The decorations have been taken down and put away with care, the company’s gone and you’re back to your regularly scheduled programming. Like many folks perhaps you made New Year’s resolutions…and if you’re anything like us, front and center is to go camping and RVing in 2011. And why not? Where else can you experience the beauty and abundance of nature, enjoy healthy outdoor activities, cook up a feast over the campfire and make family memories that will last forever…all on a budget any family can afford?
Whether you are looking for an epic adventure across the continent or a close-by weekend retreat, you’ll find the perfect RV park or campground on the find a park page at GoCampingAmerica.com. Book your camping adventure online or play it by ear. Stay in a tent, a motorhome or travel trailer, a yurt or a cabin. Visit a full-fledged resort offering planned activities and events or go back to nature in a quiet, reflective campground. Get away to the mountains, a lake, the desert, ocean or the Great Plains - it's up to you!
Camping and RV opportunities abound but chances are you already know this by heart. What are your 2011 camping and RVing plans? Big family affair? Romantic escape? Adventure rich? Leave a comment below and let us know how you plan to enjoy the bounty of our nation’s great outdoors – we’re excited to hear all about it!
If you're anything like me, you want to hold on to summertime as long as you can. It's this time of year that gardens are lush with the last of the year's fresh produce and basil plants everywhere are working overtime. To help you take advantage of the summer's bounty and offer you a quick and delicious dish to bring to any gathering, I'm tickled to share this episode of the RV Cooking Show - White Bean Pesto Dip and Pine Acres Family Camping, MA.
Lookin' good? Learn more about the Oakham-area and print this recipe (plus a good RV recipe for pesto) at the RV Cooking Show website.
Summer’s fleeting…take advantage of every opportunity to Go Camping America, meet and make friends, share stories and delicious dishes…RV life has it's rewards!
For some families the kids are already back in school; for others the start of the school year is just around the corner. Either way, all across the country the upcoming Labor Day weekend is a big summer weekend to go camping America. Plan to enjoy quality together time hiking and exploring, geocaching if that’s your thing, grilling some mighty tasty chops, and capping the perfect day around a roaring campfire (find campfire tips here).
Top it off by trying a delish fireside treat that’s sure to be a hit...doughboys. These little toasted tubes can be filled with your choice of fillings - chocolate syrup, jelly, pie filling, whipped cream - you get the picture - and enjoyed on the spot. Here’s how to make your own doughboys:
You’ll need a “stick” about 1 ½ inches in diameter and about 2 feet long (pick up an untreated wooden dowel at your local home improvement store and cut to length). Decorate the holding end with permanent markers (this makes a great campsite craft).
At the campfire, butter the doughboy end of the stick and using refrigerated biscuit dough roll a single biscuit into a snake shape. Spiral wrap the dough on the buttered end of the stick making sure the dough is sealed on the sides and end - creating a “tube”. Rotate/toast over the fire for about 5 minutes - until it’s brown and easily slips off the stick (careful - they’re hot). Fill and enjoy - bet you can eat more than one!!
Have you ever fancied yourself a treasure hunter - studying an aged treasure map and searching for that mysterious place where X marks the spot? Well, we can’t promise gold and gemstones but a high-tech treasure hunt is sweeping the nation - geocaching. With over a million caches stashed around the world - in cities, forests, on mountainsides, and even underwater - chances are there’s an adventure just around the corner. Geocaching has grown in popularity among RVers all age groups - families, boomers, retirees - anyone that relishes an exciting outdoor adventure.
The first step in geocaching is visiting http://www.geocaching.com/ to locate cache coordinates via zip code, state name or latitude/longitude. Then, using a handheld GPS unit or a GPS enabled iPhone, the hunters set out to locate the cache. And what exactly is a cache? Caches typically consist of a waterproof container hidden inconspicuously at the coordinates.
Inside the container you’ll find a logbook and a variety of goodies - perhaps a toy, map, small book, bauble or other silly, fun or even valuable item. No telling what treasure hunt plunder you’ll find!! Be sure to fill out the logbook with the date and time of your visit and leave something in exchange for a cache-goodie.
There are several types of caches, too. Many parks listed on GoCampingAmerica.com have stashed caches at their park. One of our favorites types of cache is what’s known as a Travel Bug. This “is a trackable item that moves from place to place, picking up stories along the way. You can add your own story when you’ve located a Travel Bug or live vicariously through each bug's adventures” according to Goeocaching.com’s Travel Bug page.
Sounds easy? Easy and fun! Enjoy this short, informative video and give it a try yourself. You’ll see what an exciting challenge and great RV travel fit geocaching really is.
This enterprising lad, commisioned a spoon as a memento of his Scottish holiday. He then went on to make a gift of this little spoon, he made with his Swiss army knife. Thank you, it's a treasure & we enjoyed having you & your family to camp.
When you're tired of cooking beans and bangers on your camp fire,visit Arbroath http://www.oldboatyard.co.uk/ or Marco's famous fish & chip shop (Daily Record).
Some people cook their potatoes on a campfire instead of using them as ears!
This little lass came in to camp carrying a teddy bear and left with a boat.
Whether you are looking for an epic adventure across the continent or a close-by weekend retreat, you’ll find the perfect RV park or campground on the find a park page at GoCampingAmerica.com. Book your camping adventure online or play it by ear. Stay in a tent, a motorhome or travel trailer, a yurt or a cabin. Visit a full-fledged resort offering planned activities and events or go back to nature in a quiet, reflective campground. Get away to the mountains, a lake, the desert, ocean or the Great Plains - it's up to you!
