National Camp Day 2020: Quotes About Escaping To Nature

National Camp Day has arrived. It is a perfect time to think about, and perhaps consider, going on one of the most famous recreational activities that allow people to escape the modern world.

Once in a while, people leave their routines to embrace nature through camping. This popular activity is beneficial to people in many ways. In fact, according to the American Camping Association's Youth Outcomes Battery, 70% of parents said that their child gained confidence during a camp experience. Meanwhile, 96% of young campers themselves said that they made new friends during camp.

The National Park Service also noted several benefits of camping, including improved health and a chance for a digital detox. Camping also helps people strengthen relationships and develop valuable life skills. Moreover, it provides opportunities to pass on traditions.

Whether it's a camp for children, an adult summer camp or simply a camping trip with the family, many people have excellent memories of going into the wild and spending time with nature and, perhaps, some new friends.

Here are some quotes about camping and escaping to nature, courtesy of Country Living and Good Reads:

• "The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world." — Daniel J. Rice
• "Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity." — John Muir
• "Cooking and eating food outdoors makes it taste infinitely better than the same meal prepared and consumed indoors." — Fennel Hudson
• "A bad day camping is still better than a good day working." — Unknown
• "Without the intense touch of nature, you can never fully freshen yourself! Go for a camping and there both your weary mind and your exhausted body will rise like a morning sun!" — Mehmet Murat Ildan
• "To be whole. To be complete. Wildness reminds us what it means to be human, what we are connected to rather than what we are separate from." — Terry Tempest Williams
• "The glories of a mountain campfire are far greater than may be guessed." — John Muir
• "There's no wi-fi in the mountains, but you'll find no better connection." — Anonymous
• "Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we can ever learn from books." — John Lubbock
• "If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently." — Bill Watterson