drsteve wrote:
Our two daughters grew up camping, almost from the day they were born. When they got to the age where hanging out with just Mom and Dad was uncool, we let them each bring a friend, which solved the problem. Now that they are grown, they still love to camp.
Back in the early 80's when I was a kid and there were no seatbelt rules, my parents used to let us bring friends camping all the time. Plus, I had some cousins that practically lived with us in the summers since we lived out in the country, so they often went along. Anyways, one Friday, my dad took us 3 kids, my 3 cousins, and 3 or 4 of our friends and packed us all in the station wagon for a weekend of camping at Ryerson Station State Park in PA about an hour away from home. Mom had to work Saturday morning so she didn't come down until the next day. So it was just Dad and about 9 or 10 kids ranging in age from maybe 12 or 13 down to 6 or 7. Oh yeah....this was tent camping too. No comfy RV's or anything. I think he is almost recovered from that trip. HAHA!!