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    Autocamping

    May 01, 2024 3 minutes

    Good-bye, rigid train schedules. So long, impersonal and formal hotels. Hello, shiny new automobile! Around 1910, Americans discovered a welcome alternative to their traditional vacation plans—the automobile. It allowed people to explore beyond their communities without planning too much ahead of time or even choosing a specific destination. Middle- and upper-class families simply piled into their cars for the annual family vacation and toured the country.

    Such outings were referred to as autocamping. In many cases, they were a nostalgic search for the freedom missing from everyday life. Carefree wandering offered an

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