Back when bloggers wrote more often about the phenomenon of blogging, I remember a number of blog posts that used the metaphor of conversations around the campfire.

Well, straight from the imagination to a campsite near you ...

For those who might say "Gack, we can't escape .. anywhere", please remember ... you don't HAVE to bring your computer, nor connect if you happen to have brought it with you ;-)

Via the Toronto Globe and Mail:

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A tent, a campfire and YouTube

When Brad Rome goes camping, he makes sure to bring the essentials: bug spray, floppy hat, lawn chair - and his laptop.

As soon as Mr. Rome arrived at Ratter Lake Campground near Sudbury, Ont., at the beginning of the summer, his first order of business wasn't setting up the campfire or heading down to the beach. Instead, he powered up his computer and logged on to the campground's wireless Internet hot spot.

"It's really a home away from home here, but I can't really live without e-mail," said Mr. Rome, a Bell World retail store manager. "I find it incredibly difficult when I can't connect."

Although lifelong campers like Mr. Rome may embrace the sights and sounds of the great outdoors, many now insist on staying connected.

Wireless access to the Internet is quickly becoming a standard feature at Canadian campgrounds.

At least 80 Canadian campgrounds and RV parks - including about 30 in British Columbia - now offer wireless Internet for their guests.

Kampgrounds of America has fully outfitted more than two-thirds of its 33 Canadian campgrounds with free WiFi. According to Jef Sutherland, the company's vice-president of information services, 324 of the 379 North American campsites that KOA operates now have WiFi access - twice as many as last year.

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