My go-to camping is at the coast. We have some very nice state parks where I set up camp and go diving. In the summer there are some nice lakes in the mountains where I take my boat and go sailing. Also whitewater rafting. Some weekend trips included three or more families and ten or fifteen people in the camp.
I like go camping for at least a few days each month except December and January. It all stopped on March 15 2020. Associations have unraveled since then. It's going to take a while before the new normal is established.
We've had as many as three cats and had no problems with leaving them in the house for a few days. Our cats were indoor cats. We never let them out, so it wasn't much different to them. When we were gone for longer, we had somebody look after them for us. I'm not sure they even knew we were gone.
I used to camp in Winnipeg to get out of the city, have a nice little camp fire to sit by and stargaze, I used field glasses, don't have much use for a telescope, except for the planets all stars are just points of light, if I want a better view I use the internet.
Used to snorkel as a kid and moved into SUBA as a teen, used a wet suit back in the day, but I only dove in summer, sold my gear when I moved to Moncton back in 78 and my air card expired decades ago!
I could leave the cats if I wanted to go camping, but where I live now is pretty rural, and I don't feel the need. Here is a car drive starting from about 3 minutes away from my driveway. I was testing out my Runcam2 on the hood of the car and set it to a nice tune.
A Drive on Johnson Rd to Christie's Beach