The days of camping with my mom and dad are wonderful memories. Pitching our tent in the local camp ground, we would settle in for the weekend. Our cooler overflowing with a supply of doughnuts for breakfast was also stuffed with pop, beer and hotdogs.

Over the weekend we survived on our store of doughnuts and hotdogs, because preparing food over a fire was more work than we cared to do. To young children this seems like a good idea initially, but ultimately the excitement of toasting hotdogs over a fire while being consumed by mosquitoes grows old. By the final day the doughnuts are hard and a breakfast of bacon and eggs would appeal to the fussiest of kids.

Most of the RV's you find in the campgrounds today are complete with all the luxurious of modern life. Things such as fully equipped kitchens, DVD players, large beds and air conditioning are now the norm. Camping is now a way to relax in luxury, although you can still rough it as they did in days of old if you prefer.

So you like to rough it, but like comfort. You do not have to purchase an expensive RV in order to enjoy the amenities available to campers. Campers can now purchase air mattresses and ceiling fans for their tents. Even cooking outdoors is easier by using a camp stove.

Camping stoves have come a long way and now come in various sizes, and styles. Camping stoves are making camp ground cooking just as easy as it is at home. When I pull into my camp ground these days my cooler is stocked with steaks, potatoes, hamburger, corn, onions, and any other item that could be cooked at home.

One of my camping stoves has a grill and two burners, grills a steak to perfection and is portable and makes my life a lot easier when at the campground trying to feed a picky group of kids, although they do still love to put the wieners on the end of a stick and hold them over the fire until they char broiled, a nice hamburger or a few chicken nuggets still makes for an easier weekend.

I fondly recall the long days at the campground with my family. We would set up our tent at the local campgrounds and settle into our wilderness routine. Because cooking on a campfire was not worth the effort, that store of doughnuts and hot dogs would keep us fed. Fortunately, modern camping stoves make cooking around the camp as easy as it is from home. A camp stove is available in numerous sizes and models. The best of these appliances grills a steak perfectly and the kids can still char broil their dogs. Cooking, hamburgers or even chicken nuggets will always make for a happier camping experience.