5. Campers spend an average $128.26 on their first camping trip
6. Traditional Bedouin tents are made out of black goat hair. The Bedouin term for tent is buryuut hajar, which literally means “house of hair”.
7. Before tents were used for recreation, they were a basic survival necessity. The first evidence of tent construction can be traced as far back as 40,000 BC.
8. The most popular camping gear purchase is a flashlight.
9. The U.S. Department of Defense is one of the world’s largest users of tents.
10. Married people are more likely to have sex while camping than at home.
