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Over time, camping can become a way of life, using many different skills you wouldn’t use otherwise. Camping is a special type of vacationing that can teach you different kinds of skills you probably wouldn’t use in everyday life such as: learning to roast the perfect marshmallow, building a fire, making use of material you have, and so much more. While in the Upper Peninsula for a couple weeks my dad and I had many marshmallow roasting contests to see who could make the best smore. For most of the weeks my dad had me beat 10 to 1, however by the end of the vacation he had taught me what it takes to roast a perfect marshmallow. Although I still struggle to roast the perfect marshmallow every time, I now know that I shouldn’t stick my marshmallow
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