What good is camping anyway? Most people think of camping and they think of sitting in the dirt with insects all around and then sleeping on a hard rock floor. They think of hoving around each other at night in a camp --afraid of what noices they are hearing from the trees or forests. However, if you are one of the people who love to go camping, then you think the opposite of all that. When you love nature and you love camping out, you think of all the wonderful times that you will have even if it rains the entire time.
When you love camping you are thinking that you are the closest to nature than you will ever be; you are closest to pure natural stress relief there is. When you love camping, you look forward to camping season and you are probaby sad to see it end. Most of us think about camping one way or the other. You either love it hate ir or you have no clue what camping is about.
So, here are some ideas, suggestions and comments, along with some great product descriptions:
Camping will and does lower blood pressure because having less stress has been known to lower blood pressure also and camping relieves stress.
Camping provides that no stress atmosphere --if you camp with a tent. You never have to worry about doing the dishes or about entertaining people.
You can have your first experience building your own home; now how is that for being different. And yes, putting a tent together is building a home. Yes it is a temporary home, but still it will be your home for at least a day or perhaps a week, depending on how long you intend to camp out.
Camping is one of the best ways to teach children about nature. After all mostly all around most campsites you will find nature and natural settings.
Here are some things to bring with you when you go camping with your tent or tents:
Money. Yes, bring money. It pays to be prepared, even if you are only camping out for a few days.
Dried foods (Some dried foods are raisens, oatmeal cookies, dry cereal, nuts, rice cakes, and if need be, pototo chips or cheese doodles.
Wild camping? You will need a water supply and you might need iodine tablets to purify your water. Bring a small filter so you can filter stream water.
Grippers or Gophers are all important. These metal/plastic extensions are great for reaching inside the tent, for catching spiders and for letting them go out in nature.
Identification. Always bring identification with you when camping out in any state park or private campsites or forests. You will need this in an emergency.
Haha, a luxury tip for tenters: If you bring a small George Forman grill, you can cook burgers and veggies on there and leave all the charcoal, grills and bbq things at home.
Buckets and containers: These are necessary. These items keep the tent clean and dry and keep your things organized. Bring the bucket with you when you go to the shower. You can put your watch and wallet and other things inside a child's small beach bucket, and now everything stays dry while you shower.
Lots of string or cord for the tent stakes, and tents, tarps and other related items.
Music and electronics and coloring books and games for those stormy times when you need to be outside your tent (perhaps in the gamerooms or somewhere else).
Friends and family for some camping trips and be sure to do some solo trips also. A good mix is the health idea.
Some other good snacks are Craisins, yogurt candies, watermelon, crackers, pretzels, and more. Bring something with wheels on it if you have to walk far from the car, you can tote your items on wheels or let everyone carry their own share. Other camping hints:
Attach the fly of the tent ONLY after you have completely tied the tent down to the ground with a sufficient number of stakes. One year I did not tie the tent down and let go of it for a split second. One six foot high tent went flying up in a gust of wind. I have to chase this tent for half the size of a football field before I caught up with it. So, moral of this story is always stake this tent down before attaching the fly. For non-campers, the fly is that extra piece of tent/material that goes on top of the tent. It attaches to the tent with string. As you can see, a nice wind picks the tent up and if the fly is not attached it will not fly too far away from you.
Here is a link for one of the best tents you can purchase. I purchased this tent for about $70 dollars AFTER the camping season was over. And it is the best tent that I have ever put together. One person can assemble this --even on a windy day. My version actually had two plastic windows in the fly that covered the screen windows on rainy camping days. I recomment Tetragon and especially Tetragon 9 or Tetragon 7.
Stay tuned in for other helpful hints in other articles.
Article created June 19, 2008
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