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And I always thought that green and RVing didn’t mix. Well, this is no longer the case. As it turns out you can actually save energy by going RVing.

My worst memories about tent camping are related to sleeping on a lousy air mattress.  Waking up with an aching back can ruin your whole camping experience, don’t you think?

What makes family camping memorable? Oh, the outdoors, hiking, swimming and ...eating around the campfire. Even now, when we have our trailer, we still enjoy eating outside and sitting around the campfire the most. Simply put: nothing beats al fresco experience! 

Tents come in quite a few shapes and sizes. Some are dome shaped and some have an A-shape, some are more house-like shaped and some are a combination. Some tents, especially the larger and taller ones, use aluminum poles and outside ropes and stakes to support them. The dome tents tend to be stand alone structures, supported by flexible poles connected by stretchable cord running inside them.

In general there are two types of sleeping bags when it comes to their shape: rectangular and a mummy. Rectangular is your regular sleeping bag while the mummy is contoured to the body shape and has a hood. As you may have guessed the mummy is for colder weather and more severe conditions. If you are planning winter camping, fall camping in a colder climate or some mountain climbing then you should invest in one of those.

Back in our tent camping days we visited a wonderful park of Awenda, right on the shores of Georgian Bay. The sun was shining and the forecast predicted a weekend of beach weather. Just what I like.

So you are taking your kids on the camping adventure. What could be more adventurous than watching some wildlife after dark?

Here are some tips:

Car seats are paramount to our children’s safety in a car while we are driving, yet majority of them are not installed correctly.

This year instead of making all the same resolutions that I won’t keep I decided to make some fresh resolutions that I would look forward to. What a novel idea! So what can I do to improve my and my family’s life this year without too much trouble.

Aren’t you going camping this holiday season? Neither am I.
But this does not mean we cannot have any camping fun.

If you are planning some road trips this winter, or even winter camping, you need to put some extra items in your car for added safety and comfort. Be prepared! Winter experience of camping is very different from summer camping. Even if you consider yourself an expert in the summer doesn’t mean that you are an expert in winter.

Believe it or not, this is the perfect season to purchase gifts for any camper on your list. As we are in the off-season for camping, a lot of stores with camping gear hold their sales. The same goes for on-line retailers.

Winter is almost here! Hurray for the winter sports, goodbye to camping (for most of us anyway).

Oh, the memories: smell of the campfire and the starry skies!

Leave No Trace is an international program promoting environmental awareness and responsible behaviour in the great outdoors, whether you are camping, hiking, canoeing or enjoying any other outdoor activity.
It has established 7 principles to guide us: