I can’t believe that people still need reasons to go camping. It’s camping for crying out loud. But if you are one of the people who haven’t turned their camping dream into a reality, here are some exceptional reasons to go camping with your family and friends.
PHYSICAL HEALTH
If we just talk about the physical aspects of camping, it would take more than a few pages to list them all down. The health benefits of going outdoor and becoming one with nature are innumerable.
If you still want to learn about the health benefits of camping, here’s the first one. It increases the amount of Vitamin D in your body. How does that happen? Simple! The more sunshine you get the more vitamin D in your body. This increases your muscle health, lean body mass, bone health, as well as helps you with any skin disorders.
It increases the amount of endorphins in your body. Endorphins are the natural pain and stress relievers that you have in your body.
You burn more calories when you’re outside. On any average day, you can burn anywhere around 300 calories per hour but when you are outside, this rate increases. Rowing increases the calories burning rate by 250 calories. Hiking and backpacking can burn 500 calories per hour. And walking can burn 200 calories per hour. Add that up and you will find out that you are burning more than twice the calories that you would on any normal day.
These aren’t the only health benefits of camping and going into the great outdoors, but we will limit it here as we’re sure you’ve got the point.
CREATE MEMORIES
You always treasure the memories that you make with your family and keep them alive by remembering them again and again. You must have a whole bunch of memories related to your childhood. Your trip may not have been the best one but it will definitely be worth remembering.
There are all sorts of mishaps or funny stuff that is just waiting to happen to either you or someone else in the family. Everyone is more relaxed and more into it. You are surrounded by nature and it is the perfect thing to remember each other by.
Once you come back from the trip, you will definitely have stories to tell about your trip. Every time your family gets together, someone will definitely bring back the fond memories.
LEARN SOMETHING NEW
Camping is a great way to expand your horizon and learn something new and different. You can learn how to cook over an open fire, or fishing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, or even putting up your tent. Camping can provide you the opportunity to learn all of this and more. If you are Camping near Atlanta, or anywhere else, state parks now offer all sorts of classes and activities that you can take part in while you’re camping there. Not only can you improve some skills, but you can also socialize and network at these activities.
IMPROVED VISION
How can camping help you with your vision? This one seems crazy right?
Well it’s not. A lot of us are constantly working on our computers and laptops. If we’re not working, we are doing something or the other on our tablets, iPads, or any other mobile or hand held device. This causes us to fall prey to Computer Vision Syndrome. It causes fatigue in your eyes and may also cause nearsightedness. Studies have shown that children who play outside are far less susceptible to Computer Vision Syndrome as compared to children who don’t play outside.
GADGET-LESS ENVIRONMENT
Most of us are in the habit of checking our mobiles right after we wake up and just before going to sleep. Technology has become so ubiquitous in our lives that we just can’t seem to think of doing anything without it. We have become so attached to our phones, laptops, and other devices that we are quite forgetting the human connections that we had.
A camping trip with your family is an ideal way of getting your device out of your head and helping you realize that everything that you check isn’t as important as you thought it was. You will get to enjoy the fresh air, the open spaces and the experiences of going to new places and you will connect with your family in a major way. Once you start finding places that you can visit, you will be surprised to find out that there are a lot of places within an hour’s drive from your home.
AFFORDABLE TRIP
Although camping isn’t free, it is one of the most budget-friendly vacations that you can take with your family. You will need to purchase the gear and the tent and everything else, but that’s about it. The gear will last you for a long time and you can use it again and again. As far as camping sites are concerned, there are some free sites and those that charge don’t charge that much. Food is something that you have to spend on but if you prepare your food from home, you will be able to cut on this expense too.
THE FOOD TASTES BETTER
Now you may not believe this but it’s true nonetheless. First of all, when you go camping, you don’t take the everyday food with you. You prepare food that you don’t normally eat with family. You have the chance to try on new recipes. It also tastes better because of all the exercises that you’ve done and calories that you have burnt. You will feel it yourself. After a full day of hiking, or any other activity, you will feel ravenous and anything that comes in front of you will taste a thousand times better than it did back home.
REKINDLE RELATIONSHIPS
With the hectic lives that we lead and the screen filled hours that we spend, it becomes very hard to give your family the time that they deserve from you. Our jobs, electronics, bills, and everything else has created a huge gap between us and our families. Camping is the best way to undo that damage and strengthen up those relationships.
So, there you go. These are just a few of the benefits that you will have when you take your family and friends camping. So, what are you waiting for? Hey Ho!
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