Summary
You might have seen The Associated Press story this week that said camping in the great outdoors has lost a lot of its woodsy allure in the last decade or so.
Tourism experts say the baby-boomer generation has pretty much had its fill of sleeping on the ground within the crowded confines of a buggy tent and now are choosing to inject a bit more creature comfort into their wilderness experiences.See the full content of this document
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Boomers Know Not to Camp
Only 72,000 people camped out at Acadia National Park last year, for example, which is a drop of 22 percent in the last decade. Camping at national parks across the country fell 12 percent from 1999 to 2004.
It's not that people no longer enjoy hiking and fishing and al...See the full content of this document
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