2gypsies wrote:
Take up Geocaching. It will take you to neat places you'd never dream of going. Even the grandkids would love it. There will probably be some hidden in your patch of woods or even in the nearby small town.
x2 -- we love geocaching. We've been to some amazing places that we would otherwise never have discovered. Been caching for about 8 years now and we do some form of geocaching pretty much every time we go camping.
What about biking, kayaking, canoeing, or metal detecting?
Bring your hobbies with you. My sister brings her scrapbooking supplies and I also have two friends who bring jewelry making stuff. One is a male friend who makes amazing chainmaille jewelry.
We sometimes bring candle making supplies and make cintronella candles (or refill our own that are getting low). This summer we made DIY firestarters out of wax and wood shavings -- some of which we plan to give as gifts over the holidays.
Sometimes we just sit around the fire with a glass of wine and talk.
We've been camping for 25+ years and I can't think of a specific time when I was ever bored.