Try Something New and Drag Your Kids to Travel Outdoors
Encourage your kids to go camping and you will have a different kind of experience. It may be not as comfortable as saying in a hotel, but the travel adventures that the outdoors can bring are irreplaceable.
Make sure to include your kids in planning the trip. To make the travel more enjoyable for youngsters, bring foods that are usually not allowed at home— candies, chocolate, and other sugar-rich, fatty goods.
It is also a good idea to travel with another family with children with the same age of yours. You can also ask your teen to tag along a friend.
To feel the outdoors more, keep the electronics away. This will also allow more quality time with your kids. Without their gadgets, they can entertain themselves with what nature can offer.
This year, more families seem to appreciate travel to camping sites. Campsite reservations and camping gear sales are up by 30 percent of last year. This may be because you can enjoy a night in a campsite for only $20.
The National Park Service would want to encourage outdoor travel by offering camping activities and free-entrance weekends on July 16-19 and August 15-16.
A camping trip does not need a lot to be entertaining. You can rent the necessary camping gears from companies like Eastern Mountain Sports or REI. For those who are not that into sleeping on the damp ground, there are pop-up campers and RV rentals at $35/day.
Planning activities may not be necessary either. Many camping clubs can organize the entire camping trip for you filled with outdoor activities and guided tours.
Efforts to encourage outdoor travel are available everywhere. REI stores have adventure journals that contain activities, sticker, games and more. The government even created The Office of Youth in Natural Resources that will coordinate youth initiatives.
Campgrounds nowadays have enough entertainment for your family— activities, pools, staffs and even your campsite neighbor.
But you must always ensure safety, especially your kids’. Kids can get lost easily so make sure that there is an adult that looks after the young ones. When hiking, hand each kid with a whistle, instruct them to have a buddy, always follow the trail, and in case they get lost—hug a tree while waiting to be found.
Your travel outdoor may be unpredictable — bugs, rain, injuries and stuff, but this experience with nature will be something your kids may remember for a long time.
