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[quote=Anonymous]Girl Scout troop camping usually has a very different culture than Cub Scout camping.

Cub Scout camping in my experience was very much a family affair, and depending on who was organizing it, involved the parents doing most of the work.

Girl Scout troop camping usually involved the leaders, and maybe an extra parent or two as chaperone. But the Girl Scout traditions have the girls working in patrols to do the chores themselves. When I was a GS leader we started camping when the girls were in 2nd grade, and much  of the weekend was just learning how to do the things you need to do when camping, starting with packing your own bags, rolling your own sleeping bag, gathering the firewood, lighting the fire, cooking, washing up, putting the fire out. Girls carried their own supplies or else the supplies didn't come to camp.

As the adult going camping, I suggest you buy a good backpacking camp pad that you can inflate for sleeping on the ground. It will make you feel so much better!

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