Benjamin Percy Quotes

Camping is something I've done all my life.

I grew up hunting and fishing in Land Between the Lakes. I have so many great memories of camping with my mom over at Redd Hollow.

I have my mountain man moments like hiking in the woods.

I grew up like Huck Finn, always outdoors, exploring, collecting frogs - there was space everywhere. I want my kids to experience that too. I love being outside.

I'm a huge camper, and love hiking and mountain biking.

I had one of the most outdoorsy childhoods you could imagine. I basically lived in the woods until I was 13. My dad and I built a huge treehouse in our backyard in Chesterfield, about 30 feet in the air. And we'd vacation on an island in Michigan, where I hunted a deer that we ate.

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting.

I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have.

I did a lot of hiking and I loved it.

I learn something every time I go into the mountains.

Leave part of the yard rough. Don't manicure everything. Small children in particular love to turn over rocks and find bugs, and give them some space to do that. Take your child fishing. Take your child on hikes.

As long as I can remember, I had a strong interest in fishing, and my parents, even though they had never fished or camped, took us on canoe camping trips in the wilderness of Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, where I could fish to my heart's content.

I'm really into rock climbing and hiking and stuff.

Hiking, scuba diving - I just love getting out and doing things.

My idea of a vacation is staying home and doing short day hikes, floating the river and things like that.

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing.

I'm a man's man. I go out climbing and live outdoors.

I hate reality shows. But if I had to be on one, I'd have to say 'Realtree Road Trips' on the Outdoor Channel.

When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.

When my father was posted to Malaysia, we'd take bacon-and-egg sandwiches in our backpacks and go hiking in the jungle or make bamboo rafts to sail down rivers.

As readers can probably tell from my books, I love the outdoors.

I am unboreable in the great outdoors.

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip.

I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid.

In Canada, I climbed some mountains with the Alpine Club of Canada, which taught me a lot about stamina.