This is a guest post by Suzi Dow at ForestCamping.com. If you would like to guest post on CampingBlogger, please see the About page for my contact information.

Every January, I start planning for the upcoming camping season. In the beginning, camping was a break from my life of a 9-to-5 job, bills, and the same-old, same-old. Then came a husband and children. So, camping became an affordable family vacation. Today, it seems everyone is looking for an affordable family vacation and many are discovering camping.

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Depending on the age of your kids, there are a lot of outdoor adventure activities available to you that can really spice up a summer family camping vacation and make it one that everyone will remember. Many of these activities, like rock climbing or rafting, are more dependent on a child’s ability and confidence, than age.

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There are several different types of camping spots and, depending on your location, your state may use unique names to describe them. For instance, a primitive camping spot – one with just a clearing for a tent and maybe a picnic table, is called an environmental camping spot in California and a tent site or Class D site, in Arkansas. When you are planning your camping getaways, this summer, it’s important to know what kind of amenities to look for.

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Merry Christmas, everyone! Weekend Outdoor Reads is a list of five stories, news items, or photos that I found particularly interesting during the week. I like to share these with my readers, every Friday, in order to provide a little browsing pleasure to carry you through the weekend. Here are the things that caught my eye, this week:

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Have you reserved your favorite campsites for the coming year? Many state parks fill up quickly, so it is important to plan ahead, if you intend to camp at one of your parks in 2010. States have different policies regarding advance reservations of campsites, so use the following list to see when the reservation window opens in your state. Links to the state reservation pages are provided in the Campgrounds section of CampingBlogger.

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