Basic Camping Tips
Title: A Few Tips for Camping Newbies
Camping from a commercial campground for several days allows time for experimentation around the campfire, exploring the terrain and just simply relaxing. But when camping in remote locations, good planning and organization before your trip are the utmost importance. Good planning will make your camping trip much more enjoyable and less stressful during unexpected situations such as bad weather or late campsite arrivals.
- When faced with a tight schedule don't plan huge meals. Instead, plan quick camping meals by cooking meals in advance. Precooked camp chili or beef stew are great meals that warm up quickly over a single burner stove and provide enough calories needed in outdoor conditions. Also save time by taking time to arrange a cooler with planned meals and eating utensils within easy reach. Plan simple lunches and snacks such as sandwiches, powerbars or trail mix.
- Setting up camp can be fun when daylight and weather is on your side. But when canoe camping things don't always go as planned, and you may someday find yourself setting camp in unfamiliar territory while dealing with stormy weather and darkness. It's these situations where good planning pays off. Good planning begins with packing your essential equipment such as tent, sleeping bag, clothing and at least one good flashlight together in high quality dry bags. Pack these dry bags into your canoe in an organized fashion so that you can quickly access and erect your dome tent and have warm dry shelter and clothing immediately available for your family.
- Most of us camp to get away from the daily annoyances such as cell phones, busy traffic and people. But one of the most important things to do when going camping is to give others details about where you are going and when you will return, and who to contact if you don't return. And although you may be in a location without a cell phone signal you usually don't have to walk to far before obtaining a signal, so it's not a bad idea to have a cell phone and GPS with you just in case.