I guess campers can be divided into two classes. First there’s the purist. They take as little as necessary on their camping trips, sleep in a pup tent and prepare their own food. Their idea of camping is “roughing it” and “getting back to nature.”

Then there’s the accessorized camper. They aren’t intolerant to taking a few “creature comforts” along on their camping vacation. This could include simple luxuries, such as a gas lantern or cook stove, high-tech items, such as a radio and cell phone, all the way up to a $250,000 60-foot motor home towing a luxury SUV. You’ll find these folks not out in the remote wilderness, but at an established campground or RV park enjoying park facilities, such as swimming pools, fishing ponds, video arcades and live entertainment.

Regardless of which category you fall into GoCampingAmerica.com would like you to carry at least one high-tech item with you when you go camping this summer: a video camera.

For the first time since their inception and possibly the first time since man began camping, GoCampingAmerica.com, in association with El Monte RV and the summer blockbuster movie “Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer,” is holding a nationwide contest to find America’s best camping trip video.

“We’re looking for 2 to 3 minutes of your best camping video,” said Kera Tomlin, director of marketing for GoCampingAmerica.com. “The only requirement is the video be family friendly, that it capture the essence of having a ‘not bummer summer’ and that it be taken at a campground, RV park or resort featured on the GoCampingAmerica website.”

All videos must be taken and submitted between June 1 and Labor Day (midnight Sept. 5).

GoCampingAmerica.com has come up with a unique high-tech way of selecting the winners, which may be a first as well. Rather than having the winning entries selected by a panel of judges or by a popular vote alone, each video clip will be posted on the popular internet site YouTube and votes will be tallied using the “favorites” option. The top seven videos will be entered into random drawings for prizes. The first drawing will be held between the two top vote-getters to select first and second place. Third place will be determined by a drawing from the remaining five entries. All entrants have the opportunity to invite friends, neighbors and anyone else they can convince to go on YouTube and vote for their video clip. Most likely the winners will be the photographers that were best able to promote their video. Campers are invited to submit their entry forms at http://www.GoCampingAmerica.com/VideoContest and upload their video on GoCampingAmerica’s YouTube channel.

Top prize is a week-long motor home trip courtesy of El Monte RV and free camping at GoCampingAmerica.com affiliated campgrounds. Second place is seven days and six nights of lodging at a GoCampingAmerica park. Other prizes include a $100 Camping World gift certificate, a $100 movie ticket certificate and Judy Moody movie related promotional items.

“Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer” is based on the best-selling book series by Megan McDonald and stars Australian child star Jordana Beatty whose feature film career began in “Superman Returns.” Other stars more familiar to American audiences include Heather Graham, who was a winner of the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and starred in “The Hangover,” and Jaleel White, who is best known for his role as the nerdy Steve Urkel in the long running TV comedy “Family Matters.” The movie follows the antics of a somewhat dramatic third-grade girl in her attempt to have the most awesome summer ever.