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The call of the wild: Camping on Long Island

It's 8:45 p.m. and the sun has just dipped below the pines bordering our modest campsite. In front of me, around the fire, our kids toast marshmallows on sticks, giggling as they bite into the crispy edges to reach the gooey centers. We've just chowed down on franks and beans, plus a fillet of walleye caught from a nearby pond. I'm grimy, and exhausted from a three-mile mountain hike on which we...

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