Free Camping Checklist | PARTY FEATURE

My father was raised in a family of six kids and many cousins who all knew each other well. They started something called “Cousin Camp Out” where every year in August, the cousins would gather at a campground ranging between southern Oregon and northern Washington. These trips last 5-7 days and would be held where we would take over a campground cul-de-sac so the kids could run around safely and everyone could be in the same area.

Within it’s own tradition, we have smaller traditions: camp fire meals, crafts, games, awards, and more!

Now that us ‘little’ cousins are grown, we now bring our own children to the annual event. We have lost count of what level of cousins most of us are anymore (whether it’s first, second-once-removed, third-twice removed, etc) because frankly, it doesn’t matter, we’re all family!

This post is dedicated to camping!