals camping - raccoons, porcipines, rabbits, deer, very cheeky squirrels and chipmunks trying to get food. I've heard coyotes howling in the distance and once heard bears knocking about a campground in grizzly country, which was terrifying. Once saw a moose, but from far off luckily. But I grew up in the country so these were all things I was accustomed to seeing and hearing in everyday life, as well.

Camping is HUGE in America ! Exclusive 5 Star sites and luxury equipment to putting up a little tent in a National Park, a multi million dollar industry.

I've been camping in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona and North Dakota. Only been visited once by a black bear and a couple of times by raccoons but the most common visitor is the coyote. And they've been becoming more aggressive of the years.

I've camped Oregon and Washington, I was actually part of Search and Rescue from 14-18 here in Oregon (think of people lost or injured in the woods or worse and Search and Rescue to go get them out among other things) so I camped for long periods of time in over those years. But just like my kid was I've been camping since basically birth. In Oregon we have the ultimate glamping though! We have usually on the coast a thing called Yurts you can rent from the forest department. They are little cloth cabins in an area, I'll post a link. We also have cabins but we always go for the Yurts when we go and want not quite camping or even glamping. But the longest I've ever been camping for was a month I think. A group of Search and Rescue people was able to get access to the opposite side of a lake up on Mt Hood called Timothy Lake. We stayed there and swam and hiked all around Mt Hood (nearly killed ourselves a few times too) until the food ran out so we stayed there for a month because we had searches but no major searches that required multiple days. The most extreme camping I did was every year we had to get certified in snow survival, which meant hiking in deep snow, usually uncut and building a snow cave and sleeping in it. You do this in groups of 3-4 and you build a snow cave and yeah sleep in it if you can't and need to go back to the bus then you fail that part of certification. I did that 4 times, it's not bad if you do it properly. The only other extreme camping that normal people don't do is we had to certify in search and rescue as a whole so you and a partner would be driven out to the middle of the forest with your packs on an ATVs by advisors, then hiked out to a random location then given a map of the area and coordinates. Your goal was to reach those coordinates by Sunday at 1pm or you fail certification, you were left Friday at 5pm ish. I did that every year as well. With wild animals in Oregon we usually tie our food up a tree to prevent bears and other things from getting it. We don't have too many bears but they are there, we have cougars or mountain lions, wolves and coyotes, we have snakes but where we usually were they weren't dangerous, fire ants and spiders are an issue, and raccoons occasionally but not too often. Bears mainly grunt unless threatened. All the other times we would stand still and the animal would leave or if we needed to we had always kept a fox40 whistle attached to us and you can hear those through hurricane gale winds, so it would scare away anything. Most of the time though they would leave you alone. stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=reserve.cabins-yurts www.hikingproject.com/trail/7044912/timothy-lake-loop

One time when we were camping, we were sitting around the fire talking and laughing. Suddenly someone said DON’T MOVE. About five or six skunks had come to investigate what was going on at our campsite! Fortunately, after about 10 minutes, the skunks moved on without incident and we could all breathe again.

S'mores are the best. I have been camping for my entire life, and have been to every state except Alaska and Hawaii...love camping! I traveled in big campers mostly, only went in tents a few times. Over the years, I had seen, up close, bears, moose (the most scary animal to me, it was a close call, they are very dangerous and huge) cougars, poisonous snakes, alligators, eagles, hawks, fox, raccoons (actual we have raccoons and opossum in our yard right now) Buffalo, ferrets and more, all on the wild. Our country has a huge array of wildlife.

