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1. Use foam floor tiles for a softer, more comfortabletent floor.
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2. Point a head lamp into a jug of water for an instantlantern.
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3. Also: Mountain Dew + baking soda + peroxide =lantern.
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4. Make tin-can sandwich bread as a portable foodoption.
Get the recipe here.
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5. Familiarize yourself with what the poisonous plantslook like.
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6. Bring a tick deterrent.
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7. Glue sandpaper to the top of your match holder.
Be sure to buy strike-anywhere matches.
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8. Repurpose a coffee can to hold and protect TP.
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9. Make crescent rolls over the campfire.
For maximum yumminess, fill em with stuff like marshmallows and Nutella. Orwrap hot dogs with them.
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10. Use Tic-Tac boxes to store spices.
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11. Invest in a two-person sleeping bag.
This one is $84.99 from Cabelas.
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12. Get these seat hammocks for car camping.
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Buy em here.
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13. Cut up a straw and fill the pieces up with antibioticointment or toothpaste for single-use packets.
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Use a lighter to seal up the ends.
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14. Make travel coffee bags out of coffee filters anddental floss.
Place a scoop of coffee grounds into a coffee filter and tie it up with dental floss.When youre ready to brew, just make it like you would make tea in a teabag!
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15. Need your coffee? Bring a few of these.
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Theyll keep you from going into caffeine withdrawal.
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16. Make candle stakes for romantic nighttimelighting.
Get the directions here.
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17. Make single-use soap leaves from a bar of soapand a vegetable peeler.
You can also rub soap on mosquito bites to relieve the itchiness.
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18. Use an empty laundry detergent dispenser as ahand-washing station.
Just fill it up with water.
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19. Use a belt and hooks to hang up pots and pans.
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20. Make campfire cones!
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21. Pack a mini first-aid kit into an old prescriptionbottle or Altoids tin.
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22. Make pancakes with pre-made pancake mix usingshortening and dry milk, which dont need to berefrigerated.
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Get the full recipe here. You can also find powdered eggs at most grocery stores(if you dont shudder at the thought).
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23. Put a battery-powered votive candle into an emptypeanut butter container to make portable lanterns.
24. Make a portable washing machine with a plungerand a bucket.
Get the directions here.
25. Make an easy-to-carry fire starter with acardboard-only egg carton and match light charcoal.
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You just have to light the carton and the fire will catch on to the charcoal.
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26.
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27. Make pocket-sized oil lamps out of travel-size orhotel toiletry shampoo bottles.
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Get the directions here.
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28. Forgo the meat marinade and put the rosemaryright on the coals.
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Once the coals are uniformly gray and ashy, cover them with fresh rosemarybranches. Your meat and vegetables will be flavored with the taste of savoryherbs.
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29. Bring cheeses in waxed packaging as well ashard cheeses.
Aged cheddar, Parmigiano, and/or Gruyre will keep for at least a weekunrefrigerated.
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30. Add bundles of sage to a campfire to keepmosquitoes away.
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31. Try roasting Starburst.
Sounds crazy, but its actually delicious. Crunchy on the outside, warm and gooeyon the inside. Roast it until its bubbling.
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32. Forgo pasta for a quick-cooking alternatives likepolenta, quinoa, or couscous.
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Polenta is especially versatile because it can be shaped into patties and pan-friedfor a sweet or savory meal. Get a recipe for grilled polenta cakes.
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33. Cook cinnabuns (the canned kind) in a hollowed-out orange over a campfire.
Get the full details here.
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34. If youre going to be hiking, use this biodegradabletrail-marking tape.
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Buy it here.
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35. Keep the kids busy with a scavenger hunt.
Write the items down on a paper bag so they have a receptacle for the items.
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36. Use a bucket and a milk crate as an emergencytoilet.
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37. Cotton pads dipped in wax are a crazy easy wayto make portable fire starters.
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38. Bring microfiber towels theyre super absorbentand lightweight.
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39. Freeze gallon jugs of water and place them inyour cooler.
Theyll keep your food cold, and youll have plenty of water to drink for later.
Other things you can freeze to use for later: pasta sauces, chili, and pesto.
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40. Make emergency light sources out of an Altoidstin, cardboard, and wax.
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Get the instructions here.
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41. Make sandwiches with this campfire panini press.
No matter how far you have to carry this thing, YOU NEED IT. Get it here for$25.95.
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Brian Phillips
Damn people. Its a list for fun. Relax. Most of you don't camp or have the first clue about the outdoors.True, a lantern from Walmart will work, but sometimes its just fun to do something else. Relax folks. Someof you seriously need a weekend in nature.
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Inge Arbacauskas
Thank you @brian! Finally someone who sees this list for what it is! So many negativecomments. It's a fun list and it's just fun to read thru and see some if the good ideas and somenot. That's all. I had fun just reading thru it. Thy are really quite clever.
Reply June 7 at 5:54am185
Russell Fleming Washington, District of Columbia
Thanks Brian....some of these folks are uptight over this. I hope I never have to camp withthem. Well off to the Smokies and to run the Natahala River. Oh I like the frozen water and thefloor tile thing. Some of the ideas are cute campfire tricks we can use to entertain ourselvesand friends with. Plus never know when you may need to use some of these tactics.
Reply June 7 at 9:15am87
Suzanne T Black Works at RETIRED AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT!
Is it possible to get a printable list of these ideas?
