I agree with everyone, but it's not me you have to convince :(
I considered taking the kids by myself, but honestly 1/2 the fun of camping is the people you go with. At least for me it is.
I may have to replace my camping friends with ones who are willing to "rough it" without full hookups. :D
Tuckahoe does have a dump station. And bath houses of course. When we have e/w/s, we don't leave our tanks open...we dump only when they're full. So seriously, we would dump on the way out when we leave. No big deal. We haven't camped without water before, but I can read the manual well enough to test and make sure the water pump works before we leave home. I'm pretty sure it's the switch next to the water heater switches.
I'm amazed at how much cheaper these parks are. It's nice to camp at the places with all the amenities but seriously it's at least 2x as much at the private campgrounds. That alone is enough to make me try it.
We have been considering Elk Neck too. I like to do the first trip very close to home to make sure everything works and that we didn't forget everything, but Elk Neck would probably work fine.
I'm pretty persuasive (translation: annoying! LOL) so I'm going to keep nagging away in hopes I'll wear them down. I think I may also take the kids just for a picnic & day trip when it warms up. If they like the playground and trails enough, they can join in the nagging...that might help too.
Dahkota, we haven't done Assateague yet. I'd like to try but a couple of our friends told my husband how bad the biting flies were so I haven't brought it up again. Maybe they wouldn't be as bad in the shoulder seasons?
