But for someone who has avoided tent camping for decades, this $20 deal for a campsite and all the camping equipment needed to spend two days in the woods was like learning I'd have to crawl through a field of poison ivy to get to the campground's bathhouse.
The new program, available at 14 Pennsylvania state parks, is another of the efforts by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to get residents to discover the outdoors. Outdoor equipment retailer Gander Mountain is supplying the rental equipment. The program began in May and will end in late SeptemberAlthough Sinnemahoning State Park in Potter County isn't one of the 14 inaugural parks in the program, I asked DCNR officials if I could try a kit there, while attending its special "Women in the Wilds" weekend program in June. They said yes. More...
4 comments:
Cool if you like sleeping with rattle snakes!
I'm an avid camper and outdoors man. I also grew up in Potter County. It's hard for me to understand that there are people out there who know nothing about living in the wilds. I do think this is a cool initiative and hope that it generates some dollars for DCNR and local business. I also hope that the program teaches these new campers to respect PA forests, keep it clean, and be safe. As the article portrays, camping is an adventure, Pennsylvania is beautiful, and there is much more to life than concrete jungle. Nothing like a night in the woods to put things in perspective.
THIS is a great idea, best thing Ive heard of in a long time. Whoever dreamed this up deserves to be recognized for 'original' thinking. GOOD JOB
To Poster 9:25
It's a lot safer then sleeping on the stret in New York City.
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