In 1976 we were relatively new to camping and ended up camped next to a group of rowdy drunks on a Saturday night. Sunday moning bright and early I made a pot of coffee and a nice pan of bacon being careful not to avoid making noise. Of course there is nothing like the smell of fresh coffee and bacon first thing in the morning when you have a bit of a snout full and really want to sleep. And after the first strained gag it was all over. Kind of like chumming fish. When you go to bed at 1:30 to 2:30, breakfast at 5:30 is not what you want to smell.
Darn Zeit, that is my favorite thing about camping, watching the sun rise, perhaps early morning fog clearing off a lake and the smell of bacon and eggs frying. The smells of coffee perking, none of that instant crap.
I seldom used the stove in my camper unless it was raining or snowing out, Yes we did camp in the winter and I LOVED it.
Kids could not wait to get out and search for deer or moose tracks or little varmints foot prints. Biggest plus for me was the --BEARS---were sleeping, Lord I HATE bears.
Lately the Canadan Wolves are headed south and there have been reported sightings of Lions that have not been seen in 80+ years, Last one killed in my area had to have been in the 1920's they are back. Only one I have ever seen is a mangy stuffed CAT at a small museum a couple towns over. IIRC, the cat was killed in the early 1900's about 20 miles from my home today.
Winter camping has more signs of wild life then summer camping, Summers one seldom sees the Critters but winters with the snow one can find and see their Scat and foot prints. Deciduous trees have lost their leaves and one can just look up into the bare branches to see the birds nests of all sizes and shapes.
I do enjoy a couple weeks of camping in the summer but it is the winter camping, ice fishing and ice racing, and all the drunks are inside their campers or tents and there is a stillness and quiet that is to be appreciated and valued.
Forgot to mention the snowmobile races and the dog sleds competitions.
This brings up a question here for me, not that far up the road there has for years been a Nudest camp with people living there year round, what does a Nudest do when the lake freezes over ????
The Bears are sleeping, so are the Bares sleeping too????