re: Tent Camping -Palmetto Island in Abbeville

I tent camp a lot with my wife and daughter. I string some Christmas lights across the front of tent outside. I find it makes just enough light to see around and made my daughter feel at ease at night( kinda like a night light). I know it's defeating the purpose but we have a small tv with built in DVD player. Especially when my daughter was younger it helped break up the day for her. We lay in tent at night and watch a movie before going to sleep. We don't use it a lot but it can help her feel better about camping. I actually use a tarp bigger than my tent to have a " porch" to walk on in front of tent. I just make sure it slopes away from tent ( we usually go to Chicot so sloping ground is usually not a problem). I make sure we are always in a spot near the bathhouse but bring a seat that snaps on 5 gal bucket so trip to bathhouse isn't necessary in middle of night. I try not to go when it's going to rain. And only go when it's cool/ cold. Sweating in a hot tent with Mosquitos ain't our thing.