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Camping?

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in setting up a camping weekend now that the weather is getting nicer. I have been camping many times and love it! Maybe we could toss a hike into the mix as well? Let me know your thoughts.

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Permalink Reply by rachel irene on April 19, 2010 at 7:30am

I'm up for either weekend, but I'd need to borrow a tent or sleep with KBucks or something :-P

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on April 19, 2010 at 8:18pm

Ok. Let's shoot for June 11-13. I was thinking someplace in Morris County might be the most convenient. Mahlon Dickerson has a lot of trails / fields and is only $10 per day. Also, it's only about 20 minutes from where a few of us went horseback riding yesterday, so we could take a side-trip there if anyone was interested.

Any other suggestions for locations?

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Permalink Reply by Dave B on April 19, 2010 at 8:44pm

sounds cool, i may be down for north nj camping.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Shah on April 19, 2010 at 11:31pm

Sounds good to me, I live less than 15 mins from there so everyone is more than welcome to come before or after or whatever for drinks, food, etc. Not really sure what to do, just wanted to offer the place up :) Also, I have room for one in my tent if needed.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah on April 20, 2010 at 12:32pm

That weekend is fine with me. That's also not too far from High Point State Park, which I believe includes part of the Appalachian Trail -- I'd love to hike some small part of that and then be able to say I've hiked the AT! (Or they appear to have camp sites there, I know nothing more than what's here: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/highpoint.html)
And horseback riding would be great -- hey, how about that night ride/BBQ?
Also, I believe I can share my tent with one female.

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Middleton on April 20, 2010 at 4:33pm

Hopefully I can make June 11-13th...may have a bachelorette party that weekend for a friend so I have to check on that first!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Haughwout on May 3, 2010 at 3:35am

I've got a commitment on the 13th, but I should be available for the first night and most of Saturday's activities. Whether I could camp Saturday depends on the timing of the Sunday plans.

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Permalink Reply by Deborah on May 3, 2010 at 12:04pm

maybe for Rebecca: do you know if Mahlon Dickerson takes/requires a reservation? I don't know if the price you were quoting was for individual sites or a group site -- or we may not be big enough to merit a group site.

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Permalink Reply by Jay Shah on May 3, 2010 at 3:05pm

Since they are only up the street from me I figured I'd call and figure it out in case we needed to stop by or something. Here is the deal: camp sites and Adirondack shelters (which is something like this http://www.camphickoryhill.org/tour/images/shelter1.jpg) are available as first come first serve or reservations. Each site can hold up to 6 people (no more) but we can get sites next to each other (I roughly counted 12 people replying to the thread). Each site needs a separate person to reserve. Here is the problem, for the weekend of the 11th, they only have the 11th, not the 12th, a big boy scout troop is taking the whole grounds. While I had him on the phone I asked about the weekends after, 18 and 19th are tent sites only, 25, 26 both avail, and after is open. So the choices are, camp for just that one night, or pick another weekend, or pick another place altogether...forgot to ask about the 4th and 5th (although I can't go that weekend). Here is the website for that park specifically http://www.morrisparks.net/aspparks/mahlonmain.asp. The only other place I've done anything like this is Jim Thorpe so maybe someone with more experience can offer some suggestions.

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Permalink Reply by Rebecca on May 5, 2010 at 5:17pm

Thanks so much Jay!!!!

My personal vote is for going the 18th and 19th at Mahlon Dickerson. I would prefer to be in a tent anyway as I find they protect from insects better than shelters (yes, I know camping = bugs, but I was stung in my sleep once when staying in a shelter). The location is pretty central for anyone in Northern NJ and it's close to the place we went riding if we wanted to do that as well.