Scouting Camping Locations
Were are we going to camp?
This is a familiar question. It's Friday afternoon, the kids are out of school, the family has agreed that this weekend "we're going camping". Only problem........WHERE?
While this might not be such a big problem if you've lived in an area a long time and know all the locations, if your new, or just starting out, there are a few questions that will need to be addressed, like where is the best location? Will there be any fees? Can we bring our pets? And so on.....
The first thing to do is the most obvious, what is that commercial? State Farm, "ask your friends and family". I'm sure someone has stayed at a place or knows someone who has stayed somewhere where they had a great time and highly recommends it. Take their advice.
Second would be to call around, are there parks in your area? Call them and see what they have. Check the yellow pages (who does that anymore?) or online. Hey, if you have a Verizon Android phone (advertisement you say?) there is an app available called ALOQA in there it list everything around you from restaurants to theaters to outdoor activities. It will list campsites in your area. Give it a shot.
The next (and my favorite) is to check and see what America has set aside for you to camp on (Ha Ha). I'm talking state parks and national parks and forests. I love the National Forests, they offer the most flexibility when it comes to camping. In the forest you are able to camp pretty much anywhere as long as it's, I believe, 100ft from the road. I'm not really a 'Disney World' camper, where your surrounded by people and they have every amenity known to man, so getting out in a Nat. Forest away from it all is nice.
Check a map, see what is around you, and then decide what would be best for you and your family. Follow the links below to find out about camping, rules and laws, and what's available in you area.
Reserve America - Great site to look for and reserve campsites in you area.
National Park Service - Find Parks in your area
National Forest - Find a National Forest in your area
And when all else fails (or before you try anything else) google it! Use your resources, do a little home work, and find the place that you'll all love.
Happy Camping!
This is a familiar question. It's Friday afternoon, the kids are out of school, the family has agreed that this weekend "we're going camping". Only problem........WHERE?
While this might not be such a big problem if you've lived in an area a long time and know all the locations, if your new, or just starting out, there are a few questions that will need to be addressed, like where is the best location? Will there be any fees? Can we bring our pets? And so on.....
The first thing to do is the most obvious, what is that commercial? State Farm, "ask your friends and family". I'm sure someone has stayed at a place or knows someone who has stayed somewhere where they had a great time and highly recommends it. Take their advice.
Second would be to call around, are there parks in your area? Call them and see what they have. Check the yellow pages (who does that anymore?) or online. Hey, if you have a Verizon Android phone (advertisement you say?) there is an app available called ALOQA in there it list everything around you from restaurants to theaters to outdoor activities. It will list campsites in your area. Give it a shot.
The next (and my favorite) is to check and see what America has set aside for you to camp on (Ha Ha). I'm talking state parks and national parks and forests. I love the National Forests, they offer the most flexibility when it comes to camping. In the forest you are able to camp pretty much anywhere as long as it's, I believe, 100ft from the road. I'm not really a 'Disney World' camper, where your surrounded by people and they have every amenity known to man, so getting out in a Nat. Forest away from it all is nice.
Check a map, see what is around you, and then decide what would be best for you and your family. Follow the links below to find out about camping, rules and laws, and what's available in you area.
Reserve America - Great site to look for and reserve campsites in you area.
National Park Service - Find Parks in your area
National Forest - Find a National Forest in your area
And when all else fails (or before you try anything else) google it! Use your resources, do a little home work, and find the place that you'll all love.
Happy Camping!
It's weird and it's almost automatic, but whenever I'm not sure about a word or a I want to know about a place/location, I always look it up in the search engines. And same as looking for camping locations, my first step would be searching through nearby places and listing their pros and cons.
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