Been camping in the southeastern USA since I was a Cub Scout in the 1970’s. Started with a sleeping bag and a small tent. Added the air mattress and a larger tent in my thirties. Moved to full on glamping - 28 ft. travel trailer with recliners, kitchen, full bathroom, air conditioning (summers are brutal here in Georgia), gas heat, and a queen size bed in a private bedroom. We mainly stay in state parks, Georgia’s state park system is awesome! We also camp in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida. Occasionally run into black bears, most often it’s raccoon, fox, and whitetail deer. We either hike, mountain bike, white water kayak, swim, or tour historic sites depending on location. S’mores, grilling out, and campfires ( without singing ) are regulars for us. We pretty much pull our hotel suite into the woods every couple of weeks from April until early November. Love the lifestyle! I’m in my early sixties and can’t wait to retire, trade up into a 30ish ft motor coach and hit the road for extended periods of time!

The best way to avoid cougar attack, avoiding Applebee's during happy hour.

@L3WG Reacts Yes, Cicadas have a short lifecycle, but a rather fascinating one. They have been around somewhere between 40-200 million years. The offspring (nymphs) drop to the ground when hatched then burrow underground to feed on the fluid from roots. There are annual Cicadas and Periodical Cicadas. The Periodical will stay underground for years and time varies by type. The longest being 13 or 17 year Cicadas. When the emerge they become adults and repeat the cycle all over again.

We have some beautiful campgrounds some in parks some not in national parks but still trees and all. The best camping we did was in very northern Cali in the redwoods-beautiful and majestic trees 200-300 hundred feet and 1,000-1,500 hundred years old. Very well maintained campgrounds with nice showers and bathrooms and you can’t even see your neighbors, unless you go walking or they are close to the same showers.

I grew up in Minnesota and often went camping in a tent in the wilderness near the Canadian border. The only encounter we had with a wild animal was driving down a logging road with a big slow moose taking his time in front of us. We didn't want to upset him (they have a temper), so we just crept along behind him until he went off into the brush. Many Americans start with tents and eventually upgrade to some sort of RV. IMO, that's the best way to see the country .... road trip in an RV.

As an assistant southeastern in Wisconsin we had a scout camp up north that had been donated by a Logging Baron that had been a no hunting zone for 90 years. The deer were so friendly they walked to arms length when we made apple pies looking for handouts. There was a black bear that walked through camp 3 times in a week looking for food that wasn't locked in the steel "bear box" a large steel locker where all edibles had to be before lights out. The trips every summer were great fun for the boys and grown-ups alike.

I have been camping many many times. I actually thought your reaction to s'mores was so funny as it's just so common in America. We even have s'more flavored things like snacks and drinks. I also have had multiple encounters with racoons, possums and deer. In fact, in Indiana were I live there is an area called Raccoon Lake which is aptly named. If you camp there bring extra for the dozen or so "guests" that will jump up on the picnic table and help themselves to whatever they want.

We go camping every year. We go about 30 miles up a dirt/gravel Forest Service/Wilderness road into the middle of nowhere. We have all sorts of wildlife that stoll through camp(deer, elk, cougar, mice, squirrels, you name it)- especially at night. And always at least once in our 8 day camping trip a moose will stroll through camp. It's become a tradition basically. The closest campsite to us is usually a half a mile or more away...

"I've known people that have been campin' and stuff...." That start really made me smile. Love your videos. :)

Lewis, I spent two weeks camping in the U.K. There are camp-sites in many places there, all over the place! Not far from Bath, Stratford, Derby, Wales, the Lake district, Scotland, East Anglia. I put almost 2400 miles on a rental car, driving around GB in 1984. Look for " Camping and Caravaning In England" published by the Automobile Club. One of the best trips I have ever taken!!

