Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Blister Podcast.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing and all of our other podcasts over at blisterreview.com.

Today on the show, we are going to be getting both an overview and a bit of a deep dive into the current state of the camping industry.

So we're going to be talking about who is out there doing it and what exactly people are doing.

We'll talk about the different segments and categories of camping and what the most important emerging trends are, and we'll

also talk about some of the current problems or challenges in the space, and then some of the

potential solutions. And so to walk us through this landscape, I sat down recently with

Sam Dagenhard, whose perspective on all of this I've come to really value.

Sam knows a lot about the camping industry because he's been actively studying it for years now,

and he has recently started his own camping company called Camp Fire Ranch.

You can check out Sam's new venture at Campfire Ranch.co.co.com. And so let's now go

ahead and get caught up on the current state of camping with Sam Dagenhardt.

Well, Sam, welcome to Blister Headquarters.

We've had like multiple conversations now.

And once again, I find myself apologizing why this is the first time we've met up in this room.

I don't have a good excuse.

So, you know, apologies and thanks for being here.

Yeah, thanks, Jonathan.

No, it's awesome to get up here.

And conversations have been good.

Usually a beer or two in hand, but it's sweet to be here. And to look around and see all the skis and stuff,

I just kind of got me like Jones in for ski season a little bit,

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