In 2016, almost 14% of the US population went on at least one camping trip during the year. Half of these current campers were exposed to camping as adolescents and the average age of a first time camper is 10 years old. There are a lot of fun facts in the 2017 American Camper Report. The 14% recently came up in an economic impact study presentation, which then led some late night googling. If you’re ever bored, here are some…
In a mini-series of lessons learned posts, this is Lessons Learned #2 where we list some things we’ve learned while camping with a baby and crashing at four Maine State Parks, so far. It is mostly in millennial list format so you can scan it without having to read much, but it is not ranked in any order. Just like in Lessons Learned #1, our experiences and our opinions are certainly not the end-all be-all. We are not professionals, and…