We love spending outdoors during our free time and camping is one of our family’s favorite outdoor activities. The idea of camping overnight with kids can be overwhelming at first.However, with a little bit of courage, some preparation, and the right gear, camping with kids can be easy and enjoyable .This amazing outdoor activity will be so much more fun than you can imagine.At the end of your trip, the stories and experience will pull on you and you’ll be compelled to take your kids out almost every weekend for a fun camping trip.

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WHAT DO  YOU LEARN FROM CAMPING
Time spent camping is an investment.Here are a few life lessons from camping.

  • You needed a necessary unplug.
We are  adaptable creatures and technology has given us so many tools, but we simply aren’t made to be tuned into tech all day.When you extricate yourself from the digital web and get back to the simplest and most fundamental of things ,fire, starlight, rivers, trees, mountains,you’ll find your body and spirit were craving the remedy that is nature.
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If you are camping close to city, you may still have cell reception from your campsite,  Turn off your phone. You don’t know the next time you’ll get to experience this feeling. 

  •  Camping builds and strengthens bonds

 When we camp with friends or family, we rely on each other in many ways. Simple things become a team exercise .Working together to make camp, cook, stoke the fire, make music;you may discover new dimensions of bonding. 

  • Cooking with fire is primal and awesome

At camps,cuisine is often simplified to what can be heated with fire.Cooking over the open flame feels good and smells good. It warms our skin and paints the night in orange and yellow light. The taste of charred meat  is soul food.
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  •  You will be tempted to bring too much stuff
Remember, “simplicity is happiness.” Bring what you need with room for some musical instruments or board games.You don’t need to drain the camping supply store of every possible piece of gear. Be prepared, pack light, and enjoy the lack of stuff you don’t really need.What you do need is fresh air, the quiet of the wild, the brightness of stars, a blanket, a book, the murmur of a brook, and the smell of wood smoke .

  • Nature does not have to be  scary
     Without electricity and access to all of life’s comforts and commodities, one can’t be blamed for fearing for one’s safety.Although nature is an awesome and mysterious entity, we should question the  fear of all things wild. Yes, there are dangers.  But the more time we spend in nature, the less we’ll fear and the more we’ll grow to love and cherish nature.

  • Sleeping under the stars is everything
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  A return to nature can mean a return to the night sky as it truly is  a wondrous, inspiring, and beauty filled experience . If the weather is fair, spread your sleeping bag on the ground and peer into the glimmering lanterns of the galaxy. Fall asleep searching for shooting stars and satellites.

  •  Being a little  uncomfortable is good for you

Camping shouldn’t be an uncomfortable experience, but you may have to face life without padded walls for a few hours.  The point isn’t to suffer, but your sleeping arrangements don’t need to include a memory-foam mattress. Your shoulders and back may ache from the hike,you may feel chilly, so step closer to the fire. You may not have your favorite snack on hand, so you’ll appreciate what you do have. Go into the tiny discomforts with gratitude, and they’ll melt away by the light of the campfire.


  • You are out of touch with your circadian rhythm
    Spend a few consecutive nights in nature, away from artificial sources of illumination, and you’ll find yourself reverting to the natural cycles of light. You’ll wake when the sun rises instead of when the alarm clock chimes. You’ll grow tired when the stars shine.Without the artificial input of a thousand devices and the glare of a thousand light bulbs, you’ll find your circadian rhythm kicking in.The sun, moon, and stars ,our original time keepers,are the only light we really need.

  •  The best conversations happen around that campfire
The conversations and interactions while camping often have a deeper, more playful, and more soulful timbre. You’re not distracted with the million banalities of life; you can focus on this night, this fire, this small group of good people.

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