Well friends, here's another public service post from Grafix Avenger, spreading the gospel of the great outdoors at your fingertips.
Ever been to Reserve America?
Here's how they tout themselves: Reserve America is the largest provider of campsite reservations in North America facilitating over 4 million transactions per year.
Now you may say, but GA, I don't camp! I'm afraid a big, hungry bear might eat me, like what happened to poor Tim Treadwell! Or I could be attacked by horny hillbillies! Well, I share those concerns.
Which is why I always reserve a cabin , instead of a campsite.
A cabin you say? At a state park?
Yes, did you know many of our gorgeous state parks have rental cabins with other family-friendly amenities? I didn't either, until a visit to Tick Park a few years back, when a park attendant handed me a brochure on the NY-NJ Interstate Park System. Among the amenities listed for the various parks were cabins.
With minimal Googling, I found Reserve America was the place to search through the park system, research park amenities, and finally reserve- all online.
Here are the positives: you can experience the great outdoors with minimal hassle and minimal expense. Each cabin, wherever it is, is equipped with a picnic table and fire ring and/or grill. Many have beaches, trails, boating, on-site activities. Some have bathrooms with showers.
Here are the negatives: you don't know what you're getting until you get there. Other than a written description, and any information you can glean from a phone call to the park, there is very little to go on. You should call the number on the listing and confirm what's provided and what's not.
Well, I'm not risk-averse, so LA (Little Avenger) has tried it twice, a different place each time, and had a lot of fun: blueberry-picking adventures, meeting forest animals, fishing with her net, campfires.
I'll show a few pics from past NYS park vacations so you get an idea.
Unless you reserve a 'full service' cabin- Sebago cabins are really,
really 'rustic' inside-- not recommended.
The lake is very clean. You swim with the fishes- literally.
And the occasional snake.
LA was so excited to come face-to-face with a fawn.
This happened a couple of times that week.
Well, no captions... this was a nice week but I reserved too early and the beach was CLOSED. With NYS parks and recreation budget cutbacks it's probably wise to double and triple-check what services are currently available.
So, there you have it. If this kind of thing is your bag, then by all means check it out. Cabins book up way in advance, it may be too late for this year.
I've got a week in August- new location... a cabin with 'cable tv'... Not too rustic.
Ever been to Reserve America?
Here's how they tout themselves: Reserve America is the largest provider of campsite reservations in North America facilitating over 4 million transactions per year.
Now you may say, but GA, I don't camp! I'm afraid a big, hungry bear might eat me, like what happened to poor Tim Treadwell! Or I could be attacked by horny hillbillies! Well, I share those concerns.
Which is why I always reserve a cabin , instead of a campsite.
A cabin you say? At a state park?
Yes, did you know many of our gorgeous state parks have rental cabins with other family-friendly amenities? I didn't either, until a visit to Tick Park a few years back, when a park attendant handed me a brochure on the NY-NJ Interstate Park System. Among the amenities listed for the various parks were cabins.
With minimal Googling, I found Reserve America was the place to search through the park system, research park amenities, and finally reserve- all online.
Here are the positives: you can experience the great outdoors with minimal hassle and minimal expense. Each cabin, wherever it is, is equipped with a picnic table and fire ring and/or grill. Many have beaches, trails, boating, on-site activities. Some have bathrooms with showers.
Here are the negatives: you don't know what you're getting until you get there. Other than a written description, and any information you can glean from a phone call to the park, there is very little to go on. You should call the number on the listing and confirm what's provided and what's not.
Well, I'm not risk-averse, so LA (Little Avenger) has tried it twice, a different place each time, and had a lot of fun: blueberry-picking adventures, meeting forest animals, fishing with her net, campfires.
I'll show a few pics from past NYS park vacations so you get an idea.
Unless you reserve a 'full service' cabin- Sebago cabins are really,really 'rustic' inside-- not recommended.
The lake is very clean. You swim with the fishes- literally.And the occasional snake.
LA was so excited to come face-to-face with a fawn.This happened a couple of times that week.
Well, no captions... this was a nice week but I reserved too early and the beach was CLOSED. With NYS parks and recreation budget cutbacks it's probably wise to double and triple-check what services are currently available.
So, there you have it. If this kind of thing is your bag, then by all means check it out. Cabins book up way in advance, it may be too late for this year.
I've got a week in August- new location... a cabin with 'cable tv'... Not too rustic.
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