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Steely Dad posted:Is it thread necromancy to post here about being new? I am a dad who plans to start taking his kindergarten-aged kids car camping this year. I haven’t camped in 20 years, so first I’m gonna solo car camp a few times so I can at least put the tent up and start a fire I took my 2 year old camping for the first time last summer. The nighttime was super rough, but he loved the rest of it. We did a super small campground I knew, so with fire ring and tent pads, but not too many people (I have only done back country for like 15 years). Did the whole classic s'mores, crawdadding, etc. So awesome to see it through their eyes. Plan ahead though, poo poo has changed in even the last decade! Know if you need site reservations, if fire bans or other restrictions might be an issue, site sizes, restroom facilities, etc. Call the park if you can with really specific questions or go do a drive through prior to booking/heading out, assuming that's an option. Don't ask the reservation 800 number, they don't know, call the land management agency as worst case scenario. Have fun!
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Steely Dad posted:I'm aiming to go on my first solo car camping trip this coming Thursday and Friday nights. I'm in northern California. I was originally going to China Campground in Big Sur, but that's kind of on fire at the moment. I found a last-minute spot at Cole Creek Campground at Clear Lake, but setting up at a tent at a popular boating site that's like 3 miles out of town isn't really the kind of camping I want to do. It seems like really just a half-step from a KOA, and I want to be further away from people. Do you have friends or family that disperse camp that area? Here in OR, if you ask around, there are lots of "popular" disperse camp areas in most of our forests. Reduces a lot of the getting lost/high centering vehicle and other associated concerns as frequently they have good, and easy road access, are easy to identify and are normally near a "feature" like good fishing or swimming.
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