If you don't mind taking a trip a little bit further north - the White Mountains are absolutely stunning. And, if your husband lets you escape for a little bit - the outlet shopping in the valley surrounded by the White Mountain range is quite an experience.

Here's a decent description of camping in the white mountains - some campsites and hiking trails too:

http://www.ehow.com/how_2242260_camping-nh-white-mountains.html

We've taken our kids just about every year and we try out a different campsite each time. The Crawford Notch General Store & Campground is our favorite so far. Great spots for pop-ups too. If you like mountain camping - you would both love this area...

Happy camping!
-Ryan

We do have plans for heading in that direction in the future. Your link was great to see and the mountain is exactly that...stunning! Thanks for the recommendation. I have bookmarked it in my camping favorites!

You're within easy driving of the Pine Barrens of NJ. The area I'm familiar with off the Wading River offers Chips Folly or Turtle Run or Timberline Campgrounds. The restored town of Batsto offers a pleasant afternoon of learning about iron and glassmaking in the pines in the 18th and 19th centuries when this area had thriving industries (ever heard of the Mason Jar? Invented just a mile southeast where the road bends by the river in long-gone Crowleytown). The river also offer one of the best canoe trips out of Sooy's in Jenkins Neck down the West Branch of the Wading River, a pleasant day trip with no rapids and total immersion in nature. The Jersey Shore is a 25-minute trip southeast with it's well-known attractions like The White House Sub Shop on Baltic Avenue near the Boardwalk.
I think you would like the area. It's my boyhood home.

tplife.....we're very familiar with the Pine Barrens of NJ.
We're also yearly renters in Ocean City NJ and now that we have our camper, we plan on taking weekend trips and camp at Belleplain State Park, which is a stone's throw from OC. We love the Jersey shore and since we can't afford a residence, we'll do our next favorite thing, camping. Thanks for your info. The Jersey shore has been my vacation spot since I was a little girl. Great memories!

I had the pleasure of traveling to Colorado this past summer for a family reunion, and stayed at Lathrop State Park outside Walsenburg. What a beautiful sight! The Spanish Peaks off in the distance and the smell of fresh aspens after a noon rain. Plus the campground was peacefully quiet, it made for a very relaxing visit. I am so used to it being dreadfully hot where I live so the cool mountain air was quite welcoming. We traveled to Colorado Springs for the reunion but I was rather impressed with Walsenburg. The people were so friendly, and the atmosphere breathtaking. AHHHHHHHHH...I can't wait to go back!

Here is a link if anyone is interested.

And Ryan, those white mountains are beautiful, wish I lived closer to NH! That picture in the link is breathtaking!

Here is a link that might be useful: stateparks.com

Seashore State Park in Va Beach is right on the beach. Used to be a really nice place to camp among the Live Oak forest...lots of shade. I haven't been there for decades though.

The link is below....looks like it is called First Landing now.

Here is a link that might be useful: Va Beach Campground

Yes Grammyp I have been there just to look at those falls and they were awesome! I hiked down the side of the stream/creek whatever it is and saw all 3 falls. I was thinking it was called Burgess Waterfalls or something like that. I might be confusing the two.

Acadia in Maine.

Assateague, Maryland. We went off season in the spring. We stayed for free in the parking lot. The bathrooms and showers were open. It was so cool to see the wild horses on the dunes. We had a mama horse and her baby come right up to our campsite and try to steal a loaf of bread.

Anywhere on the water is great. We mostly camp within 2-3 hours of home and we have one campground that has about a dozen sites right on the edge. Another is along the Black River but no sites right on the water but still great access to a great little river for canoeing, tubing, swimming and fishing.

When we travel and need overnight spots or a base of operations for checking out an area, we love military base campgrounds. Extremely low cost, immaculately maintained, and no worries about crime and surprisingly easy to find open sites.