Camping Sites

camping sites

Now that the weather is getting nicer, many are thinking about what they want to do over the summer. Camping is a popular activity, and many like to find the best camping sites as early in the year as they can.

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always be where you've always been.
Author: Unknown

When calling a place to book a site, it is important to ask a few very important questions, as not all of these places are good, and each site will have something different to offer. Some sites are just plain bad, and it is always good to avoid those. This is something that I learned all to well and I also learned it the hard way.

My husbands band had a festival that they played each year, and we would get free camping sites so that we did not have to drive back and forth if we did not want to. This was great, but the camping sites they gave us were not always good. In fact, there were times when I was sure that they had given us the worst ones in the place. If we had been camping in a camper, it might have been okay.

"Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken!"
Author: William Shakespeare

However, we were in tents, and there was no shade to speak of anywhere near our site. This meant we were roasted out of our tent by eight in the morning. So much for my one chance to sleep in.

We asked for different camping sites the next year, but they were not much better. We should have asked more questions. Some common questions that anyone should ask about camping sites is how much shade may or may not be there, and if there are any extras that might end up being very important. Some places have running water and electricity (great for coffee!), and these are wonderful, but not all of the sites on the grounds will have this. If that is something you insist on having, you have to find out before you accept the site they are offering to you.

Besides getting the right sites, booking for the right time is always important. Some of the most popular weekends will book fast, and that means that you might not be able to get what you want, or you may end up with one of the really bad camping sites. Its a lot like airline tickets at popular times of the year. If you know you are going, and you know when, book your camping sites as soon as possible and remember to ask all the right questions. You dont want to end up roasting in the sun or having to do without water if you dont have to, and you also wont have to worry about not finding a spot at all.

"Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,Or bends with the remover to remove:O no! it is an ever-fixed markThat looks on tempests and is never shaken!"
Author: William Shakespeare