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One of the things I really like about camping is turning off my phone for 48 hours.  No text, emails, Facebook, doom scrolling…  But sometimes tech isn’t all bad. First,

The Governor’s “Get Offline, Get Outside” campaign encourages New York State’s kids and families to put down their phones and computers, take a break from social media, enjoy recreation and

Location, Location, Location! I like to keep it within about ninety minutes of Queens. That usually means heading north to Westchester, Putnam or Rockland counties.  I’ll do just about anything

One of my favorite parts of camping is the down time when we play board games or cards. Scrabble is one of our favorites. Rummikub’s another favorite. The sound of

To keep our camping trips easy to manage, we pack our gear by category—mostly using different colored duffle bags:  🎒 Color-Coded Duffle System 🧊 Additional Items

When we’re car camping with four or five people, the Chrysler Pacifica is always our go-to. If the rental agency’s out of Pacificas, we end up in something smaller and

New York doesn’t have lions or tigers but bears? yes we do! Black bears, to be exact. We’ve only had a couple of bear encounters ourselves. The first was a

Many campgrounds require you to purchase your wood from them. We try to light the fire with one match and no fire starter, lighter fluid, newspaper, etc.We took our friend