I am posting this at the request of my DW, for a co-worker of hers. Here is her request.
If you get a chance, can you put a post out there to see if there's any tips/advice on cabins in campgrounds, what to pack for a firsttimer, etc for XXXXXXXX? she's interested and what campgrounds are good for a firsttimer. Thank you.
When packing for a cabin, think just like packing for a tent, except some cabins have electricity.Bring your own bedding, food in a cooler, campstove, etc. (I am thinking of KOA style cabins where you have to go to a bathhouse for restrooms/shower, no stove, no refrigerator, etc.)
There are higher grades of camping cabins that come with multiple rooms, appliances, dishes, etc. It will all depend on the campground.
We spent last Thursday night in a KOA kabin in Charlottesville VA. It had a double bed, a set of bunks, one wooden chair and a small table attached to the wall. It had an A/C and heat. No cooking allowed inside. There was a picnic table and firepit outside. Also a water spigot. ALso a small porch with a porch swing. So yes - it's like tent camping without the tent.
Depends on what type of cabin you're talking about. The cabins at the campground we are at are just like a motel room with two double beds and a kitchenette
Bill & Linda
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In most cases the CG website will tell you what's provided. The basic cabins are like tent camping, you need to bring most everything. Some of the more deluxe cabins provide most of what you need...some even have linens available for a price. IMHO the price of two nights in a cabin will buy you a decent tent at Wally World.
Kabins (KOA style) helped us transition from tent camping to Travel Trailers. Most have AC/Heat which is nice. The nice part is protection from the weather, as opposed to tenting. It also gives you your own private space.
Yes, you have to use the bath house for showers and , ya know! But then, we generally use it while RVing, anyway.
Personally, I always enjoyed the experience. Well, except for the night we were invaded by hornets at 3 AM in Boone, NC. We headed home in dense fog. That didn't discourage us though. I'd do it again.
Fred Cory
Mineral Bluff, GA
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Bring a can of Lysol and some Anti-Bacterial spray cleaner for the bed mattresses so you can wash & spray them good before putting YOUR bedding on them.
We stayed in a cabin with eleven boys several years ago. Bring everything and check to see if they have electricity. My daughter stayed in one with a gas stove, electric lights and furnace, the one we were in had beds, tables and chairs and a pump outside.
After ten years a young college student said that was the best camping he ever did, his grandparents own a $200,000 MH.
Thinking back we also had our own outhouse.
like others have said...it depends on where and what for instance Allegany State Park on the PA/NY border has it all covered...we stayed in a cabin on Anderson Trail in the Red House area in 2005. We had a aprtment size stove, a full size fridge and 5 bunk beds. there were no curtains, so we brought old towels to put over the windows, and we brought an air mattress for DW and I. I did not use the stove in the cabin, I have a poratable grill and 2 burner stove, that we used...the fridge, which we didn;t know we'd have, was nice..didn;t have to buy ice at all . NY has been putting alot of money into the state parks and are upgrading a bunch of cabins. On the Quaker side of ASP, there are handicap accessible cabins, heated cabins, furnished cabins, and the rustic ones like this.... as said...pack like you are tenting...what you don't need cam be left in your vehicle.
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We started cabin camping when we lost our vacation home and what didnt' kill us left us with all the usual middle age aches and pains. So we discovered cabin camping and we love it. Since it looks like the person who started this thread is from North East, and I believe that's in Pennsylvania, you and your friend might like this piece on cabin camping in state park cabins.
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. NY has been putting alot of money into the state parks and are upgrading a bunch of cabins. On the Quaker side of ASP, there are handicap accessible cabins, heated cabins, furnished cabins, and the rustic ones like this...
. as said...pack like you are tenting...what you don't need cam be left in your vehicle.
(ok so he's 4..still daBaby)
