Camping in the Rain???

I have enjoyed tent camping in the rain - as long as the tent is set up BEFORE it rains...setting a tent up in the rain in a pain in the tuckus!!

We have a "gazebo" that we put up as well so we can play cards and eat under that and not get wet!!

HAVE FUN!!!

We've had accidental rain on several of our camping trips. As long as you can keep your tent sealed (bottom and top), it just adds to the fun and challenge of the camping trip. It tests your abilities. Think about the pioneers that did it all the time.... it's a fun way to show your survival skills and how to make a fun time out of something that some would consider disasterous.
Have a staging area outside of the tent where wet or muddy clothes and shoes can be removed before entry. It would be good to have a pop up shelter for over the eating and cooking areas. Take plenty of food that doesnt have to be cooked just in case....jerky, nuts, pork n' beans, fresh fruits, etc.
Show off your skills and make husband and kiddos proud.

i like cheryl o's answer. i never have (and my first thought was eww!!) but if you can stay fairly dry - and WARM - it could be quite the adventure. good luck!

The first time I took my Girl Scout troop camping it rained almost the entire weekend. We had no choice because the weekend was booked and paid for by the troop members so off we went. It was so much fun. The girls were so proud of themselves when they got the campfire started and cooked breakfast in the rain. As long as you have the right gear it should be OK.

Some of my favorite times camping where when it had been raining. Just be overly prepared with tarps (for under and top of the tent) and a shovel just in case you need to dig trenches for the water to drain around your tent. :D TONS of fun playing in our sleeping bags, dancing in the rain, story time, ect.

As long as your tent is properly sealed so you don't get soaked :) the kids will have a blast.

depends on the size of your tent. I have gone hiking with only a very small tent, and we hiked through the rain and slept wet in this tiny tent which ended up smelling pretty bad, the fire was super smokey since the wood was wet, so not a lot of fun.
Maybe bring one of those Duralogs so that you can have an easy fire in case it rains, bring a deck of cards or some other game to play with your group, bring easy to eat snack so you do not have to cook over a wet fire, etc. Just make it more about the getting together than the location. And bring rain gear to wear and lots of dry clothes for afterwards.

We have done it on more than one occasion (not completely on purpose :) ). Cheryl has the right idea, a pop up gazebo will make it more manageable. Keep the tent dry.

Make sure you are on a flat surface. We were out tubing and a huge downpour came through. We weren't worried, since we sealed the tent. We didn't realize we were on a small incline and water poured into our tent. EVERYTHING got soaked...clothes, sleeping bags, pillows...everything. That time was miserable. We were able to dry out enough by bedtime (thank you Texas heat), but our pillows were still a mess. We wound up putting them in trash bags so we could use them.We left that trip early. Now we watch the weather forecasts and try to store as much as possible in our cars if we are going to get rain, so our stuff is dry even if the tent gets wet.

We were in the Boy Scouts and camped every month, one year it rained almost every trip. I don't like camping in the rain, but picked up a tip. Buy a huge tarp, a package of clothes pins or those plastic clamps that you squeeze to open like clothes pins, in hardware or at the dollar store, and take a small shovel. Get a canopy of some sort.

Be careful that you put the tent up someplace where you're not in a potential run off or water pooling spot. First put down the tarp, put the tent on the tarp, don't stake it down, then pull the tarp up around the tent as high as it will go. Pin it tight using the poles to pin onto first, then take up any slack along the walls with more pins. Pin it so that you can get into the door of the tent when you're done. Put the canopy over the tent and then dig a water run off trench around your tent to divert water away from your sleeping area.

Sleeping wet is absolutely miserable! A bit of work, but you can stay dry to sleep. Hope the rain stays away and that you have fun trip!

My dad use to take us camping every year when we were little for about a week (a little vacation away from us for our mom lol) the trip got cut short every year because of the rain. we would wake up with a tent full of water. To avoid this you need to spray the tent with water sealant. Bring board games and cards and things you can do in the tent if there is to much rain to be out in.

It can still be fun. Set up a large pop up or screen tent near but not over the fire for communal meals and games and such. Put the tents around the fire near each other so you are in a circle and can talk and socialize from inside your tents. Encourage the kids to play in one another's tents and you go visit your friends in theirs. Do make sure you have tarps for under the tents and they are tucked in so you don't get wet and that your rain fly is secure. Bring a spare tarp in case of leaks. Camp uphill. Outfit the family (kids especially) with boots and raincoats (easier to manage than umbrellas when running around). If you can, bring a slightly bigger tent to allow more room inside to hang out. Bring a shovel in case you have to dig a trench.

We go camping for a week each summer and it never fails to rain at least once.

Just pick the right area to put your tent if possible.....higher ground and in between trees (4 of them) tie a tarp up over your tent to each tree. Make the front of your tarp roof a little higher then the back. This provided you with not only a dry tent but also a little overhang porch area where you can sit outside also. We've done this many times camping and if you have a super large tarp then you can fit several tents under it - aka Tent City!!!

I would just LOVE to go camping this time of year. Nice fall weather, the cool air breezes, leaves falling, nice clean rain to make it fun and adventurous!!!! My little ones are a bit too little for it I think. Ian is 2 1/2 and the twins are 9 months old. granted, people have had their children out in the elements with much less clothes and protection from the elements since the dawn of man and we have made it this far so i'm probably just a worrywart on that one. I say go, have fun. maybe take some extra things you normally wouldnt so they have something to do inside the tent if it starts to rain to hard. i would just grab some rain gear, extra umbrella's and dry clothes and have fun....i am green with envy over here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here in the great state of Washington it is normal to camp in the rain. If you don't then you never get to camp! It can be fun if you like to camp. I hate it, sun or rain. Just know that if you have kids you are going to be doing a lot of laundry when you get home! lol
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