Good Morning,

I know I have talked about this a little bit recently but I felt it necessary to talk about it again so please just bear with me.

I have received sevearl emails in the last week asking “what is there to do when you are camping” or “how do you occupy your kids while camping”.

My guess is that these people have never been camping and so have no idea the variety of activities available at most campgrounds and/or state parks.

If anything when we go camping it’s not a matter of there isn’t enough to do it’s more a matter of there isn’t enough time to do everything.

Here’s just the first couple of things that pop into my head:

fishing, swimming, hiking, canoing, whitewater rafting, arts & crafts, organized games, crabbing, surfing, eating, tennis, basketball, volleyball, softball, soccer and shopping.

Sounds pretty impressive right? Well it is.

And the best part is that most if not all of the stuff on that list is at or near just about every campground that you will find in New Jersey.

Private campgrounds tend to have more organized activities then State Parks do. Actually to be brutally honest State Parks don’t have anything organized. Combine that with the fact that you don’t have any hookups or other amenities and you know why you only pay $15 a night at a State Park Campground.

Don’t get me wrong, if you look at my Site Reviews section you will see that I sincerely enjoy camping in State Parks. But, it does take a little more planning and organization to keep the kids occupied and enjoying themselves if you are camping in a State Park then if you were in a private campground.