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Tomorrow I head north to the Sawtooth Mountains for a camping trip. I’m meeting my parents, siblings and their families for a few days of fun and 
frivolity in a lovely setting. My husband is staying home, though. He’s not a “happy camper”.
At any rate, as I bought the sandwich stuff for lunch on Wednesday (my responsibility), my husband made a comment about spending money. Which made me laugh because I spent $20 on stuff to take. The camping trip (with gas + other costs) will be significantly less than our recent excursion to Boise. Indeed, camping is one of those frugal vacation ideas. Provided, of course, that you get a tent and sleeping bags, rather than going a more expensive RV route. Here is how we will save money by camping over another type of vacation:
- Fix all of our own food, rather than eating out.
- Sleep in a tent (I do bring an old air mattress) rather than paying for a hotel. The campground costs between $5 and $20 per night.
- Swim in the lake, rather than having to pay for entrance elsewhere.
- Plenty of free activities for the kids and the adults (hiking, running around with each other, identifying plants and animals). My sister is bringing their portable DVD player — just in case.
We could make the camping trip even less expensive by having it closer to where I live, however. I’m going to have to drive about four hours to get the campsite. But still, a remarkably frugal way to have fun.
Image source: Laurel Fan via Flickr
Thanks for post. It’s really informative stuff.
I really like to read.Hope to learn a lot and have a nice experience here! my best regards guys!
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Hey Miranda have a great trip. Yes this is a wonderful frugal way to have fun and it will not be one of enjoyment for the adults but for the kids as well.
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It’s funny seeing this post today. I posted today about our camping trip this past weekend. Unfortunately we didn’t end up having a great experience because the campground we chose was a notorious “party campground” and we were kept up all night by drunken revelers. Add to that the fact that we spent too much money on the campsite, a sleeping bag and food – it turned out to be not as frugal as it could have been. Good job to you for keeping it more frugal than we did!