I feel you on the cost of camping. I never had much money when I went touring, so I only got to sleep at one campground, which was in behind a gas/chicken place... it was $5. For food, I never spent more then $10 a day, except on my last day when I blew my final $20 at a restaurant. Oatmeal and brown sugar was my staple. That and peanut butter and jam sandwiches. oh, mars and skor bars too..