Jiffy mixes. made by Chelsea Baking Company in Chelsea, Michigan, is offering a free recipe book that includes nutritional information and camping recipes. The recipe book has “old favorites and many new recipes.”
Click here to request your free copy.
Just because a person is camping does not mean they have to spend their whole trip at the campground. It is fun to get out and see the surrounding area.
Portland, Oregon is a city filled with fun things to do and see. Plus it is only 45 minutes away from Milo McGiver State Park which has a campground that is open from the middle of March to October 30.
If you are a fan of The Simpsons, then a visit to Portland is almost a must because must because the show’s creator, Matt Groening, is a native of Portland and has named city streets after characters in the show. So a drive down NW Flanders Street will probably remind fans of the show of the character Ned Flanders. There is more about The Simpsons and Portland on page 20 of the Travel Portland magazine. 
Some other things found in the 96 page guide:
- a listing of where to eat, what to do, where to shop, and even where to stay if your venture into the city is an overnight one.
- a section of “points of interest” in various sections of the city including Northwest/Nob Hill, North Mississippi, Hollywood District, Belmont & Hawthorne, and Pearl District.
- a list of sites in the city said to be haunted such as Old Town Pizza at 226 N.W. Davis Street where a lady of the evening who was thrown down the building’s elevator shaft is said to still wander the restaurant’s balcony dining area and basement.
- info about the Portland Saturday market which is largest continuously operating open air market for handcrafted goods in the United States. Contrary to the market’s name, it is also open Sundays and is open every weekend from March through December
- a list of side trips to take including a jaunt over to the Oregon coast to watch the gray whales migrating (February to June and again in November through January although area experts say whales can be seen all summer long).
- lots of info about food and shopping, including where to shop green. The picture of pastries from Pearl Bakery on page 52 of the magazine looked so good I was tempted to lick the page.
- where to go to walk on water (it’s the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade 1.5 mile floating walkway and biking passage along the Willamette River between the Hawthorne and Steel bridges)
Request your free copy of the Travel Portland Magazine by visiting the Travel Portland Website. Or, if you want to help the green thinking city of Portland save trees, click here to read the magazine online.
The Maine Campground Owners Association is offering a free Maine Camping Guide. With over 22,000 campsites in Maine, there are lots of places to park a rig or pitch a tent while exploring the beauty Maine has to offer.
People can camp on or near the lakes in Maine or along the Atlantic Ocean coastal area of the state. Or, if water is not your thing, there are plenty of inland camping opportunities whether a person prefers camping in a resort type area or where it is more remote.
For the purposes of the camping guide, Maine is divided into eight regions: Aroostook, Katahdin and Moosehead Highlands, Kennebec Valley and Moose River Valley, Acadia, Sunrise County Downeast, Mid Coast, South Coast, and Western Lakes and Mountains.
Campgrounds are listed by region with contact information plus a list of the amenities each campground has to offer. 
To request a free printed copy of the 96 page Maine Camping Guide, click here to go the official request form. If you prefer to view the camping guide online, click here to access an electronic interactive version.
