Camping Posts

Camping just wouldn’t be camping without on evening campfire and sing those camping songs.  These are some I like:   BLOWING IN THE WIND How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a man How many seas must a white dove sail Before the sleeps in the sand How many times must the cannon balls fly Before they’re forever banned   The answer my friend, is blowing in...

Dressing in layers is the key to keeping warm in the windter and to keep from overheating in the summer. To adjust to temperature changes and varying activity levels, you simply add or remove colothing according.   >In order to reduce chilling. long underwear, and other under garments are now being made of polyester type materials to remove moisture away from the skin.  This ar...

There is something very special about camp cooking.  Everything just seems to taste so very good at camp! But camp cooking requires a different set of rules and equipment then those that we use at home.  Camp cooking can be an activity in itself.  Take some time to plan your meals and decide how you wish to prepare them. Outdoor cooking involves quite a bit of skill and innovation b...

Stargazing is great family camping activity that is interesting for adults and kids.   Luckily, National Geographic released a new book lately  that helps you find all kinds of interesting constellations and deep-space objects in the sky.  The Backyard Guide to the Night sky, written by veteran reporter Howard Schneider, walks you through everything you need to know about getti...

A sleeping bag traps and holds air around your body.  Your caloric engine warms the air, which is in turn insulated by the sleeping bag.  The fabric on the inside traps the air in, while the outer fabric keeps the outside air out.  These fabric sheets are usually stuffed with some type of material to provide additional insulation and comfort.  Whether you have a $350 mummy bag ...

There are a few items needed to cross stitch. You will need a graph, which is the pattern you want to make. You will need evenweave fabric, this is a fabric that is woven in such a way that you know where to place your needle every time. You will need to place masking tape around the edges or sew around the edges to keep it from fraying. There are a number of different fabrics to choose from. The ...

Leave-no-trace camping is an increasingly popular – and necessary- approach to travel in wilderness areas.  As the term suggests, the goal is for the camper to have as little impact as possible on the location he is visiting.  One of its mottos is “Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints".  Its simplest and most fundamental rule is: Pack it in, pack it out, but it go...