I truly love camping. I now own a Turbo Tent. A 12 ft x 12ft x 8 ft tall tent. It takes almost nothing to put up. If you tie it down properly, it can stand up to a class 3 hurricane. We would camp all of the time. When going on vacations, i was happier in a tent than a hotel. There were times we would go for a fishing trip & decide to sleep in the back of our truck. One of those times, we did have an issue with a bear. We were doing some night fishing. Our stuff was in the way. The bear couldn't get to the water. There was tall reeds on either side of the small clearing. Sort of like a bamboo forest. We had to hold our 2 dogs. To keep them from attacking the bear. We also camp during hunting season. Fall & Winter. I have camped during every season. Spring, with all the rain. Summer when it is extremely hot(i live in Arizona). Summer is also when we get about 75 to 85% of our rain. Fall, depending on where you are camping, you can get just about any sort of weather. Winter, again, depending on where you are camping, you can have no real winter to 4 ft of snow. The game animals are up in the high country, so you are going to deal with snow. Now i can camp in my own yard & be away from the house. Yes, we do have wild animals to deal with.

When my wife and i started going camping we took just sleeping bags and a tarp lol after 20 + yrs we moved up to tent, then more tarps and bringing more and more creature comforts. To the point where we had( what we called) tent topia. Lol had 2 four room tents and 2 three person tents. That we surrounded from top ,behind, left, right and bottom with tarps. Even having a shower, portable mini generators, and of course hammocks. my wife has grown out of camping and now we just rent lake cabins. Which is awesome for me. No more lugging crap thru the woods. Lol

I was introduced to Glamping when I was visiting my sister in West Germany in 1985. (There were two Germanys 🇩🇪 back then.) We were on a river cruise, and my brother-in-law described the German family camping on the river bank. They seemed to be rather fully equipped. Dining table and chairs, tablecloth, and candelabra. He made the comment that when Germans go campimg, the person that brings the most from their house, ,WINS.

My favorite memories of camping was when I was in my first 3 years of grade school in Wyoming. We would hitch the horses up to the trucks and go as far into the woods as we could. Then take out the horses and the canoes. Pack up both then some would paddle up the river while the rest of us would ride in to a predetermined spot hours into the wood. Then we would camp there for about a week. No cabin or anything, just tents. Awesome times, even when my horse stepped on my foot intentionally. lol

We used to make doughboys (fried dough), fried donuts, campfire stew, campfire apples, and banana boats. Banana boats are slightly hollowed out bananas with little marshmallows and chocolate chips. Then you wrap them in tin foil and put them in the coals of your fire. Campfire apples are cored apples with brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon placed into the apple. These are wrapped in foil and cooked in the coals. Campfire stew is made from ground meat and canned vegetable soup. It’s usually for a large group and there’s always someone who brings something other than vegetable soup.

Me and three other buddies went camping. It only took two full size pickup trucks full of gear to camp. Two two-man tents, two twin size air mattresses, four sleeping bags, two mountain bikes, a full size Coleman campground cook stove, and tables. Assorted chairs. Full size folding beach chair big enough for a 6'4" man. I am only 5'6" so I was dwarfed by this chair. Food and drinks for three days. We were on the beach of a Mountain lake so all swimwear and towels associated. We had great dinner and went to bed. We were laughing at how well we could hear the other campers until we realized they could hear us too.😮

Yep we use to camp when we went canoeing. When you're beyond the having fun stage and have eaten over the campfire, we use to just find a spot with minimal tree roots and rocks and roll out the blanket or sleeping bag and just pass out. Next awakening in the morning, make breakfast, roll it all up, load the canoe and do it again.

1:40 the mention of the slasher and musical made me think of the slasher joining in on the singing. 🤣

I have been camping. Never been glamping but I am old enough to understand its benefits. For me, camping is going someplace with hiking trails and water activities and then have smores and singing around the campfire and then watch for falling stars and things like that. Bears are looking for food, so most places it is enough to eat the food you bring and store it in a way that doesn't attract animals into your tent.

I've been camping, and I've been glamping. My fiance' put up a 2 room tent at a campground once and then proceeded to bring out an air mattress, a TV, a DVD player with movies and a couple of electric lights ( there was electric hook up available.). Along with pillows, sleeping bags, and blankets. We had the best time. There were only 2 other tents set up in the same campground so we didn't bother anyone.

