You are allowed to take your car to your campsite in order to unpack it. However, you can’t park your car right next to your tent. Expect to carry your stuff from your car to where you’ll pitch your tent about 25 to 100 feet.
Although Nobebosco allows you to unpack your car by your campsite, you are not allowed to park your car there overnight. There is a parking lot by the front of the camp.
We recommend that you go to the campsite, unpack your car, then move your car back to the parking area before setting up your campsite. This way, other people have a chance to unpack their cars too.
Proper Shabbat attire for the Kinus is our scouting uniforms. This includes Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts. For those who don’t have scouting uniforms, comfortable clothing is good. Few people actually bring Shabbat clothing.
If you want to go on a hike, you should have hiking shoes. You should also wear appropriate and comfortable, but sturdy clothing. This includes girls too! Shabbat clothes will get torn on hikes. Shabbat shoes will get ruined. We recommend to girls who like wearing long skirts that they should consider wearing pants underneath. There will come times when they may have to lift their skirts up to get over rocks or prickly plants.
No, the showers are not available.
We have a downloadable packing list over by the Kinus applications. The packing list has been honed to perfection by years of experience. You do not need expensive outdoor stuff. Most of us do quite well with Target for almost all of our camping gear. They have everything you’ll need and at reasonable prices. I may not shop at Target if I were going to scale K2, but we’re talking about a weekend camping trip.
We do highly recommend that you buy true outdoor gear, and not the sleeping bags you might use for sleep overs. This also applies to tents too. The backyard play tents with cartoon pictures are just too lightweight for sleeping in the outdoors.
Oh, a helpful hint about tents: When a tent says it can sleep “X” number of people, it is talking about people being packed like sardines. We recommend that you buy a tent that advertises itself as twice the size that you need. For example, if you are two people, buy a four man tent. If you are three people, buy a six man tent. Also, if your kids are old enough to sleep on their own, you might want to consider getting two separate tents: One for the kids and one for the adults. Remember that you’ll be storing your gear in your tent too.
Each and every year, the New Jersey Jewish Boy Scouts get together for a weekend of camping fun and excitement. We have delicious kosher meals provided by our kitchen staff and spend a beautiful Shabbat together. We also play all sorts of fun games, and learn all sorts of exciting stuff.
Each summer, the New Jersey Jewish Boy Scouts throw two different kinusim. (The Boy Scout Kinus for older scouts which includes Boy Scouts, Venture Scouts, Cadet (Girl) Scouts, and Senior Girl Scouts, and the Cub Scout Kinus for younger scouts which includes Tiger Scouts, Cub Scouts, Daisy, Brownies, and Junior Girl Scouts). Over 150 parents and kids from all over New Jersey, and all over the United States come and enjoy the experience.
Not a camper? It doesn’t matter! Most of the adults who attend the Kinus do not think of themselves as campers, but still manage to have a blast. The weather is always beautiful! We guarantee it! The crowd is friendly, and the experience is fantastic! We also have various activities for our scouters and interesting lectures for the adults on various Jewish topics. For the more adventurous, on Sunday, we have various hikes from a ten mile trek to a light ramble around the camp grounds exploring the local wildlife and plants. There’s also fishing, archery, riflery, and other fun activities. We even climb the mountain located behind our camp and take the campers down a small segment of the Appalachian Trail!
So, if you are a parent of a Jewish Scout, or simply want the family fun of the summer, sign up right now!
