Camping close to home???

[Pahaska]

Originally Posted by Fly at Night

I get a real kick out of the guy who tells his wife he is going to the shed to do some work, then sneaks down to his favourite cafe and orders something his wife doesn't let him eat.

He then drops into the storage yard where their Airstream is parked (and is less than 20 mins. from home) climbs in, and has a real nice snooze.

Quit talking about me!

The storage yard is 1/4 mile from my favorite restaurant. I have 30a power to my rig in storage. I often stop, turn on the furnace or AC if necessary, and take a nice after-lunch nap. It is always quiet there and I sleep like a baby.

And the storage yard is just 10 miles from home.

[kevin242]

We live in a National Park and sometimes camp so close to home that the truck engine temperature guage doesn't even get up to normal operating level by the time we arrive! The campground is less than a half mile from our house!

[eubank]

Ah, I guess we could camp here, but that's the last thing we want to do!

Lynn

[cwf]

I go out to my "dog house"(shop) when I have been banished, temporarily....

We have not camped in driveway, but our son and his wife did while we kept grandkritters inside house during last visit...

[Brokerchris]

Originally Posted by No. 13

All the time...year round between longer trips. Two of our favorite campsites are 16 miles and 32 miles from home.

No. 13- which areas in or around OC do you like to go? Ever spend anytime in Huntington? We are in South OC.

[jbroedlow]

One of our absolute favorite parks is Illini State Parks, Marseilles, Illinois which is about 20 minutes from our house. Sites 1-20 are right on the Illinois River. During the day you can sit at your site and watch the big river barges go by. We purposely bought a FB so that when we back in, our dining table and big widows face the river to catch that view. In the morning, the sunrise is over the river to your right. I've been known to drive home for something I've forgotten. I've even commuted to work from this site and left my partner at the campground. Sometimes you think you need to drive 4-5 hours to camp and be on vacation but if it's 20 minutes from your house, why not?

[m.hony]

You can go further, but you won't find a better campground.
Here are some of the reasons we camp close to home- aside from the fact you get there with little gas and after work on a Friday afternoon-

[zzlay]

We camp every year on 15 miles from home at our favorite state park. It's just far enough away that our whole routine changes, but close enough we can bring all our toys.

[runningbarre]

We have a state park about 45 minutes away that is open all year. We have been there a lot!

[moosetags]

We may well hold the record for camping in a campground close to home. We have attended several of the Canopener Rallies over the years at Topsail State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. We live a little over 2 miles from the campground. It takes quite a bit longer to hook-up the trailer than it takes to get to the campground.

Brian

[m.hony]

We'll see you at Canopener- but it's a little more than 2 miles for us...

[Alumitater]

m.hony - where is your park? Looks inviting.

[m.hony]

Some pictures are at North Abutment campground- a Corps of Engineers park in Grenada, MS- one hour away-
Others are at Yocona Ridge campground, George Payne Cossar State Park, Oakland, MS- an hour and a half away-

[m.hony]

More pics from North Abutment-

[Shacksman]

Originally Posted by moosetags

We may well hold the record for camping in a campground close to home. We have attended several of the Canopener Rallies over the years at Topsail State Park in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. We live a little over 2 miles from the campground. It takes quite a bit longer to hook-up the trailer than it takes to get to the campground.

Brian

You beat us, we have a family camp out every year in a nice campground that's 7 miles away. Just drop the trailer on the ball and go.

[supergg]

We have a Wal*mart 15 minutes away.

[Alumitater]

We will have to go to North Abutment sometime - are all the sites that nice?

[m.hony]

Most of the sites are good. That particular site is a handicap site . All of them are level and big.

[Goal15]

Cooper Lake State Park, TX is about 70 miles from the house, great park, great rangers, it's our "home" park.