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Comment by Sandra on July 15, 2011 at 7:59pm

Yup, I know what you mean.  There's a KOA not far from my town - perfect for a quick getaway.  In general, they do tend to cater to kids and families.  But anyone is welcome.

Comment by Laurene on May 23, 2011 at 1:57pm

This might be old news to some of you but we have a local KOA that we've been going to recently, just to get out of the house.  Wow!  This one is really kid friendly!  They have a petting zoo, "jumping pillow," pool and a variety of additional activities including planned activities.  (I haven't been to a KOA since I was a small child, 35+ years ago and this is all new to me.)  This KOA isn't out "in nature" but when we can't get out of the city, "farm country" is a good substitute.  We just went this past weekend with 3 other families and what a great time we all had!  I feel like I've found one of family camping's best kept secrets.  We prefer camping further out of the city in state and federal campgrounds, but what a great alternative when those options are not available!

Comment by Laurene on January 27, 2011 at 12:27pm

Wonderful to hear, Bart.  I'm glad you're not missing the RV too much:-)  Happy camping!

Comment by Sandra on January 26, 2011 at 12:57pm

Glad to hear you had a great time Bart!  Here's to many family camping trips in the future!

Comment by Bart Sheldon on January 26, 2011 at 10:44am

@ Sandra E. & Laurene thank you so much for your help for us new tent campers ! we jest got back from are first 3 day camping trip in are new tent all of us had A good time and all went well ! We did not even miss are RV. well ok maybe A little lol... can't wait for are next trip to blue spring state park (Florida) thank you Bart ,

Comment by Sandra on January 15, 2011 at 9:35pm

What you take tent camping somewhat depends on the level of comfort you want.  I've tent-camped for nearly 40 years as an adult and have slept on the ground, on an air mattress (the cheap ones leak), on a sleeping pad, on a cot, and on one of those full or queen-sized mattresses that are more like a regular bed mattress only you fill them with air.

Currently I sleep on a good 1" air mattress on top of an extra wide cot.  I think I sleep better there than in my own bed at home.

What I'll do is create a discussion in the Tent Camping group that covers what you should bring on a tent campout.

Remember, you can cram your car full and pull a U Haul full of stuff - or you can think it through and take just what you'll really need.

Check out my post later today or tomorrow in the tent campers group at http://www.campers-index.com/group/tentcampers.

 

Comment by Laurene on January 15, 2011 at 4:00pm

Sandra Essary also created a blog called "camping checklist."  She has a really nice list that she created.  Looks a little more streamlined than the one I gave you.  Here's the link to the blog. 

http://www.campers-index.com/profiles/blogs/camping-checklist

Read the comments, there are some good additions to her list.

Comment by Laurene on January 15, 2011 at 3:51pm

We used to tent camp but haven't for a while, though Big Sur has a nice list that I used when we first started going out. Here's the link.

http://www.bigsurcalifornia.org/pdf/2005/CarCampChecklist.pdf

One thing I noticed that wasn't on the list was wash tubs.  We always had a wash and rinse tub for doing dishes.

I hope this is a good start. 

Comment by Bart Sheldon on January 15, 2011 at 1:40pm

NEW TENT CAMPERS NEED HELP!!! Hi we have A 6 and 8 year old and do to $$$ we had to sell are class C' rv. last fall  and we live in Florida and we did not think we would miss camping so much but we all do . so we got us A big 3 room tent . we started to get are camping things out for tent camping most of are things came out of are RV. so we started puting all the things we think we may need . OMG I cant even get All the stuff in the van. so you people that do this all the time can help me the must haves to take tent camping that would help ! jest rember we are NOT back packers we go to state parks and like Disney camping we are A rv people with A tent lol... so any tips would help so much till we can get the hang of tent camping thank you !!

Comment by Shawn Englund on June 26, 2010 at 3:00pm

We are going to Gooseberry Falls state park in MN. Its along the north shore of Supior Lake. We are bringing our three oldest kids with (6 1/2, 12 and 13 3/4) but leaving our two little ones (9 months and 2 1/2) home with gramma and grampa. It would be too much hiking for them two. I'm a little nervous about our 6 1/2 yr old with us for the first time hiking. She's not much of a hiker. Any Ideas on how to keep her mind off the fact that she's walking sooooooo far? (it's not that far) Perhaps make it like a scavnger hunt?

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