I know, it's an old joke, but it's so true! Camping is in tents (intense)! My friends and I just went to Devil's Hopyard in East Haddam last week, and we go every year around this time. It's really a cheap and awesome getaway - especially for college students and recent grads. This year the rate is $14 a night per campsite (Thanks, Governor Rell for deciding not to double the fees), so when you share a site with 3 to 5 people, it's a really good deal. All you need are some tents, a grill, firewood and enough sustenance for a few days. There's also something refreshing and liberating about turning off your cell phone, leaving the computer at home and being outside all day and night.
The Hopyard campground is especially nice because it's in the state, it's clean, and there are plenty of sites, clean outhouses (with sensor lights added this year) and easy access to dumpsters (garbage and recycling). It's also walking distance to the waterfall, which we walked to a lot because it was so close by. We like taking advantage of the campground this time of year, too, because it's less crowded, and not as hot or buggy as it would be once summer hits.
Following a three-year (for some, it was a four-year) tradition, we settled in the first night then went for a long hike the next morning up. This year we went to the vista and had a long sit-down. I'm not sure exactly how long we were up there, but we were kind of tired from the way up, and it was beautiful, so we didn't want to leave right away. Pretty good couple of days.
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