Looking for some hype (newbie)
Me (38F) and my husband (39M) didn’t really grow up camping. I did one boundary waters tent camping experience during college that I enjoyed but that’s the only time in my life I ever camped. We are city people living in Minneapolis.
We have two girls ages 4 and 2. Our four year old is interested in all things nature and adventure. She has asked to sleep in a tent and go camping. On a whim I booked a drive up camp site for two nights (no electric) at Interstate State Park in Taylor’s Falls MN.
We are on a reasonable budget but have some means so we purchased equipment (tent, air mattresses, battery powered outlets, single butane burner, extra tarp, hammock, camp chairs, rain equipment, lanterns etc. ) nothing crazy but I also want us to be comfortable enough and enjoy it. We go in a little over a week and I’m nervous. I’m calculating what we spent and thinking we could have had a nice hotel/waterpark stay for a long weekend for less.
I have read some Reddit boards where people talk about tent camping and laying awake listening to RV generators and drunk teenagers all night, I’m worried we’ll hate this and I’ll have a ton of camping stuff for nothing and it’s such a waste.
I shared my thoughts with my husband and he’s not concerned- he sees this as an easy test run and says we can always find somewhere enjoyable to use the stuff.
Looking for some hype for this thing… we have great kids and generally have a great time together. Any tent sites within 3 hours of the Twin Cities that you all love that are reliable and quiet and can be accessed with a car? Our small girls and all our stuff make hiking to a site almost impossible. Maybe if we like this we could do another one in early fall and get some use of this stuff. 😅