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I grew up going camping with my Girl Scout troop and hubbyman went a few times with his family as well, so it seemed fitting that we would start camping with our kids. We first went camping before we had children, but once we had our daughter we did a practice run in our backyard. She had to make it the whole night with daddy in the backyard before we would go “real” camping. We’ve been several times now and she is a camping pro. She’s only 6 and helps with the tent and cooking and just enjoys being out in nature.
Since, I have been sharing my camping recipes with you, I wanted to tell you about a cool program coming up that I just heard about. The National Wildlife Federation puts on the annual Great American Backyard Campout on June 25th. You can camp individually, as a family, or a group. Pick a spot (your backyard or a campground), register your event (using the above link), and then you can take donations to benefit the NWF if you choose. Cool, isn’t it!
Want to go camping? Here is my basic Family Camping Checklist to get your family started.
Some of my camping recipes:
Hawaiian Donuts
Chicken Fajitas
Egg & Sausage Scramble
Ham Packets
Some other great resources:
Camping Forums (great message board for all levels of campers)
Let’s Go Camping Article at Celebrating Family
Find a state specific camping site, like the one for AZ: Camp Arizona
I love camping out in the wild and over the years I have found that the best thing is always to spend it with family. Its good that at a young age your daughter also learns to love your activity. Cooking during camping will be more enjoyable if you could keep your food fresh. Don’t forget to invest on high quality and affordable coolers which you can bring wherever you go. With that, camping will be a whole lot of fun, no worries, no hassle.
Hello! Fellow blogaholic member 🙂 I grew up camping too and can’t wait to
Take my boys! Great checklist!
New follower!
Paula
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Neat! Visiting from the Alexa hop! I’m a new follower & would love if you could visit/follow me too! Thanks! Have a great day!
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Visiting from the Alexa Hop (kelly’s lucky) I would love if you could visit me too!
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Thanks so much for sharing this with us! I LOVE your Family Camping Checklist! So handy! http://www.scribd.com/doc/57344022/Family-Camping-Checklist
I want to go!!! I want to go!!! I have such great memories of camping with my girl scout troop too. And my elementary school used to do big school camping trips. It was great. I haven’t been in ages! Maybe I’ll get involved in the great american campout too! Great idea. First timer here…can’t wait to poke around some more. I already love what I see! Thanks for the inspiration!
Lots of yummy love,
Alex aka Ma What’s For Dinner
www.mawhats4dinner.com
Oh man this looks good!!
I want the donut!!
Hi, I found you through the Welcome Wednesday Blog Hop and am your newest follower. I love camping and I am definitely going to check out the link you posted! I am following you on your GFC. If you get a chance stop over and check out my “Cupboard”…..hope to see you soon!
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