Campgrounds, State parks, National parks, Public, Private are all terms you will find when looking for a campsite. When you’re new to this it can all seem like the same thing. After all, camping is camping, right? What you choose will heavily depend on what you want from camping. Perhaps you just want to get…
Festival camping is a lot different to normal camping. When you’re going camping then that is the prime objective, so you will need everything to accomplish it. You will need food and a way to prepare and cook it, water and ways to entertain yourself through the day. And that’s just for starters. I have…
RVs and tents are two very different types of camping. Both have their strengths and weaknesses which we will discuss below. It can be hard to decide which type of camping would suit you best or even knowing why someone else would pick the other so I decided to create this post help you out….
Many a camping trip has been cancelled because of poor weather. And for most this is probably the right call. If you’re ill prepared or don’t know how to cope with wet conditions then camping can be a very miserable experience. I know this because I’ve learned the hard way. When I first began to…
Most of us think we know how to light a fire until we actually go to do it. There is a lot more to it than just striking a match to a bit of paper, placing some wood on top and then walking away. Sure, anyone can “light a fire” but it takes someone with…
Every camp or hike will require you taking your own water but if you’re away for any more than a day then you will have to find a way to top up your reserves. Most of the the time you can just pop over to the nearest store to buy a few extra bottles of…
Most camping checklist just list everything related to camping and if you were to take it all then you will simply have too much stuff with you. So I decided to make a list of things that you might want but I have also added alternatives or ways of using certain items for multiple applications….
Having a comfortable camping trip is much more than just taking your favourite blanket. Some people see camping as something you have to endure rather than enjoy. Sleeping on hard ground, picking dirt out of your food and being plagued by bugs are all things that can put anyone off camping. Fortunately, it doesn’t have…
First of all, let me start by saying that this post is not for people who dislike camping. I understand that we are all different and there are some of you that just can’t disconnect and are always wanting to make their way back to the normal comfortable lives. Putting yourself in a strange new…
If you’re new to camping then you may need a little help figuring out which tent would suit you best. You may not even know all of your options but I list a few things below that you should be looking out for and a few of the most common tent shapes and what they…