Let's go camping! Pile into the family truckster and head to a state park for a few days - or until you appreciate the monotony of civilization, work, bills and hemorrhoids. Bring plenty of beer. It travels well, and you can cool it in a lake. It relaxes you enough that your blood pressure doesn't go sky-high while you struggle with your "pop up" tent for three hours. It makes the process of starting a fire for another three hours seem fun, too. You can teach the young ones valuable wilderness survival skills, like how to crush a beer can by standing on it while dimpling the sides with your fingers. Where to camp? We don't know. That's why you should head to Olympia Tuesday night to catch David Kaynor's one-hour slide presentation, "10 Great State Parks To Camp In." He'll tell you when, where and why camping in Washington state is awesome.

10 GREAT STATE PARKS TO CAMP IN, 7 p.m., The Olympia Center, 222 Columbia St. NW, Olympia, $15, 360.586.6181