Last weekend I took my 9-year-old son Jack on his class camping trip. It was not only Jack’s first time camping but mine as well. Unless you count glamping I’ve never truly camped. I’ve stayed in some ...

I hated everything about the outdoors as a kid. Bugs. Dirt. Poison Ivy. No showers. No WiFi. Did I already mention the bugs? When I was young, family camping was at the very bottom of my family ...

When taking your kids camping for the first time, you should follow these simple tips to ensure it’s all smiles the whole trip. A few summers ago, my buddy and I took our kids camping. It wasn’t the ...

Experts give tips for the socially distant summer vacation of your dreams. Travelers looking to take a summer vacation but are concerned with crowds are increasingly looking at camping in light of ...

The word “charger” kept flashing in my mind like a red emergency light. The campsite had no electrical hook-up so I didn’t need it, I kept telling myself. I paced anxiously through my bedroom at home, ...

It’s the heart of summer, so temperatures have finally started warming up our lakes and most weekend forecasts are offering clear skies without a chance for rain. My point: it's the best time to go ...

Who doesn’t want to spend time in the great outdoors, sleeping under the stars, drinking campfire coffee, letting the sounds of nature lull you to sleep? Lots of people. But many of those people avoid ...

Other Americans like Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson may be more famous for waxing poetic about the wonders of living in nature — but, with camping season in full swing, a different man ...