Camping was a big part of summer when I was growing up. Load up the old Vanguard on the bed of the '79 GMC, and hitch up the 16' boat and travel for 6 hours to a lake in the interior or to the island for fishing. (Overheating on the coquihalla just added to the experience)
When the girlfriend/wife came along we'd do the whole car camping in tents or the bed of pickup.
With the kid and the F150 we decided last year to finally to move up into a trailer: