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in Glamping & Comfort · 3 days, 10 hours ago · 🌎

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Glamping confession: I bring my real pillow from home. Not a camp pillow, not a stuff sack of jackets — the actual pillow. Ten years of tent camping and it's the single best sleep upgrade I've found. The kids' pillows stay home though. Rank has privileges.

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in Family Camping · 5 days, 9 hours ago · 🌎

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Rainy-day tent kit, tested by three kids in a Wisconsin downpour: Uno, a deck of regular cards, one new $5 toy they've never seen (deploy at hour two, not hour one), and enough hot chocolate to outlast the weather. You can't fight rain, you can only out-cozy it.

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in Family Camping · 1 week, 1 day ago · 🌎

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Honest question for the parents here: what age did you start real tent camping? We did backyard runs at 3, first campground at 4, and honestly the 4-year-old handled it better than I did. Curious what worked for other families.

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in Family Camping · 1 week, 3 days ago · 🌎

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Camp hack for the under-8 crowd: drop a glow stick in an empty water jug and you've got a lantern they can carry, throw, and sleep next to without burning anything down. We bring a dozen. Total cost: $4.

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in Family Camping · 1 week, 6 days ago · 🌎

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The packing list that saved our family trips, refined over many muddy years: each kid gets ONE bin they pack themselves (with veto rights), a full outfit lives sealed in a gallon bag per kid per day, and there is always — always — one more pair of socks than you think you need.

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