April In The Burbs

So I've been thinking a lot lately about summer and stuff I could do with the kids on the cheap.  Now that Johnny's 4, I feel like he's old enough to enjoy some adventures and make some great memories.  Thanks to a couple of issues with the car,  we're a few hundred dollars behind where we were hoping to be this time of year, so a hotel for a couple of nights is pretty much out of our budget.  Then I got to watching some videos on YouTube with my mom, who plans on hitting the road and perhaps living out of a van/rv part time.  And it hit me. Why can't Johnny and I take a few overnight trips this summer and camp in my Jeep Patriot? Camping in the Jeep would save us possibly hundreds of dollars on a hotel room or Airbnb, which would afford us to eat out a few times and hit up a local attraction or two while we're in town.  I've gathered a few supplies and contacted my uncle who owns almost 2 acres of land. He agreed to let us come camp over in our Jeep for a