Most of us grew up going camping with our grandparents, parents, or uncle and aunt. Those of us that went on them camping trips have plenty of happy memories. Now it is your turn to make memories by taking your children on the kind of trip you went on when you were a child.
The first thing you should do before heading out on your trip, is to make list of everything you will need. You need to put everything you think you will need while on your trip such as tents, sleeping bags, flashlights, first aid kit, bug spray, sun block, fishing poles and of course food and drink.
You want to also keep your menu simple. Hot dogs are always good because you can roast them over the fire. You can also do soup and stew because that can be cooked over the fire as well.
You also need to pack everything you will need to make smores. You can not have a great camping trip with out having smores. When you are choosing your destination you should consider finding a camp site that has toilets and showers. This will make your trip a lot more sanitary and also keep you from having to wonder through the woods just to go to the bathroom.
It would also be a great idea to point out what poison ivy and poison oak look like to your kids so they do not get into it. You should also camp at a camp site and not in the wilderness. When you camp in the woods you have to be concerned with bears and other animals.
Large animals and bears usually stay away from camp sites because of the constant people coming in and out. So the safest place to camp is a camp popular camp site.