How I did it: When I was a kid my family went camping all the time, but when my parents divorced we stopped going. Recently we found out that my mom's boyfriend had never been camping before- and neither had my fiance! So we drove on up to the Blue Ridge mountains and camped. We went to a campsite in the woods and set up our tents. We played games and sat around the fire roasting marshmallows and hot dogs. It was cold and the ground was hard and covered in tree roots and we were pretty dirty, but it was a good time!

Lessons & tips: Bring extra blankets! That way you're definitely warm when it's colder than expected (and it often is) and you'll have extra cushion for when the ground is hard or, in my case, covered in tree roots.

Nov 06, 05:57AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer