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Camping — Fun and Frugal

We slept under the stars
Creative Commons License photo credit: sim­pol­o­gist

“Camp­ing: The art of get­ting closer to nature while get­ting far­ther away from the near­est cold bev­er­age, hot shower and flush toi­let.” ~ Author Unknown

I’ll be camp­ing this week­end with my fam­ily. Camp­ing is a great way to get out, expe­ri­ence nature, and really get to spend some time with those you love. It also ends up being a pretty rea­son­able option for get­ting away for a few days. We’ll be pretty close to home, about an hour away. Gas prices can be an issue, but if you can find some­thing close, then, again, it’s not going to break the bank. Food costs usu­ally aren’t too bad as you bring most of your items along. If you haven’t camped before, then there are some startup costs to deal with (tent, sleep­ing bags, grill, etc.). But these items can be used many times over.

We camp with a pop up camper, and bought it used sev­eral years ago. It has served us well.

As we quickly approach the sum­mer sea­son (here in the United States), let’s all try to find ways to have some fun with those we love. If you can do it at a rea­son­able cost, then there is an added ben­e­fit. I believe that vaca­tion time is impor­tant, and am will­ing to spend a bit extra to make this indul­gence memorable.

Have a great weekend!

Lance writes sto­ries from his heart, aim­ing to inspire and moti­vate, as you align more fully with YOUR true peak. When he’s not here, you can find him hang­ing out with his fam­ily, rid­ing a bike, or just gen­er­ally act­ing goofy.   Sign up for the Thoughts from the Tree­house newslet­ter and get addi­tional inspi­ra­tion in your email inbox!
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  1. Stephanie says:
    May 29, 2008 at 9:54 pm

    Lance, thanks for your com­ment on my blog. When I sub­scribed to yours, this post was some­thing I could have writ­ten! We also went camp­ing over the week­end, includ­ing the big kids with their babies. Good fam­ily time. My hus­band and I use our Pon­tiac Aztec with the camp­ing add-on pack­age to sleep in — off the ground and on an air mat­tress. A step up from the tent. Pop-ups are cool — we had one when the kids were lit­tle. They loved it; to them it was like a play­house. Last year we had a big 50th birth­day party for my hus­band — a cook­out and camp­ing in our back yard for our friends from out of state. We had so much fun we’re turn­ing into an annual event. I’m so glad sum­mer is here!

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  2. scheng1 says:
    April 2, 2010 at 8:07 am

    Haven’t tried camp­ing before. I doubt I want to camp in Sin­ga­pore, too urban­ized for camp­ing. Camp­ing in the rain­for­est is unthink­able either.
    .-= scheng1´s Last Fab­u­lous Post ..How to spend less with­out being mis­er­able by Richard Tem­plar =-.

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