Best Time To Camp?



Answer: When noone else is.

We went to New Salem State Park for a few days on a Spring Break one year. That was the extent of us heading south: Springfield, IL. Hoping it would be warmer (It wasn't) and hoping we wouldn't get the rain that was in the forecast (rained a lot), we somehow had great fun on this trip where high temps were in the 40's. There were maybe 2 other units camping while we were there. A recent ice storm gave us an endless supply of firewood which was great since we had a fire burning almost nonstop, except for when the downpour drove is into Springfield to hit all the museums. Had we been at home we probably would have been outside only briefly going from house to car, car to building, etc. but when you're camping you're outside almost every waking minute. Rain? No problem. That's what ponchos are for. Actually it is a problem, but part of camping is making the best of things and turning whatever you're dealt into an "adventure." When it was not raining and even though it was only in the 40's, it was quite pleasant.
Fresh air.
No computers.
No TV.
No people.



We slept well.

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