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Mother’s Day is Around the
Corner
Our Camping Club members love spending
time with mom on their camping trip!
We received dozens of wonderful stories from fellow campers
about what makes camping with mom so special. Read their best
camping experiences.
 FAMILY CAMPING WITH MOM
Coming from a large family of five children and two wonderful
parents, growing up in Central New Jersey was a struggle to
provide the best summer vacations for the seven of us. However,
every year for 17 years my mother arranged for our family to go
camping at Lake Absagami, in southern New Jersey. Camping was
the only vacation my parents could afford, however it was
always interesting and filled with wonderful events. My mother
would take us down to the lakes edge and we would pick
delicious blueberries for breakfast. Then, as the day went on,
we would go hiking among the many trails the park provided its
visitors. Shirley, my mother would then pile us in the station
wagon and we would go to the swimming beach and play volley
ball, beach ball, and swing on the swings. The 1960s and
70s were the most memorable years of my childhood because all
the camping vacations were wonderful. My mother showed me how
camping is inexpensive, provides beautiful memories, allows for
fun family time, and provides cherished moments that enlighten
children to the wonders of nature. The memories my mother
provided for me have etched a desire to introduce the sport of
camping to my own children. Camping is not only my love, but
that of my sons who want to have an RV as their first car. I do
not think that will really happen, but it shows me how much
they appreciate the great outdoors as much as I do.
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