| Camping can be a very fun and cheap activity for | | | | or at night, bike riding, or rollerblading (make sure you |
| you and your whole family to enjoy. With the daily | | | | check that these activities are allowed at the |
| cost of living increasing many parents are searching | | | | camping ground, and also that you have the required |
| for a fun vacation for the entire family. Cheap | | | | safety gear), younger children tend to love singing |
| camping can be right around the corner from you. | | | | songs or playing word games around a camp fire. |
| Once you purchase most of the gear you need most | | | | Its much easier to keep the younger kids entertained |
| of the cost of the trip is gone. Camping gear can be | | | | the teenagers are the more difficult ones. Ask them |
| used for years if treated properly, and especially if | | | | for suggestions on things they would enjoy this could |
| you are tent camping you can normally purchase a | | | | go a long way on making sure that they have fun |
| site for a very cheap cost. Therefore making most | | | | and want to come back again. Sometimes letting |
| of the money you are spending for you trip on food. | | | | them bring a friend along can also help keep their |
| If you planning for an rv camping trip it may cost | | | | interest peeked. |
| you a little more for a site as you will normally | | | | Family camping should be planned ahead of time. |
| choose an electric site to hook up your camper. On | | | | There are many camping tips available to help you |
| average most campgrounds charge anywhere | | | | plan your trip. Plan meals ahead of time so that you |
| between 10-50 dollars per night depending on the | | | | know you have enough food and the proper tools to |
| location of the site and the demand. If you plan to | | | | cook the food. Make sure you familiarize yourself |
| stay in a cabin the cost will most likely be doubled. | | | | with all the rules of the grounds that way you are |
| However some people feel more comfortable in a | | | | prepared for what you can and can not bring. Make |
| cabin. | | | | sure especially if you are tent camping you lock up all |
| Looking for ways to entertain yourself and your | | | | food and leave no crumbs behind. This will help keep |
| family on your camping trip can seem like a daunting | | | | unwanted animals out of your space. Make sure you |
| task if you've never camped before. Many sites have | | | | have all the equipment you will need. |
| their own camping activities such as playgrounds for | | | | Leaving something vital behind could make for a |
| children, tennis and basketball courts, baseball | | | | rough experience. Be sure you know how to properly |
| diamonds, hiking trails, lakes with beaches or fishing, | | | | build a campfire and also extinguish it too. Make sure |
| picnic grounds, mini golf, paddle boats, bird watching, | | | | you bring the proper clothing for the weather. Also |
| horseshoe pits, among some other on site activities. | | | | make sure that you leave natur e beautiful and help |
| Other games that are popular among campers are | | | | the next camper enjoy the site. |
| card games, and board games to play on rainy days | | | | |