Tip of the Day: Backyard Camp-Out
With a tent and a little imagination, your backyard can be transformed.
June 29, 2010 — -- So you want to take the kids on an incredible camping trip but don't want to go too far from home? No problem, backyard camping can be an outdoor adventure all on its own.
All you need is a tent, a few sleeping bags (or blankets) and flashlights to turn your backyard into an incredible wilderness experience.
Get some great backyard camping ideas from the Family Travel Network by clicking here.
Remember to Keep the Bugs Away
Learn how to swat bugs -- from science. During a particularly buggy summer, Penn State University fluid dynamics professor Jim Brasseur did some research into the best mosquito-swatting technique. CLICK HERE to see what he found so you can be the most effective human bug zapper in history.
Aside from your hands, there are a ton of products on the market that all say they can keep mosquitos in check. But which ones really work? CLICK HERE to see our report about the fact and fiction of bug repellents.
Sometimes it's not about dodging the little flying beasts -- it's going on the offensive. In Estonia, participants gathered in the city of Tartu and attempted to catch as many mosquitos as they could in a designated area. CLICK HERE to learn how the competition came about and if it does the people any good.