Nature Net News - August 2011 - Camping
Nature Net News Your source for tips & tricks for exploring nature with your kids Dear Reader, Summer is ending soon, and what better way to celebrate these last halcyon days than to get away for a weekend and live amongst nature? "The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth." Horace Kephart I remember, as a little girl, sitting around the campfire with my family, lighting marshmallows aflame with glee. I also remember when the fire burned down to embers, telling ghost stories before going to bed and startling at every strange and exciting sound I heard that night. Camping is not only a way to spend a vacation, but a way to instill a connection with the natural world. This is important, especially in these times when many children don't get outside as much as their parents or grandparents did in their childhood. Camping is a fun way to remedy that, promoting fami...