Amy and I decided to camp out in the backyard with the kids last night. We have the biggest tent in the world. We bought it several years ago. It has three “rooms” off of a center “room” and four zipper doors. It’s a six-man tent but it’s just mammoth. It’s more like a circus tent. Anyway, we got out our tent and all this camping gear that we have but never really use.
You see, we’ve tried camping in the backyard before but one of our kids has always been too young and it never really worked out. Invariably, one of us always ended up coming back into the house in the middle of the night with one of the kids. So, when Amy suggested we try it again, I was a little hesitant but all our kids are older now and it sounded like something fun to try. We did it and I’m glad we did. We had a great time and I’m proud to report that we made it through the night with no incidents. I guess we’re now officially ready to camp somewhere not so close to the house!
As Patti & I LOVE to camp, we can give you some great places to go.
Sticking close to home, try the Campground at Lake Lanier Islands. Ft. Yargo St Park in Winder has a GREAT campgound with bathhouses and a wqonderful swim beach.
If you really want to head off, I can show you one of the best places in the world to camp. It’s about a 2 hour drive, but I’ll gladly take a Friday off and drive you up there for a tour. Here’s some shots from one of our camping trips up there…
http://www.rapidfiredreams.com/camping2002/index.html
Robby
Robby, thanks for the recommendations!
Some of the best memories with my kids are when we took all three camping. The youngest had to be at least 4 or 5 years old and she loved it too. The boys loved camping at Unicoi State park and Moccasin Creek State park where they have a Junior Ranger program where they can earn badges for nature activities life making casts of animal foot prints and fly fishing lures. Some of our best vacations were so there and so cheap too!
Kathy, we’ve already decided that Unicoi is going to be our first real camping destination. I’ve never heard of Moccasin Creek park but we’ll definitely check it out. Thanks for the tip!