Going camping

When we go camping, we always se tents, so we make sure we have plenty of blankets, even in the summer, if you're in the mountains, it gets cold at night. (we always camp in the North Georgia Mountains). The blankets are also extra padding on the ground, if it's cold and you use an air mattress, the air in it gets cold too, and you freeze, so we just use the blankets. We take a couple of pots and pans for cooking, and dishes, it's easy to wash them, and better than throwing away plastic and styrofoam. We found it's better to take our food with us, when you go other places, they food brands may be different and it may cost more. Especially if the children like only certain foods, you may not be able to find it somewhere else. Make sure you have enough to keep the children entertained. Keep snacks and drinks handy for them too. We always bring our own toilet paper too, even if they have facilities there, you never know if they'll have toilet paper. Well, I hope that's a start for you.

I read one of the responses here and in your comment yous ay your going in January. Boy, I wish I lived in a city that we could go camping in January. I guess this means you can go camping all year round. Lucky you. We only have a few short months that we get to go camping. We can go from June to September. We go on the weekends most of the time and then we go for a week. We take our camper most of the time so everything we need is in it already. We make sure we have lots of blankets and clothes and food and water.

hmmmmmmmmmm many kids under 5? camping? tents or vans to sleep in make them smores things plenty of chips and snack foods hot dogs on sticks its motly about being outside and fire bring an old guitar and harmonicas tell ghost stories maybe a telescope maybe some Audubon Society books to identify nature things comfy sleeping bags, and some rubber mats plenty of drinks firewood, steaks, hot dogs , chips, popcorn , etc soda and cool aid and watermelon too maybe some games too

Hello dear!!I wish you all happy as you can have it!!You will need it!!I am not that type,I prefer hotels for my vacations!You will tell me after all this how you felt?But don't forget to take a lotion for little bugs whole you are in camp!!Have a nice camping Silvana

Take every moment on your holiday tour fresh and enjoy every moment of it friend.. And dont forget to start a topic on your holiday tour experience after your come, here in mylot. Take care and have a nice day.

Hi violeta-va:) I dont know either,haha.Ive never been camping in a park before,only at a small camp site in the deep woods in a tent:{I do hope you enjoy your stay and live it up.:) Peanutjar:)

When you say that you are going camping... I take that you mean in a tent. The success of camping is to be prepare for any kind of weather. That means plenty of ropes in case it is windy and plenty of plastic tarpaulins in case it rains. There is nothing worse than being wet and everything being wet when you are camping. The tarpaulins can also be used to provide shade... providing that you have some poles to put a canape up in the air. Telescopic poles are the best. You also need an extra pack of pegs... strong metal ones... for your extra ropes. Elastics like those used to tie up things on a roof rack are better than ropes as they don't get loose in the wind. For 25 years... all my holidays were camping holidays. I camped in dozen of locations from Melbourne to Cairns... in all kind of weather. I had a full trailer of camping equipment. I would setup for the worse... and then I could relax... no matter what did happen. I don't know of your situation. If you have never been camping... does that mean that you have no camping equipment? What kind of tent will you have?If you have no experience with this and a bunch of kids under 5... it will probably be a nightmare... but I hope not for your sake. Camping is an art... like everything else. It takes practice to get good at it. You also need a gas stove and some gas lights... unless you are getting a powered site. But electrics and rain don't mix very well. It is also handy to have a couple of plastic jerricans to store water... so that you don't have to go and fetch water every five minutes. You need an ice box. Chairs and table are optional. All depends how much confort you want. Don't forget to take a couple of torches with you.