AJ
My family and I are looking for a great place to camp in California. We love being surrounded by redwoods, but would like to stay near central California (close to where we live). Yosemite is booked and we have stayed at the KOA in Santa Cruz and liked it. Does anyone have any other suggestions on great places for a family with young children?
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Good evening AJ,
I hope you are having a great day. AJ, it is very hard to pick out a good location if I do not know what type camping you mean? Do you like tent, cabin, or sleeping bags? I like rough areas with fly fishing and hiking. I made three (3) trips last year into the Mighty High Sierras Mountains. I usually hike over Kearsarge Pass, which is an old Indian trail, to Bull Frog at 10,000 feet. I have been camping and hiking the Sierras since 1958.
I remember as kids we would lie in our sleeping bags and count shooting stars all night. Your mind would run amok with the wonders and vastness of space. You could point out and view constellations which until then were part of chapters in a school text book. We would fall asleep viewing the heavens and our own Milky Way.
http://www.naturalbornhikers.com/KearsargePass/KearsargePass.htm
Some of my best camping trips were with my family as a kid in Yosemite. We could not wait to see the fire falls at night (website below). I feel so sorry for people like you and your family, especially the kids. The fire falls stopped in 1968. Today, you must have an appointment for two years in advance to get a camping spot. The crowds are unbelievable, times change.
http://blog.chaukhat.com/2010/07/yosemite-lava-falls-firefalls-fire.html
As for your question, I ready do not know how rough you want. Try Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park. They should have some openings. I tried to give websites with phone numbers.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/cgvc.htm
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701-s&va=cedar+grove+in+kings+canyon+national+park
http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/camp_region.htm
My favorite camping locations are along the Kern River. I can always find a good location because I know the area like the back of my hand. The camping can be mild to rough. I have included websites with phone numbers. On the first website, click on Hospital Flat and Camp 3. Both sites are right next to slow moving riverâ¦.great areas for kids.
http://www.kernvalley.com/news/kerncamp.htm
http://www.frandy.net/
http://www.totalescape.com/tripez/trips/cruiskern.html
http://www.sierrasouth.com/rafting.htm
I wish you were interested in coming south of Los Angeles. There are some great camping spots for families with kids. I know it may be too far.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArePI2mjuF.kEApkz_.Ut53ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100811214249AAu1Mri
Good luck. I hope these websites will help. Peace, from Los Angeles.
Good evening AJ,
I hope you are having a great day. AJ, it is very hard to pick out a good location if I do not know what type camping you mean? Do you like tent, cabin, or sleeping bags? I like rough areas with fly fishing and hiking. I made three (3) trips last year into the Mighty High Sierras Mountains. I usually hike over Kearsarge Pass, which is an old Indian trail, to Bull Frog at 10,000 feet. I have been camping and hiking the Sierras since 1958.
I remember as kids we would lie in our sleeping bags and count shooting stars all night. Your mind would run amok with the wonders and vastness of space. You could point out and view constellations which until then were part of chapters in a school text book. We would fall asleep viewing the heavens and our own Milky Way.
http://www.naturalbornhikers.com/KearsargePass/KearsargePass.htm
Some of my best camping trips were with my family as a kid in Yosemite. We could not wait to see the fire falls at night (website below). I feel so sorry for people like you and your family, especially the kids. The fire falls stopped in 1968. Today, you must have an appointment for two years in advance to get a camping spot. The crowds are unbelievable, times change.
http://blog.chaukhat.com/2010/07/yosemite-lava-falls-firefalls-fire.html
As for your question, I ready do not know how rough you want. Try Cedar Grove in Kings Canyon National Park. They should have some openings. I tried to give websites with phone numbers.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/cgvc.htm
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701-s&va=cedar+grove+in+kings+canyon+national+park
http://www.nps.gov/seki/planyourvisit/camp_region.htm
My favorite camping locations are along the Kern River. I can always find a good location because I know the area like the back of my hand. The camping can be mild to rough. I have included websites with phone numbers. On the first website, click on Hospital Flat and Camp 3. Both sites are right next to slow moving riverâ¦.great areas for kids.
http://www.kernvalley.com/news/kerncamp.htm
http://www.frandy.net/
http://www.totalescape.com/tripez/trips/cruiskern.html
http://www.sierrasouth.com/rafting.htm
I wish you were interested in coming south of Los Angeles. There are some great camping spots for families with kids. I know it may be too far.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ArePI2mjuF.kEApkz_.Ut53ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20100811214249AAu1Mri
Good luck. I hope these websites will help. Peace, from Los Angeles.
