Seriously!! Just try to ignore the ten solar powered flash lights.
And the electric griddle.
And the mini-fridge...
ANYWAY. We generally only go camping once a year. Silver Falls State Park, site B37 (or B39), second to last or last week of August, three to four nights. Every year since 1999. Amazing.
That being said, don't take our spot!!!
This year we have booked two camping trips and we're planning on another. In fact, we leave for the first tomorrow! Our church holds the annual Village Family Camp Out at Nehalem Bay State Park and this is the first year we are actually going!
We've been to Nehalem Bay before. I visited Family Camp for the day twice, we all went camping on the forth of July there last year, and last Family Camp my sister, my mom, and I went down for the day on Saturday.
We have yet to find the perfect site though...
We look for these three things in the perfect camping spot:
1. Privacy (Why would you want everyone to see everything you're doing?)
2. Shade (Sun burns. Cancer. Death.)
3. Space (If you can stand in one spot and touch everything in your site... you're doing wrong.)
In that order.
So, if you're thinking about going camping, here are some local camp grounds you should try. True, we haven't been to some of these, but we're planning on it!
~Silver Falls State Park: We used to stay in B39 but a few years ago we realized the B37 had more room and lots more shade! But either way, those two are the best in the park.
~Nehalem Bay State Park: We haven't yet found our favorite site yet, but we're going to look around this weekend! Definitely recommend staying here :)
~Champoeg State Park: The other day, we drove down there to look around for the perfect site. I've been to that place once to visit my grandparents, but I was really little then.
Oh. My. Word
That place is huge.
Champeog is to Silver Falls like Disney World is to Disneyland.
We drove by two loops for tents, then a bunch of cabins and a loop of sites for large groups of people. We FINALLY found the two huge trailer loops. The trees were smaller, gave barely any shade, and no privacy what so ever.
~Stub Stewart State Park: This place is also huge, but it's built on a hill so I guess they really had no choice.
Man, if you go biking there? Leg. Workout.
There are cabins, trailer spots, and tent sites. PLUS they have sites with barns where you can bring your horses camping and ride them on the trails there!
Where do you like to go camping? Do you have a favorite site?
1. Privacy (Why would you want everyone to see everything you're doing?)
2. Shade (Sun burns. Cancer. Death.)
3. Space (If you can stand in one spot and touch everything in your site... you're doing wrong.)
In that order.
So, if you're thinking about going camping, here are some local camp grounds you should try. True, we haven't been to some of these, but we're planning on it!
~Silver Falls State Park: We used to stay in B39 but a few years ago we realized the B37 had more room and lots more shade! But either way, those two are the best in the park.
~Nehalem Bay State Park: We haven't yet found our favorite site yet, but we're going to look around this weekend! Definitely recommend staying here :)
~Champoeg State Park: The other day, we drove down there to look around for the perfect site. I've been to that place once to visit my grandparents, but I was really little then.
Oh. My. Word
That place is huge.
Champeog is to Silver Falls like Disney World is to Disneyland.
We drove by two loops for tents, then a bunch of cabins and a loop of sites for large groups of people. We FINALLY found the two huge trailer loops. The trees were smaller, gave barely any shade, and no privacy what so ever.
~Stub Stewart State Park: This place is also huge, but it's built on a hill so I guess they really had no choice.
Man, if you go biking there? Leg. Workout.
There are cabins, trailer spots, and tent sites. PLUS they have sites with barns where you can bring your horses camping and ride them on the trails there!
Where do you like to go camping? Do you have a favorite site?
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