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2010 Great American Backyard Campout is Coming Soon!

2010 Great American Backyard Campout is Coming Soon!

Get your tents all waterproofed and ready! The 2010 Great American Backyard Campout is June 26, 2010. This is a great event to get the family outside, even if it is in your back yard. My son and I have participated in this for the past couple of years. It’s a relaxed way of camping. [...]

Worlds Best Camping Sites

Worlds Best Camping Sites

(Guest Post)
For some people, watching a near-death survival program is about as close as we get to the great outdoors. Setting up a tent for the weekend in a field in the countryside gets you one step closer to communing with nature, even if there are wash rooms, fully fledged toilets (with flushes and everything) [...]

June 2010 is National Camping Month

June 2010 is National Camping Month

June 2010 is the second annual National Camping month. What are you going to do outside? Maybe check out a local park. Or get off the beaten path and explore a new camp site?
Here are some articles that might help you out on your camping adventure:

Fun things to do when camping
Things to take camping
Quick and [...]

The WondaWedge!

The WondaWedge!

You have to check out the WondaWedge! It’s a pretty cool way to sit and relax and it takes up very little space when it’s deflated. Below is a picture of it in use. After trying it out he didn’t want to get up! He said it was very comfortable. This will definitely be added [...]

Womp’em Sticks

Womp’em Sticks

Womp’em Sticks! Weird name, interesting product! Here’s the low down on these sticks: you grease up the end of the stick, wrap a biscuit or 2 on the end and cook it on your camp fire. The result is a perfect pocket for your food! Some of my ideas to fill the baked biscuit:

Scrambled eggs [...]

Camping With Kids

Camping With Kids

I recently went on a camping trip with my niece and nephew (6 and 8), their Nan and my husband. When the kids first got to the camp site their reaction was of utter misery! First comments were ‘there’s nothing to do!’. Nan was thinking we were going to have to drive them into town [...]

Popup Camper Camping

Popup Camper Camping

The following post is a guest post from the writers at Camper Trailer Titan. They specialize in reviewing folding campers, travel trailers, and camper trailers of all shapes and sizes.
If you are like many other outdoor enthusiasts out there today, the thoughts of going camping for a weekend or even the entire Summer may seem [...]

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