Florida camping can be expensive. My wifa Ana and I paid $23 to camp in our conversion van one night. Of course, it was at a beautiful state park on the beach, and in the morning we saw a dolphin swimming near shore.

Florida camping can be inexpensive too. While at the beach, we heard we could camp for free at the isolated campgrounds which dotted the Apalachicola National Forest. Naturally, our frugality sent us into alligator country.

We camped two nights in the dark woods, next to the dark waters of a slow river. (more…)

Do you have a weekend without anything to do or a weekend when you don’t want to do anything?  I know what I’d do.  I would pack up the truck and head for the woods.  Sitting by a camp fire with your favorite people solves many problems, so you shouldn’t wait too long between fires.  My favorite thing to do on a weekend is to camp.  Are you looking for an easy way to camp?  How about car camping?  I love it!

First of all, let’s define car camping?  When you can drive your vehicle right up to the camp site, that’s called car camping.  Even if you’re driving a truck it’s still called car camping.  The advantage of car camping versus primitive or base camping is that you can take anything you want with you.  If you want to take a hammock or huge grill or a stack of magazines, you can.  Load your car or truck with food, clothing, shelter, bedding, games and anything else you want to take along and get going.  It’s really that simple. (more…)