Raccoons are hilarious, when they’re not scheming to take over your trash can. Tiny little robbers, equipped with a built-in black eye masks, beady little eyes, and the cutest criminal hands 😂

I love camping and glamping. I’ve done tent camping with electric and water hookups at a campsite where you have a restroom you walk to and showers. The trunk has the groceries and cooler with lots of ice and yes blow up mattresses and fans for the summer. Went a few times to Fort Pickens in Pensacola FL and as my kids were playing in an open space they hear something in the bush, when they look back it was an enormous boa constrictor just slithering past them. The scariest one for me until I fell asleep was hammock camping and it rained, thank goodness for the tent style tarp over the hammocks. It was primitive camping so out in the wild by a stream in bear country. I was terrified a bear would come or a snake but nothing came by. It was very peaceful and the sound of the river stream was amazing.

Cicadas, live underground for 7 and 15 years before they climb out, make a lot noise, mate and die.

I love glamping. We have a 5th wheel camper with 3 slides. It’s very nice and we call it our little home away from home. We also have a golf cart we take to ride around on along with our John boat and kayaks. It makes for a good time. However in all the years I’ve camped I’ve never sang around a campfire or known anyone else too either. Lol.

If you're looking for fire wood, just go where the trees are and look around on the ground. Lots of small logs and branches in the tall grass.

We have Puma's but where I am from we call them Mountain Lions. We used to own 100 acres of old growth forest, in the Santa Cruz mountains, and we would put jingle bells on the kids' belt loops, but even still my husband was out on one of the trails, kids yelling and making all sorts of noise, but over his head he heard a low rumbled growl. You cannot run or outrun them so he just kept the kids walking and we stayed close to the cabin the rest of that weekend.

Camping is a regular thing we do all summer. We have a 27 ft trailer that has all the amenities. Sink, frig, freezer, shower & toilet. Love to go as much as we can. You don't see bears or cougars as much as you think. 😂

There's camping, glamping and just plain roughing it. I'm from the Pacific NW (Washington and Oregon), and in my younger years, we'd take a sleeping bag and just drive into the Olympic Mountains, hike up a mountainside, find an outcropping of rock, build a camp fire, get high, and then fall asleep in the sleeping bag. Sometimes it rained, sometimes not. It just didn't matter. We seldom made S'mores, but certainly when I was a child my parents would make S'mores around a campfire. Back in the 1970s, I used to drive to the Sun River area south of Bend, Oregon and camp for a few days--actually 'roughing it'. Just a sleeping bag and a fishing pole. We'd fish and fry 'em up for dinner and breakfast. You can't do that anymore--the Sun River area has become filled with housing developments and small shopping centers. In all my 73 years, many of my younger years out in the wilderness camping, I never once had a problem with wildlife.

S’mores are delicious!!! Coyotes run all over here in Iowa & are the most common “dangerous” type of animal that’ll keep you up with their cackling & barking. Deer will surprisingly kick your ass too , but we do have some bear & mountain lions (puma) just way scarce. Definitely eat s’mores

there are several types of camping here in the US. Tent camping, RV camping, cabin camping and sleep in your vehicle camping. Smores are great! I even like a little peanut butter on mine. Campers are good people. They are friendly and super helpful. You can make a lot of friends camping.

I've had 3 surgeries which included hospital stays, plus ambulance transport a few times. On top of that, there have been a few ER visits. Total of of pocket was $0.00. Employer provided insurance paid for everything. The costs can build up based on insurance coverage. Those without insurance get hit the worst, which is unfortunate because a lot of families without health insurance usually can't afford the coverage. There are also plans that have really high co-pays. A positive is that we can choose the coverage we want based on cost. The huge benefit of our health system is that the wait times for treatment is generally very short, especially emergency issues. That also depends on availability of specialists in the area. In my area, there is only 1 dermatologist that our insurance will cover, and that's a 6 month wait, simply because of availability. Primary care doctor visits usually do have a 1-2 month wait.

