Author Archives: Liz Childers

DJ Tina T, who was just named “Best Female DJ” in Las Vegas for the third consecutive year, runs a very unique camp in Ojai, California. Camp Spin Off is a weeklong summer camp where kids explore and learn about music and spinning. When campers aren’t learning DJ skills from some of the top names in [...]

We usually take it for granted that our readers have some background knowledge about camping. While this is mostly true, there must be some of you reading this that haven’t touched a sleeping bag since your last elementary school sleepover. Now that it is spring, camping curious people start to consider packing up a backpack [...]

As someone who loves to cook, dried food is rarely a go-to.. So, despite its obvious convenience, I’ve never taken dried food on a camping trip. Instead, I always cook food over the fire because, of course, it just tastes fantastic. When Mountain House contacted me to do a review of their new low sodium [...]

Along with ushering the spring flowers that grow from April showers, May gets the joy of bringing us National Bike Month. The month-long event focuses on encouraging more people to bike – whether it is to work or school, for health or pleasure. For us camping lovers, there is another option, too: bicycle camping. It’s [...]

We always love a deal, so we definitely wanted to share this great one with you. Kampgrounds of America (KOA) is a chain of campgrounds that expands through the United States and Canada. With over 475 campgrounds in 45 states, there’s a good chance that most of you have stayed at a KOA site. They [...]

Earth Day 2012 is this Sunday, April 22. For lovers of all kinds of camping, this is an important day. In the past, we have asked Lost in the Woods readers what they most enjoy about camping. Almost all the responses relate to the enjoyment of the fresh air, of nature, the escape from the [...]

We don’t think you need any other reasons to appreciate the Boy and Girl Scouts, but we still have one for you. Baylor University Institute of Religious Studies has just released the results from a survey called “Merit Beyond the Badge.” The two-year, nationwide study sought to determine the impact of the Eagle Scout badge. [...]