What's the most embarrassing moment you've experienced with your family?
Lee
ok I'm not talking about the moments when you laugh after it happens, I mean the ones that make you wanna be invisible or I don't know
It doesn't have to be the whole family, maybe just a particular member
It
Answer
Girlfriendâs family reunion
http://www.yourembarrassingmoments.com/2010/03/girlfriends-family-reunion/
Iâve had lots of embarrassing things happen to me, but this is the weirdest. When I was in college, I had been dating this girl for a couple of months, and she wanted me to meet her family. They were having a family reunion, which was a good opportunity to meet a lot of her extended family. This was an annual thing, where they all got together for a camping trip, This was at a large lake where there was lots of remote area.
I was going water skiing with my friends that morning, so my girlfriend and I decided that I would go skiing that morning, then they could drop me off where they were camping, and she could take me home that night. So we skiied, and then cruised the shoreline and found the campsite. My friends came with me to make sure we found the right place, and then left.
I was in wet swim trunks, so I asked my girlfriendâs uncle if there was a place I could change. This was out in the middle of nowhere, so there werenât bathrooms or any kind of building other than tents, and a bus that someone had converted into a camper. He tells me to just go behind the bus, and he would make sure that no one came around while I was changing. Stupid me!
He thought this would be a great prank to pull on his niece, so he got another uncle to play along. As soon as I dropped my trunks and was standing there naked, they ran around the corner and grabbed both my arms. These were big guys, so I didnât have a chance. They picked me up and hauled me from behind the bus right out in front of everyone. They drug me around the camp to make sure everyone knew what was going on. By then, everyone (about 30 or 40 people) was gathered up in a big group.
They hauled me over to a tree and tied my hands behind it. Then ran and grabbed my trunks and my bag with my clothes. While my girlfriend was trying to get me untied, her mother came over and told me that the more embarrassed I acted, the longer they would keep this going, so just chill out.
So, I got untied, and then just had to hang out with this large group of people being the only one naked. Everyone had already seen everything anyway, so I did the best I could to not act mortified, which I was. I guess I didnât do a good enough job of not acting embarrassed, because those jerks let this go on for an hour laughing the whole time. When they finally came back with my stuff, they threw my bag up in a tree, so I had to climb up in a tree naked to get my clothes back.
That was quite an introduction to the family!
Post your embarrassing moments anonymously!
http://www.yourembarrassingmoments.com
Girlfriendâs family reunion
http://www.yourembarrassingmoments.com/2010/03/girlfriends-family-reunion/
Iâve had lots of embarrassing things happen to me, but this is the weirdest. When I was in college, I had been dating this girl for a couple of months, and she wanted me to meet her family. They were having a family reunion, which was a good opportunity to meet a lot of her extended family. This was an annual thing, where they all got together for a camping trip, This was at a large lake where there was lots of remote area.
I was going water skiing with my friends that morning, so my girlfriend and I decided that I would go skiing that morning, then they could drop me off where they were camping, and she could take me home that night. So we skiied, and then cruised the shoreline and found the campsite. My friends came with me to make sure we found the right place, and then left.
I was in wet swim trunks, so I asked my girlfriendâs uncle if there was a place I could change. This was out in the middle of nowhere, so there werenât bathrooms or any kind of building other than tents, and a bus that someone had converted into a camper. He tells me to just go behind the bus, and he would make sure that no one came around while I was changing. Stupid me!
He thought this would be a great prank to pull on his niece, so he got another uncle to play along. As soon as I dropped my trunks and was standing there naked, they ran around the corner and grabbed both my arms. These were big guys, so I didnât have a chance. They picked me up and hauled me from behind the bus right out in front of everyone. They drug me around the camp to make sure everyone knew what was going on. By then, everyone (about 30 or 40 people) was gathered up in a big group.
They hauled me over to a tree and tied my hands behind it. Then ran and grabbed my trunks and my bag with my clothes. While my girlfriend was trying to get me untied, her mother came over and told me that the more embarrassed I acted, the longer they would keep this going, so just chill out.
So, I got untied, and then just had to hang out with this large group of people being the only one naked. Everyone had already seen everything anyway, so I did the best I could to not act mortified, which I was. I guess I didnât do a good enough job of not acting embarrassed, because those jerks let this go on for an hour laughing the whole time. When they finally came back with my stuff, they threw my bag up in a tree, so I had to climb up in a tree naked to get my clothes back.
That was quite an introduction to the family!
Post your embarrassing moments anonymously!
http://www.yourembarrassingmoments.com
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