Households select native tenting over journey as costs rise throughout Memorial Day weekend

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – With costs up, some households are protecting Memorial Day weekend near house and protecting it low-cost.

Derek Hansen and Emme Lake are having breakfast on Memorial Day with Derek’s mother and father at Hitchcock Nature Center. His dad purchased an RV just some years in the past they usually’ve spent the week tenting.

“This has been something at least 6 years going that — it’s every other weekend it seems that we’re camping,” Hansen and Lake stated.

Brent Hansen, Derek’s father, stated tenting is a practice that began when he was a child.

“That was our family vacations when I was a kid — was camping,” Brent Hansen stated. “We just like to travel and go.”

Budget-conscious getaway

Today, it’s an reasonably priced trip possibility for some.

“We’re paying for just food and drinks compared to going to other places. You have to make sure you get a hotel and factor in the gas prices to get there and back, and going out to eat, so would say this is more cost efficient,” Hansen and Lake stated.

CNN reported a 0.7 p.c rise in grocery costs final month — the best it’s jumped in 4 years.

“I drive to Omaha every day for work. I work at Nebraska Medicine so going back and forth 40 minutes each way is definitely a lot especially with the gas prices,” Hansen and Lake stated.

A weekend tenting with the household nonetheless provides them a break from on a regular basis life, with out pulling an excessive amount of from their wallets.

“We both are — you know — value our time away from home in the sense of going to do stuff together so this is one outlet that’s very friendly to that, especially with everything being the price that it is. It’s nice to have this option,” Hansen and Lake stated.

Brent Hansen stated tenting retains a household custom alive.

“Camping — it’s — that’s your group, that’s who you play with, that’s who you learn with, and that’s what we did. So we’ve been fortunate that our kids want to do the same,” he stated.

Chad Kunze, a Park Ranger at Hitchcock, stated they count on extra guests throughout College World Series. They’ll hold observe of visitor numbers over the summer season.