Post by Canoearoo on Oct 10, 2005 10:48:57 GMT -5
I know a really heated debate on the Internet among family campers is at what age can or do you bring a child camping. I feel this depends on 3 things.
1. What type of camping you will be doing.
2. How experienced are you with this type of camping.
3. How comfortable are BOTH parents with bringing the children.
My husband and I have over 600+ miles into canoe camping alone (not counting hiking and car camping). I feel very confident in a canoe. That being said we have brought our oldest daughter camping when she was 6 weeks old into the BWCA. But we based camp at the put in lake so we were able to get to the car in seconds if we needed to. I know for some this is to extreme and for others this was to easy. But for our family it was perfect. Next summer we will be bringing our then 2 year old and our then 10 month old to the BW. It will be a lot of work and mostly day trips but in my opinion for our family it is well worth it.
So my question is: When do/did you bring in your youngest and what was the adventure? Was it worth it for your family? Would you do it again?
1. What type of camping you will be doing.
2. How experienced are you with this type of camping.
3. How comfortable are BOTH parents with bringing the children.
My husband and I have over 600+ miles into canoe camping alone (not counting hiking and car camping). I feel very confident in a canoe. That being said we have brought our oldest daughter camping when she was 6 weeks old into the BWCA. But we based camp at the put in lake so we were able to get to the car in seconds if we needed to. I know for some this is to extreme and for others this was to easy. But for our family it was perfect. Next summer we will be bringing our then 2 year old and our then 10 month old to the BW. It will be a lot of work and mostly day trips but in my opinion for our family it is well worth it.
So my question is: When do/did you bring in your youngest and what was the adventure? Was it worth it for your family? Would you do it again?
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