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Living a Frugal Life: Exploring Staycations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Staycations are inexpensive activities that your family can do at home, or locally, that you can all enjoy without running up an expensive vacation tab. If you’ve got camping equipment, why not camp out in your backyard? You can create ribbons for the winners, or offer them inexpensive prizes. Game and Movie Day.

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Visit a State Park | Summer Fun Guide

Family Balance Sheet

A day at a state park is family friendly, fun, adventurous, and inexpensive. As I was poking around PA''s state park website, I found the First Time Camper program where $20 gets you two nights of camping, equipment rental and hands-on instruction on how to camp by state park expert campers.