Camping Makes For A Great Family Vacation
February 5th, 2010
Camping Makes For A Great Family Vacation
If youre looking to take the kids on vacation but youre strapped for cash that tends to eliminate a lot of vacation ideas. Cruises while reasonable arent so reasonable when you have to take the entire clan and the economy isnt so good. Road trips require lots of gas and restaurant stops and plane tickets will likely cost you more than both of the above put together. A good vacation idea for the entire family that wont cost you a lot of money is to take them camping. Camping equipment isnt that expensive when you consider that you can use it over and over again and all you need to buy is food for all of you. Youll have a blast and youll save loads of money as you enjoy nature with your camping expedition.
What To Buy
You dont need a lot to enjoy a good camping trip. You just need a tent maybe some sleeping bags though blankets will work perfectly and then everything else is just extra. Some people like to go all out when they go camping. They like to buy propane grills for cooking portable stoves for boiling water and making soup pots and pans and other cooking and eating utensils and everything else they need to completely enjoy themselves while out in the great outdoors. However if you truly want to rough it all you need is shelter some food and water and nature. Thats it. So it all comes down to how much you actually want to rough it and how many luxuries you want while youre camping.
Food
Dont forget food. Unless you want to catch or fish for all your food youll want to take something with you. There are ready to eat meals you can buy at many camping stores or you can bring ingredients and cook things yourself. A great idea is to buy a camping cookbook that will provide you with many recipes so that youre not stuck eating the same things all the time. With these camping cookbooks all you need are a few basic ingredients. This is ideal if youre going to be hiking to your camping spot. Remember the less you have to carry the better off youll be.
Water
Also dont forget water. You can live several days without food but without water you wont last very long. Take along canteens or at least a few water bottles each depending on how long youll be camping. That way you can each be able to stay hydrated throughout your camping trip.
Thats all you need to enjoy your fun and extremely fun family camping vacation.
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