What are your fun family activites while camping?
I thought I would ask this question two fold… What are your family camping traditions? And what activities do you find yourself doing the most with younger children?
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I so enjoyed reading all the replies to OP, brought back a flood of memories. We too did many of the things mentioned. Seems like we didn't really have to entertain them much, they made friends easily with other campers, we always had bikes along and just about always had our car-top boat as well.
One thing I didn't see mentioned; seemed we were often on water, lakes or Puget Sound, so I always had my wife's late grandfathers hand powered drill and wood bits and we would make the most incredible wooden boats from drift wood mostly. I always tried to build the boats simple, only a couple nails would be needed, maybe a little string. Sails would be made with leaves, ballast would be a rock. I'd make a boat, then my kids would create one and then neighbor campers would built them. We'd cast them off with out-going tides or winds, or down a river.
Sometimes we would find them back the next day on a beach hike. My kids were kind of sad to let them go, even though it may have been as simple as a piece of bark with a branch sticking out of it.
All the best and Happy New Year. Hans
One thing I didn't see mentioned; seemed we were often on water, lakes or Puget Sound, so I always had my wife's late grandfathers hand powered drill and wood bits and we would make the most incredible wooden boats from drift wood mostly. I always tried to build the boats simple, only a couple nails would be needed, maybe a little string. Sails would be made with leaves, ballast would be a rock. I'd make a boat, then my kids would create one and then neighbor campers would built them. We'd cast them off with out-going tides or winds, or down a river.
Sometimes we would find them back the next day on a beach hike. My kids were kind of sad to let them go, even though it may have been as simple as a piece of bark with a branch sticking out of it.
All the best and Happy New Year. Hans
