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Jan 16, 2018

How much longer will we get to enjoy camping with our son?

Our son is 11 1/2...got into the TT thing when he was four...did it based on my memories of how much we enjoyed our family's Shasta trailer (remember those???) when I was growing up...

It's been tremendous...we've been all around Texas and into Oklahoma...two dozen state parks, with repeat trips to most...and RV resorts...and county parks...and commercial operations...and 'other govt agency' parks....we go somewhere maybe 6-10 times a year...used to hear, 'Daddy, when are we going to the trailer again???'

He's now 11 1/2...and, in most ways, still a little boy...but, for how much longer?

In the experience of those who've RV'ed as their children came up, at what age did the child lose interest/think it's not 'cool' any more to go camping with the parents/get too busy to go camping? And, any ideas on how to keep him interested? I know every situation is different...just trying to hear from others re. general experiences and ideas

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  • This fall was our first taste of too busy to camp. Our older boy is 13 and in 8th grade. He got into marching band and we didn’t camp from mid August to November. Not cool. Now we did go to Florida in August and we went out in nov for a few days. We plan on a spring break trip and few trip a this summer but times are changing. Not really sure how much longer we have camping.