u/chickenaverage

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Hi all! I'm planning a camping trip this summer for me (middle aged mom) and my two sons (12.5 and 15). I'm looking for ideas for campgrounds, as well as activities, and maybe a few non-park things to have as backup plans.

A few things about our trip:

We are driving from central Illinois.

Our time window is the last two weeks of July.. probably staying 3 nights.

We plan to tent camp; I do need a site with electricity, water also nice to have on site. Showers and flush toilets on site also strongly preferred.

The boys want to be able to fish and explore. We all want to kayak. I am not so much of an adventurous hiker, more like 'meander around until I find a cool stream, then look for rocks and bugs and stuff.'

It is not our first time camping, but we have historically stayed much closer to home!

We are super excited for this trip, and I look forward to any insights I may gain!

Hi all! I'm planning a camping trip this summer for me (middle aged mom) and my two sons (12.5 and 15). I'm looking for ideas for campgrounds, as well as activities, and maybe a few non-park things to have as backup plans.

A few things about our trip:

We are driving from central Illinois.

Our time window is the last two weeks of July.. probably staying 3 nights.

We plan to tent camp; I do need a site with electricity, water also nice to have on site. Showers and flush toilets on site also strongly preferred.

The boys want to be able to fish and explore. We all want to kayak. I am not so much of an adventurous hiker, more like 'meander around until I find a cool stream, then look for rocks and bugs and stuff.'

It is not our first time camping, but we have historically stayed much closer to home!

We are super excited for this trip, and I look forward to any insights I may gain!

Our area was hit with some pretty wild storms yesterday. My Switch Lite was plugged into the Nintendo charger, which was on a surge protector, when we lost power. (I wasn't home when the weather started, so don't come at me about electronics plugged in during storms, please.)

Now my display won't turn on. I can hear the button sounds, but no visual. I have tried holding down the power button to do a hard reset, still nothing. Is there anything that can be done? I'm a teacher, it's the second week of summer, and I had plans with Zelda!

Our area was hit with some pretty wild storms yesterday. My Switch Lite was plugged into the Nintendo charger, which was on a surge protector, when we lost power. (I wasn't home when the weather started, so don't come at me about electronics plugged in during storms, please.)

Now my display won't turn on. I can hear the button sounds, but no visual. I have tried holding down the power button to do a hard reset, still nothing. Is there anything that can be done? I'm a teacher, it's the second week of summer, and I had plans with Zelda!