Camping is very popular. From tents, popups, RV's and full size (40 feet) luxury travel trailers (think National Express size bus) S'Mores from "can I have [some more]?" Mountain camping...rattlesnakes, cougars, bears, elk, skunks, raccoons, deer, rabbits, etc.

I spent the majority of my youth trying to get a good s'more technique, and what I finally figured out is you pierce the center of your marshmallow, impale it with your preferred chocolate. (in the US, Toll House Morsels work great, Cadbury would certainly suit in the UK) and then roast it SLOWLY. this lets the chocolate actually melt, and avoids the situation where the skin of the marsmallow pulls off and leaves an entirely unheated core. then you ignore the graham crackers and eat the marshmallow and chocolate in one bite.

As an American who has camped in the Northern Arizona wilderness, yes there are mountain lions and I have heard them on occasion at night while camping. I have not heard or seen bears.

Lol bears are quiet as a mouse, right up until they actually attack

I live in Kentucky. We have Bears, Coyotes, wildcats, Cougars, raccoons, deer and foxes. I have seen them all camping. Lately it is the Coyotes that scare me. They creep around at night, are very sneaky, and usually run around with some friends.

Camping is kind of an American tradition. Aside from Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts many schools may offer a camping trip (my middle school took all 7th & 8th graders to a campground for a several day trip) Then many families have a camping tradition. Both my and my husbands family (New Mexico for me and Minnesota for him) did this as a bonding experience with our fathers. I loved going camping/fishing with my dad… and yes wild animals are going to be a concern. Bears are usually the most likely threat as they tend to want to go after your food.. Mountain Lions, Bobcats, Wolves, Coyotes are less common and very unlikely to bother you unless they are very very hungry. And to answer your question. Bears roar. 😏

Where I live in the Tehachapi mountains of California we regularly see bobcats, deer, elk, badgers, skunks, raccoons, black bears, coyotes and Mountain Lions (aka cougars/ pumas). In my neighborhood elk and deer hang out on the golf course. The coyotes and mountain lions hunt the deer and bears eat the apples in my orchard and will occasionally snag one of my chickens. California Condors eat the carrion and occasionally destroy property. But what freaks me out the most are the rattlesnakes.

Lewis, one of the best places to camp in the U.K. is ni the Lake District. But- expect rain! On my trip, I had to contend with a wet tent nearly every morning. I put the wet stuff in the rear window, the heat of the sun during the day would dry stuff, so it was dry by the time I needed to set up to sleep at night. I really had a great trip, that summer!!!

Bears don't make much noise, but they do growl, or roar occasionally. I haven't heard any around here. But they probably are here.

Here at the lake of the Ozarks, I have been doing it every summer for my whole life. I mostly fish all night, grill and have a talk with Old Toby.

My favorite camping song as a child was "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I will eat a worm" 🪱 Smores are fun to do as you got to roast them just right, without them burning.

YES, we LOVE S'mores!! At home, we toast marshmallow over the stove in the house, to are s'mores!! But it's much better over a campfire!! I'm old now so I only go camping 1X year at a big party. But only in a comfy RV!!! With a bed & potty inside it! I DO NOT camp up Orth where they have BEARS. But in my 20s we went to Yosemite and in morning, I found a bear paw print on clothes I'd left on the picnic table. We'd hung our locked metal chest with food from a rope in tall tree so bears couldn't get to them. Gotta follow the rules where there's bears!! TFS! Austin TX USA

I grew up camping. I was also in the Boy Scouts and camped out a lot during that time. Probly the weirdest thing I ever experienced was when I heard a Bobcat one night... scared me to death. It let out what can only be described as a scream... was so loud and just sounded other worldly. Could not sleep the rest of the night.

black bears, the kind you'll usually see while camping, are usually really quiet and rarely roar unless provoked. youre much more likely to hear coyotes barking and howling at each other as theyre a real noisy bunch, especially when theyre hunting

I grew up camping, my family went most weekends in the summer and two full weeks during the summer. Tents, cots fishing and campfires

My parents' camper is 33 feet long, with 13 feet high ceilings, a ceiling fan, central heat and air conditioning, a couch and 2 leather recliners, a refridgerator, stove, microwave, queen size bed, plus built in blow up mattress for guests, a toilet and a shower....very much glamping...

