What To Bring Camping

 

If it has been a while since your last camp­ing trip or if you have never been camp­ing before then a com­mon ques­tion is What to Bring Camp­ing?  There are some things that are a neces­sity, a few that make camp­ing a lit­tle eas­ier, and some items are just for the spoiled among us.

 

 

 

 

 

The Camp­ing Essen­tials or the Camp­ing  Necessities:

• A tent, or some type of shel­ter. You will need pro­tec­tion from the ele­ments. Insects and other pests can make it dif­fi­cult to sleep. The weather can also ruin a camp­ing trip if you are not well shel­tered. and don’t for­get the tarp.
• Food: Make sure you pack enough food and water to last for the entire trip. Peo­ple need a cou­ple thou­sand calo­ries a day, so pack enough.
• Sleep­ing Bag and Camp­ing Pil­low: these items will make sure you rest well.
• Water­proof Matches or a Good Lighter: or both to make sure you can start a fire when needed.
• A Com­pass: Just in case you decide to go wan­der­ing in the wilderness.
• Toi­let Paper: You will def­i­nitely need it at some point.
• Flash­light and/or Lantern: How else will you get around in the dark when nature calls?
• Insect Repellant/ Off: There will be insects. But will you be ready for them?
• Proper Cloth­ing: This can vary depend­ing on your planned activ­i­ties and the sea­son. Make sure you have warm clothes in cool weather and cool clothes in warm weather. Also remem­ber to bring your swim­ming gear if swim­ming is in the plans.
• Sun­screen: to pro­tect your skin from the sun’s harm­ful rays.
• A watch: your cell phone may die and you may need to know the time of day.
• A Tooth­brush and tooth­paste: That feel­ing of going unbrushed should be moti­va­tion enough.

Nice Items to Have Handy while Camping:

• Extra bat­ter­ies: For the flash­light, or the Hand­held video games if your like some of my friends.
• Sun­glasses: it’s nice to be able to beat the glare
• Hatchet: For cut­ting some fire wood.
• Chairs: Because sit­ting on the ground can get old. there are many good fold­ing chairs out there.
• Soap: If you plan on stay­ing clean while camping
• Comb or brush: you will want to keep your hair look­ing good.
• Aspirin: Just in case
• Cook­ing and Eat­ing Gear: You will need to serve the food some­how. there are a lot of good and easy to travel with stoves and dishes that are made just for camping.

 

These were just a few things off the top of my head for those that have trou­ble remem­ber­ing what to bring camping.

This video also has some good advice as to what to bring camp­ing.

 

 

 

Bill Eng­vall — The Camp­ing Trip — Camp­ing humor

Bill Eng­vall does a standup act on the topic of camp­ing. I thought this would be a nice fit for our Camp­ing Humor cat­e­gory. Bill Eng­vall is far from my favorite come­dian, but I always enjoy a come­di­ans point of view on camp­ing. Enjoy!