{"id":71,"date":"2015-01-09T03:00:27","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2020-05-03T17:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T00:56:57","slug":"5-reasons-to-love-winter-camping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/5-reasons-to-love-winter-camping\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Reasons to Love Winter Camping"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_80\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80\" class=\"wp-image-80 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Winter Campground\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter-207x136.jpg 207w, https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter-140x94.jpg 140w, https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/20150109Winter.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-80\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Winter camping requires a bit more skill than summer camping due to the potential for dangerous conditions associated with temperature and snow. \u00a0Nonetheless, many people love winter camping. \u00a0Here are five reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>There are no bugs. \u00a0Well, there may be a few, but far fewer than even the most bug-free summer days.<\/li>\n<li>There are no bears. \u00a0They are hibernating, so don&#8217;t go poking around in places where they might be sleeping &#8211; they will wake up and not be happy.<\/li>\n<li>There are few other people. \u00a0You can get solitude in the summer by just getting a couple miles away from a parking lot. \u00a0In the winter, \u00a0you may find solitude <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> the parking lot.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s peaceful and quiet. \u00a0Ever heard the sound of snow falling? \u00a0Yes, it\u00a0can be\u00a0that quiet.<\/li>\n<li>The scenic beauty is entirely different. \u00a0In deciduous forests, you can see much farther in the winter, so you can spot fascinating rock formations, ponds and other natural features that would have been invisible in the summer. The snow decorating all of nature will take your breath away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you wonder how\u00a0winter camping and the sound, or\u00a0not, of a tree falling in the forest are related, hop on over to <a href=\"https:\/\/campingbabble.com\/threads\/returning-to-winter-camping.709\/\">our partner forum<\/a>, find out and join the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>To get free books and the option to subscribe to our weekly Outdoor News and get these blog posts by email, <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/membership-account\/membership-checkout\/?level=1\">register for the Discover club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter camping requires a bit more skill than summer camping due to the potential for dangerous conditions associated with temperature and snow.  Nonetheless, many people love winter camping.  Here are five reasons:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3251,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71\/revisions\/3251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}