Spending time with the family and wanting to be outdoors gave rise to camping.  Being one with nature and roughing it seems to bring a man back to the simple things in life.  A family camping trip to any wildlife management area or state park is time you will not get back with your kids.  Whether you have a tent or RV there is nothing like sitting around the campfire roasting marshmallows and making smores.  Telling ghost stories is another favorite of the campfire scenario.  When the family goes camping, there is no alarm clock, only the smell of last night’s campfire and possibly eggs and bacon cooking on the outdoor grill.

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Camping and hunting go together as well.  It is an experience when you take the whole family on a hunting trip.  If your family doesn’t like the rustic living, consider a camper.  When the hunters get up early and go hunting they may return with a deer and find a fresh breakfast cooking by those who chose to stay at the camp site.  Many tall tales have been told at the deer camp.  Be thinking of a few good ones before planning your next family hunting and camping trip.

Prepare well for your camping trip and don’t forget the essential items that you will need.  Essential items are your basics like shelter, clean water and a place to use the restroom.  Food should always be packed in a cooler and kept away from animals.  There is nothing like returning to your family campsite only to have had your food raided by a family of racoons.

Everything else that you take on your camping trip are creature comforts and will only add to your experience.

Survival training is best done in the woods as well.  In the event of a natural or man made disaster, families might have to live off of the fat of the land.  It may seem like a distant thought today but being prepared and preparing your family for such an event can be done on a family camping trip.  One might take for granted that their kids know enough to survive if it came down to it.  The reality is that they could perish before they learned.  The family camping trip is the perfect venue to teach your kids how to build a shelter, purify water, fish or hunt for food, picking for edible plants and all the rest.

Many of your North Georgia camping sites are surrounded and or near water, a river or a lake.  In North Georgia you might want to consider checking into Carters Lake, Clarks Hill Lake and J. Strom Thurmond Lake.  Another favorite is the Lake Alatoona Camp Ground.