Americans, go camping tomorrow night...
Go camping in your back yard!
Tomorrow night, June 28, 2008, is the day that has been chosen for the 4th annual Great American Backyard Campout. The idea is for thousands of our countrymen (countryfamilies!) to come together in spirit and enjoy the great outdoors. Even if you can't get away to a proper campsite any time soon, I think this is a great opportunity to drag out your tents, sleeping bag, lanterns, and s'mores fixins, and do something different. I especially think this is a great opportunity for people with kids who have never gone camping. It can introduce them to the experience in a non-threatening way. (That applies to introducing your spouse, girlfriend, etc, to camping for the first time ... it's not as much of a wilderness- or away-from-home-experience, but it can get non-campers used to sleeping out of doors, in a tent, in the vicinity of mosquitoes, etc.)
So if the weather cooperates as much as my local weather forecast suggests it will, I think I'll pitch my tent in the yard, spread out some blankets in the grass for the dogs, and give it a go tomorrow night.
Tomorrow night, June 28, 2008, is the day that has been chosen for the 4th annual Great American Backyard Campout. The idea is for thousands of our countrymen (countryfamilies!) to come together in spirit and enjoy the great outdoors. Even if you can't get away to a proper campsite any time soon, I think this is a great opportunity to drag out your tents, sleeping bag, lanterns, and s'mores fixins, and do something different. I especially think this is a great opportunity for people with kids who have never gone camping. It can introduce them to the experience in a non-threatening way. (That applies to introducing your spouse, girlfriend, etc, to camping for the first time ... it's not as much of a wilderness- or away-from-home-experience, but it can get non-campers used to sleeping out of doors, in a tent, in the vicinity of mosquitoes, etc.)
So if the weather cooperates as much as my local weather forecast suggests it will, I think I'll pitch my tent in the yard, spread out some blankets in the grass for the dogs, and give it a go tomorrow night.
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