Easy escape: backyard camping
August 29, 2008
My family likes to camp. We celebrated Holden's birthday with a camp-out. We joined a bunch of friends on a camping trip when I was pregnant. But somehow, getting all our ducks in a row to reserve the spot, pack the kids, have everyone be healthy, and get some friends to join us is doubly hard with a second kid. Poor baby went and got a fever the night we already had the car packed for our last would-be camping trip.
Even though we have lots of ideas for real and pretend camping (and crazy alterna-sleepovers), sometimes you just want to save the hassle of going anywhere and still sleep under the stars (or the cloud cover that passes for the night sky). Pitch a tent in your own backyard!
Aimee Greeblemonkey from Being Savvy: Denver reminds us that there are many advantages to this kind of camping adventure:
- Cooking on your own backyard grill for dinner
- Only having to bring out the essentials
- NO TRAFFIC!
- Getting kids used to camping in a familiar environment
- Being able to easily cater the experience to kids of varying ages
- Asking over your child's friend to join you with minimal fuss
- Less laundry at the end of the "trip"
- And best of all: INDOOR PLUMBING just a few steps away!
All that and we can grill up our breakfast or walk to the Homemade Cafe. Niiiice.
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