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Car Camping Checklist

July 13, 2011

We’ve just returned home from our first car camping weekend of the summer. Our home was our Kelty Trail Ridge tent perched high above the Ohanapecosh River, swollen with snowmelt off the southeastern flank of Mount Rainier. My ears are still delightfully roaring from the sound of the river, and I may have cedar twigs [...]

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Washington Camping: Ten Great Campgrounds

May 25, 2011

Pitch a tent and build a campfire! With summer just around the corner, we’re thinking about sleeping under the stars.  And it won’t break the bank, either. Where else can you sleep on waterfront property for $15 a night? Of course, you’re probably wondering where to pitch your tent. Choosing a great campground in Washington [...]

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Cozy Cabins on a Budget at Grace Haven

October 26, 2010

I have cabin fever. No, not that kind-the other kind. The kind where you’re crazy for cabins.  I’m crazy for cabins – cedar walls, steaming cups of cocoa, cozy fires, wool blankets. Love them.  First, I told you about staying at my friend’s cabin in Winthrop. But we couldn’t stop there. No, there was another. [...]

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Photo Friday: The Cheapest Sleep of All

April 3, 2009

Waterfront property for $17 a night! An MSR Hubba Hubba backpacking tent along the Bumping River at Cougar Flat Campground, east of Mount Rainier National Park. Reserve your summer campsites soon. According to the Outdoor Industry Association, camping reservations for campsites on federal lands are up 21% in the past two months. And CNN reports [...]

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