Opinion: Camping provides perspective and teaches resilience

My family never went camping again after a trip to we took to Prince Edward Island. It rained for an entire week. We couldn’t keep our Coleman stove lit long enough to cook anything, and so my Dad drove out one night to find civilization and bring us back Kentucky Fried Chicken.
The tangy, greasy smell of the chicken wouldn’t leave our tent. It was the last straw.
All the respectable motels were full of discouraged campers, and so after what felt like hours of driving, we took the on