Entries filed under 'great american backyard campout'

Backyard Camping in the Company of a Grammy-Winning Guitarist, Eric Tingstad

The Great American Backyard Campout arrives Saturday, June 23—a good excuse to beat this summer's early heat with a cool overnighter on your own back 40. Some other reasons why backyard camping scores high on the outdoor-fun scale: • Low travel time: About 15 steps from your backdoor. • Minimal setup: Maybe 15 minutes to prop up a tent and throw down a sleeping bag and pad. (Backyard camping = simplest outdoor adventure ever.) • A new world revealed: Frogs croaking, owls hooting, wildlife ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on June 22, 2012 6:25 PM & Tagged Eric Tingstad, camping and great american backyard campout | permalink | Comments



Volleyball Coach Jim McLaughlin and Family Rediscover Camping in Their Own Backyard

The Great American Backyard Campout, coming up on June 23, was created for people like Jim McLaughlin. McLaughlin, one of America's elite volleyball coaches who will begin his 12th season at the University of Washington in August, once conceded to me that he had not been camping for years. Make that decades. Since McLaughlin last went camping, he has won 2 national collegiate championships (with the USC men's team in 1990; with the Washington women in 2005), gotten married and become the father ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on June 15, 2012 12:27 PM & Tagged Jim McLaughlin, Margaret McLaughlin, Washington, camping, great american backyard campout, kids and volleyball | permalink | Comments



The Great American Backyard Campout Is Saturday, June 25

Hi, Early Squirrel here, spokescritter for the REI Family Adventure Program. This week we're all scampering to get ready for Saturday's Great American Backyard Campout. Organized by the National Wildlife Federation, it's a night when thousands of families and neighbors across the country gather to have fun and sleep under the stars. For me, the best thing about camping is making my special s'mores—"special" because the chocolate has to have nuts! Other families and kids I know like to spend ...

Posted by Early Squirrel on June 27, 2011 5:28 PM & Tagged Family & Car Camping, camping, family adventure program and great american backyard campout | permalink | Comments