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Here are some tips that help make camping better.
Tip #1 - If it’s really cold at night
when you’re camping here’s a hint to help warm your feet. Fill
a Nalgene water
bottle with boiling water (use caution not to spill it on your hand) put the
cap
on tight and make sure it doesn’t leak. Put it in a sock to keep from
burning your feet and roll it
into the bottom of your sleeping bag to get it
warm. In the morning you can use it for drinking
water since it’s already been
boiled.
Tip #2 - Did you know that if you
lightly saturate a cotton bandanna with insect repellent and
tie it around
your neck, flying insects will keep reasonably clear of your head
Tip #3 - Take a pair of work gloves on
your campouts. It will make it easier to collect wood for
the fire, and will
also make it easier to tend the fire.
Tip #4 - Garbage bags weigh next to
nothing and have tons of uses, especially in bad weather,
so take a couple of
extra when you go camping.
 | Line regular stuff sacks with garbage bags for two layers
of protection. |
| Line the main compartment of your pack with a garbage
bag. |
| Use a garbage bag as a rain cover for your pack. |
| Use a garbage bag to make a "floor" in your vestibule and
keep mud and water away from
your gear. |
| If you’re caught in dangerous weather, use garbage bags
as an extra layer, "wear" one by
poking
holes for your head and arms. |
| Use garbage bags as a place in which to stash wet gear so
that everything else doesn’t get
soaked.
Just don’t forget to take the stuff
out when you get home. |
| Use a garbage bag to collect snow you’ll melt for
drinking. |
| Placing a plastic garbage bag over logs in a triangle
will create a wash basin. |
