Who’s out there camping? It’s a growing tent
CARLTON, Minn. — Memorial Day weekend was coming, and Jay Cooke State Park was setting up to celebrate it in full. All manner of recreational vehicles and other means to camp were settled in under the pines — from the smallest dome tents to the now- ubiquitous compact campers like Scamps and “teardrops,” to travel trailers and motor homes that probably brought along the 55-inch Samsung TV. Camper cabins were full, too.
Chris Goh, 58, of Chanhassen kept it simple: His site consisted of a small tent, small ice chest, a canister stove, and his lovable pit bull mix, Bruno. They’d just returned from a walk. Bruno was in the tent, away from the sun and the mosquitoes. Goh planned to stay out for only one or two nights. Yet, he embraced what more Minnesotans, in particular, and Americans, in general, are doing in the last year:
Making time to