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When starting out, you’re not going to need the best of everything, and you can scrounge around for the items that can be called into duty. Your decision on where to go hinges primarily on the amount of time you have and your proximity to campable wilderness areas. If you’re just starting out, ask friends […]
Written by Steven Musumeche Learn about a wide variety of camping terms — from backpacking to kindling — in our camping glossary. Whether you’re new to camping or simply come across the occasional camping phrase you’ve never heard, here are some of the basic terms every camper should know. A-frame – An older-style tent featuring […]
If you’re new to camping, or are bringing the family, make sure you don’t plan an activity that is out of your league. Rock climbing may sound like fun, but it’s an activity that has its dangers. Seek instruction from local camping clubs that offer lessons and expert guidance in camping activities you’d like to […]
We usually take it for granted that our readers have some background knowledge about camping. While this is mostly true, there must be some of you reading this that haven’t touched a sleeping bag since your last elementary school sleepover. Now that it is spring, camping curious people start to consider packing up a backpack […]
by Liz Childers “Congratulations to Shelley K. Morgan, who was randomly selected as the winner of our 6 person tent! In the winning photo, her kids have constructed a travois to pull their camping gear through the snow for winter camping. Travois were primarily used by the Plains Native Americans to drag loads over snow. […]
Family camping is a double-faced term. For some, it evokes memories of balmy afternoons playing hide-and-go-seek amidst towering pines, catching fresh trout in gurgling creeks and roasting S’mores over roaring campfires. For others, its summons forth dark days of buying expensive camping gear, getting lost on the way to a state park, getting lost at […]
