I’m Penelope Greene — but everyone calls me Penny — a single mom of two girls, Junie and Margo, and the person behind Penny Camp.
After my divorce, money was tight, but I still wanted my girls to see the country. Hotels and flights weren’t happening on one income, so I bought a cheap tent and we started camping our way across the country — state parks, national forests, and quiet roadside spots, on whatever I could scrape together. I learned the hard way which budget gear survives two energetic kids and thousands of miles, and which falls apart on the first trip.
Penny Camp is everything I’ve figured out about getting a family outside and on the road without spending money I don’t have. I write the gear verdicts, the trip plans, and the cheap camp meals myself — all tested for real, with two kids in tow.
