About Coach Camp Joe
Long days and short years… The weekends camping with my son have made all the difference in my life. Vitamin Sun. Unplugged. The windshield time driving to some of the most beautiful and soul restoring places – all blessing and memories I now cherish. I grew up camping with my family and, while I wasn’t a fan of it, I was determined to carry on the tradition when I started a family of my own. Our family did as much as camping as we could by tents, then we move to a popup camper, then to a camper vans and roof top tent. I’ve owned them all and not only have I learned a lot that is not on any sales brochure, but I have also collect a significant amount of gear which helped to minimize my dread of camping– so, I thought I should share it. And, I’d ask you to share your knowledge and things that you love of camping too.
I almost didn’t create this website because one of my most important tips is that the blessings are the challenges you overcome and survive together. While those moments were hard, we remember the flat tires, the “spilled milk”, the ripped pants with fondness now. We’ve learned that the lost toy / found treasury might have been left there on purpose from a more wise parent and we should have left it where it we found it…
We might not have known it then, but those were good times. While I’d truly hate to rob any of you of the opportunity to fall into your own pitfalls, if this site happens to energize any of you to break out of your routine and go camping than I hope you all enjoy this site and share it with your friends and family.
Please consider signing up for the monthly news letter is meant to be fun and helpful and not fill up your inbox. As the website grows I hope to be able to add discounts & promo codes to help save a few bucks too.
I also ask that you to share some of your advice and fun stories that you’ve had along the way through our contact page. How wonderful would it be if our “Shared Ideas” section is the biggest and most popular part of the website. There is nothing is better than friends coming together and sharing. I’ll start it with what my dad told me in the late 1900’s – “Remember to pump your hand in the air as you pass 18 Wheelers “– The drivers of the rigs love acknowledging a kid and have continued to blow their horns as you pass by! Now it’s your turn! Please share something
