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The Best in Tent Camping: The Carolinas: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos

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Johnny Molloy had a dream assignment; to explore the campgrounds of North and South Carolina with his tent, vehicle and laptop. He came back with 55 campgrounds and created "a guide for car campers who hate RVs, concrete slabs, and loud portable stereos". The author writes with such enthusiasm and asks "have you ever been to the Outer Banks in fall, with a cool breeze and ward golden light spilling onto its sands?" He briefly discusses the area's history. Each campground is rated for beauty, noise, privacy, security, spaciousness, and cleanliness. He also talks about the active outdoor possibilities such as hiking, biking, canoeing or fishing in or close to the campground. A great guide to have for camping close to home

We have used this book to help us pick out our last four camprounds. Jonny provides a lot of detail regarding the layout of each camp site and even gives you information regarding the "best" individual camp sites at the given campground. If you want to be right near the creek in a secluded spot, this book will tell you exactly which camp site to reserve. The book will tell you if the camp sites are walk-in or drive in, as well. You get information about nearby trails, ammenities, and the general cleanliness and crowdedness of the many campgrounds in the Carolinas. My wife sent Jonny an e-mail to update him on some information about a campground he had reviewed. Jonny quickly replied and promised to put the updated information in the next printing. I have recommended this book to several friends who camp. I consider it a valuable resource to help my family find the campground that best meets our needs.

"Hate RV's, Concrete Slabs"? Every one of these campgrounds have RV hookups and most have concrete pads. What the heck? I was expecting to find some cool remote places to camp in this book. All the ones in this book are very generic, state park, pay sites. Don't buy, you can find all these campgrounds very easily online (NC State Park website). The only hope with this book is to give some general advice on an area, then finding something good online or by just exploring.