I REALLY glamp. I have a new 3/4 ton truck (2500HD) and tow a 30+ ft Travel Trailer (caravans over there) all over the U.S. for vacations and camping. Full kitchen, bathroom, beds for 6, heat, and air conditioning :)

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Im currently planning a camp trip…taking my tents and kayaks. Love camping in the fall. My dog goes crazy when the raccoons and coyotes start roaming around at night.

Camping is very popular in America! S’mores are a custom of every camping trip. Guns are usually taken on camping trips for protection from vicious wildlife.

I'm actually very fond of primitive camping. Nothing like hiking out into the mountains, I live in Colorado, with just an axe and a little food and water.

Cicadas were especially bad during covid shutdown….Their Cycle of birth came when everyone was to stay at home….It was non-Stop….they were literally EVERYWHERE! They’re big an would fly right into you….you could visually see them swarm around every tree…the sound was so loud you’d hear them indoors at all hours

Camped many , many times all over the America. Had close encounters with wolves and bears. They usually are easily scared off, but there is always the chance they might attack, particularly in the early spring as they begin to stir about more. Most scary when hiking deep into the wilderness. I always carry a firearm, a bear spray. That gives you a 50/50 chance if things actually go down. Hiking in California is a bit different. Mountain lions can be on you before you even realize it. At night anywhere, snakes are moving around hunting. Always zip your tent up tight.

KOA or Kampground of America is a chain of campgrounds that have spaces for tents and RVs, and log cabins available if you don’t have a tent or RV. You rent the space the same way you would a hotel room, nightly or for however many days. I prefer to stay in the log cabins.

A lot of places let you have campfires in your backyard (not so much in the West where it's too dry). So brats, hot dogs, marshmallows, and smores are staples. I mostly grew up camping in the Rocky Mountains, where there are no toilets or outhouses unless you can find a campground, but we usually didn't. I also used to be an archaelogist in Wyoming and Colorado. So, I'd camp all summer in the middle of nowhere (often 20 to 100 miles away from civilization). All of us would hang out around a campfire, drinking beer and singing songs by the Eagles or Led Zepplen or CCR etc. I can't sleep on the ground like I used to, though. Something happens when you age, and it just hurts more. Now I prefer to use a camper or motorhome. If you are in bear country (especially in certain areas) or it's wise to hang up your food stuff in a tree. Wolverines are another animal you don't want to cross. But most places don't have them. We also have all sorts of snakes. So, depending on what part of the country you're in, there are precautions for those, too.

We go camping about 6-8 times thru the months of June - September and 2-4 times thru the “colder”months. We use a small RV. I take a guitar EVERY time! We make smores about 1/2 the time and plain roasted marshmallows the other half. I’m in BC Canada and 1/2 the population here “camps” A gun goes with me every time, too. Peas

S'mores are classic but the lesser known goodie, the "dough boy" is also fantastic. You take a fat stick, like front the craft store, and wrap Pillsbury biscut dough around it, covering the end of the stick. Cook it over the fire and then slide it off and fill the other end with jam or butter... 🤤🤤🤤

My family has a tongue twister tradition we play when around the campfire. It's hard to explain and would take a life time to type it. But basically someone says a simple phrase, then everyone around the fire says that phrase one by one, and then another phrase is added to the first phrase, and then everyone says the two phrases together, and it ends with 10 phrases you have to repeat/remember before the game is over, and the best part is everyone forgets and starts messing up the words and it gets harder to remember the correct lines :P