Camping and Backpacking with Children Advice on Backpacking with Children by Victoria Logue Some of my best memories of childhood are of hiking and camping. We spent a lot of time hiking around California s Lake Shasta. On another trip, we stumbled on a ghost town and camping nearby set the perfect stage for ghost stories that night. Then there was the time we were caught in a hailstorm on a sparsely treed hillside . . .
Most children love the outdoors.
I have vivid memories of it that have led me to continue my love affair with nature. I discovered my daughter s love for the outdoors when she was three months old. While attending a conference in San Diego, I found that Griffin fell asleep more quickly when I carried her around outside than she did when I walked her in our room. Maybe it was all those long walks I took trying to induce labor when she was two weeks overdue, but she blossoms when the wind caresses her face and the sun shines on her head. Since the conference and a subsequent tour of Muir Woods, she has graduated to a backpack and absolutely loves her new vantage point.