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Homer sees an ad for a children's essay contest in the Reading Digest magazine. Lisa submits an essay on the contest's topic – "what makes America great" – after visiting Springfield Forest and seeing a bald eagle land nearby. The Simpsons travel to Washington, D.C. after Lisa's essay, "The Roots of Democracy", earns her a spot in the ...
Camping is a form of outdoor recreation or outdoor education involving overnight stays with a basic temporary shelter such as a tent. Camping can also include a recreational vehicle, sheltered cabins, a permanent tent, a shelter such as a bivy or tarp, or no shelter at all. Typically, participants leave developed areas to spend time outdoors ...
Children swimming at an Indiana church camp The first American summer camp was the Gunnery Camp in 1861 [38] The American Camp Association (ACA) reported in 2013 that there are about 7,000 overnight camps and about 5,000 day camps in the U.S., for a total of more than 12,000 camps. [39]
The most beautiful places to camp across America offer a glimpse of what the country used to look like before industrialization erased America's natural habitats en masse. Camping at any one of ...
While still a small minority, campers are more likely to own an electric vehicle than those who don’t go camping, according to a survey by Kampgrounds of America, the nation’s largest ...
John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. [1] The first of his essay collections was Wake-Robin in 1871.
LANSING, Mich. — LAFCU is now accepting submissions for its annual Write to Educate Essay Contest, which will award $5,000 college scholarships to each of four Michigan high school seniors ...
KOA (short for Kampgrounds of America) is an American franchise of privately owned campgrounds. Having more than 500 locations across the United States and Canada, it is the world's largest system of privately owned campgrounds. [2] [3] It was founded in 1962 and is based in Billings, Montana, United States. The current president and CEO of KOA ...