Family camping is not just about remembering how to tie a half hitch knot or light a campfire. It’s about remembering how to tell a ghost story, or teaching your kids the forgotten art of hand shadows.
It’s remembering how great it is just to hang out together and stare at the blinking stars. If you've not gone camping before, try backyard-camping. Every year, at the end of June, the National Wildlife Federation organizes a nation-wide Backyard Camping event. This year, it's on June 28th. You can learn more about it at the official Great American Backyard Campout site.
Get outside and experience the joy of being outdoors.
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The Great American Backyard Campout is held each year on the fourth Saturday of June. This one-night event - organized by the National Wildlife Organization - encourages families, youth and individuals to camp out in their backyards or local parks and to discover the fun of being in the great outdoors. This year, it is Saturday, June 23, 2007.
If your kids have not camped before and you want to give them a taste for sleeping under the stars, this is a great opportunity to do so. Order pizza and have it delivered to the tent. Get a book on stars like Constellations: A Glow-in-the-Dark Guide to the Night Sky and gaze at the heavens above through netted roof of your tent. Learn a ghost story and scare the wits out of your kids.
My family will be hosting nieces, nephews, our kids' school mates, neighbors at our backyard to make s'mores and sleep under the stars. When else can you host that many kids without demolishing your furniture? For more information about this annual event, check out www.backyardcampout.org .
and gaze at the heavens above through netted roof of your tent. Learn a 
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