Camping with my teenage daughter....need ideas for memory making activities! Thanks!!

Question

Going camping with my daughter who is 13 and on that turning point of not thinking I'm kewl for mouch longer....any fun things u can suggest we do?

Answer 1

makin smores and just bonding like talking about boys and stuff!!

Answer 2

The driving idea is great. I remember when my dad took me and my brother on some dirt roads to learn how to drive. I was about 9 and it was a blast. Can't go wrong there!

Another thing I enjoyed was riding ATVs, that's cool if you don't own a ATV cause some states have places  for just riding ATVs along with rental shops and mini fuel stations on the trails. I know a lot of people think these are dangerous but it's just like driving any other motor vehicle just don't act stupid and amazingly you will be fine. If you can find one of those such places then it's worth the drive cause you can ride all day and probably never hit the same trail. There are signs and maps on the trails like at a national park so you can't get lost. Well, at least the ones here have them.

If you camping near a lake then ask someone there to take you on a speed boat and try to knock you off the raft or tube that is tied to the back. The object here is even though your flying through the air and hitting the water you try to hold on as much as possible. If he is a good driver then he will put some slack on the line in a turn and then shoot out to jerk you up in the air. This is fun cause your flying and splashing through the water. If you can rent a jet ski at the lake marina then your daughter will never forget how much fun that was.

Fishing is another good thing. However, if you want to see your daughter actually have a good chance of catching something then take her to a trout farm or other fish farm. The reason I say a trout farm instead of a lake or pound is that even though they are supposely "stocked" you really have to know about fishing in order to catch. Your daughter is 13 and probably want have much fun casting and reeling over a long period of time without catching something. So at a good trout farm she should be able to catch something in seconds of each cast.

Look up some good ghost stories on the internet  to tell around the fire and get some good camping food.

On your way back hit up a amusement park.

Remember she 13 and very energetic so you should probably keep things coming one after the other.

If you need directions then Yahoo's maps should work. It shows you the roads and a arrow on the map of the place your looking for. Like most trips you have to drive all over the place to get to certain activities so don't execpt one place to have it all.

Answer 3

Teach her to drive I know it is kinda early but one of the best summers of my life was the summer my dad taught me to drive. I was 12.  We were camping and there were a lot of dirt roads around and lots of room to make mistake and we drove for what seemed like hours.don't forget to show her how to check the oil and all that stuff. all the other camping things will be much cooler when she is full of the confidence that learning to drive will bring