Reply June 7 at 1:25pm23
Haylan Teel Top Commenter
I am a volunteer teacher with Leave No Trace and a good portion of this list really made me cringe. Iwould point out #34 and 35 esspecially. Seriously, you are just further instilling bad behavior in peoplewhile they are out camping and hiking. If you need a trail marker, try hiking somewhere with TRAILS. Justbecause that tape is labeled biodegradable doesn't mean you need to go putting it everywhere, littering thewoods with it. Making a scavenger hunt list for kids with things like sticks and rocks an other natural orhistorical items on it is not only absolutely illegal in the parks system, but teaches those kids that it's ok toremove those things, which is a horrible, horrible habit that many adults grew up with and will never break.I would love to see Buzzfeed do an article on learning outdoor ethics, the staff and most readers couldprobably use it.
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Thomas Stockton
God forbid our children should learn to love nature by removing a few leaves, rocks and sticksfrom the woods. I want to protect our natural areas and habitats but there is a point wherestuff like this becomes too much.
Reply June 5 at 5:10pm843
Emily Lynne Penn State
@Thomas Children should be taught to love nature through respect, not ownership.
Reply June 5 at 5:56pm264
Duane Cordiner Brandman University
Typical liberal responses. They assume a superior attitude over everyone and then tell themhow they are supposed to act. These ideas are just examples. Shove your self righteousattitudes up a bears ass.
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Tracy Peters Mt. Empire
I see a lot of negative remarks about things that are listed but so far Duane Cordiner's response is one thatI am in agreement with. As one who loves to camp I saw many neat ideas I cannot wait to try. Justbecause the candles were shown on the grass does not mean that that is what was intended. We camp alot in the desert and as far as I am aware you cannot catch DIRT on fire. Use your heads people. They are
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just ideas, if you do not like them then don't do them! No one really wants to hear everyones negativity!
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Catrina Stern Top Commenter West Bend, Wisconsin
It's called using 'common sense'. Many people do not have it these days! And you're correctTracy Peters, DIRT is really difficult to light on fire! ;)
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Russell Fleming Washington, District of Columbia
Thank you Tracy.... Folks just get outdoors and enjoy yourself, nature, and the other peoplearound you. I love meeting complete strangers while camping and before you know it...a goodtime is had by all. My chance meetings in the outdoors a has created a group of folks (18)total, that now do an annual white water camping trip. These folks coming in from Vermont,Idaho, DC, VA, PA, NY to have a ball and that we do. SO do not forget what camping is about,it is to get back to nature,.....and nature loves to communicate. Do not believe, just listen tothe night next time you in the woods.
Reply June 7 at 9:33am40
Bruce Totman Espanola High School
Actually a little common sense would tell you GREEN grass will not burn from a lowly candleeither.
Reply June 8 at 9:56pm64
Joshua D. Wise Top Commenter UC Berkeley
1. Is a fine specific idea, but generically it is a good idea to take along something to put under or in thetent to flatten it out in rough ground. You also want a broom to clear the area first. I have found inflatablemattresses are absolutely perfect for camping, take up little room, quickly inflated with a rechargeablepump, and eliminate all that pain of lying on rocks.
2., 16., 23., 27., 40., are all convoluted lighting ideas. Get a couple flashlights and some lanterns. Theywork. You dont need to find an altoids box or carefully hold your dumbass jug of water with light attachedto it around. 3 is simply stupid, wrong, and whoever made this list should remove it.
4. What? Make tin-can sandwich bread? Does this person have any idea how stupid this sounds? Nobody isgoing to make bread in a can just to go camping. Ho... See More
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Vicky Horning Hoskins Houston Secondary School
It doesn't sound like you have ever "ruffed it" in the woods before. These are actually all verygood sound advice used in the proper setting. For example: tin can bread - well that one is agreat idea for anyone travelling on a river and wishes to to get their store bought bread fromgetting wet!
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Kevin Pi Top Commenter Mentor and TA and tech support at Pull Focus Film School
Or you can avoid bread and eat rice. Rice is cheap, and easy to make. You can also put rice inalmost any container, and it takes up less space. It's also harder to get soggy.
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Nicole Zare Chicago, Illinois
I just wanted to answer a few of your concerns as to the validity of some of these suggestions.
2 (specifically). The water jug+head lamp idea is not to "hold your dumbass jug of water" butto use as a stationary lantern. Instead of using a single use item like a lantern as a light source,it's a way of minimizing and using your headlamp (also known as a flashlight with a strap, so itcan be used as the flashlight you suggested) plus a drinking water source (the jug of water) tocreate a stronger-than-headlamp-alone ambient light. So 2 items can make 3 uses, asopposed to a lantern which is only good for, well, being a lantern.
4. Like Vicky said, tin can bread is for those who may be travelling through wet environments,or people who may not have a cooler with them. Not all "campers" do so in a stationary place.Some continu... See More
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Lisa Deutsch Harrigan Top Commenter San Jose, California
Best idea I've ever seen for a kid scavenger hunt is have them take PICTURES of the items on the list.Nothing gets disturbed AND it teaches them to Look but don't hurt Nature. Can you be quiet enough to geta picture of a deer? How about a butterfly? A Bird? Be sure to turn off the shutter sound on your camera.Be sure to have some easy ones like mushrooms, flowers, leaves and rocks, too. We want to the kids tohave fun exploring nature, not to get frustrated.
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I love the idea of the scavenger hunt . even sticks rocks leaves etc. you need all that for aFIRE... the rocks are good to keep the fire contained and to use for boiling water if you haveno pan etc. rocks help keep your back warm or whichever is not toward the fire...etc... PLUSthe kids get involved and can learn a thing or two about fires and sticks and dry and warmth
Reply June 7 at 4:46pm21
Judy Graves
and it won't frustrate a small child to try to use a camera? Get real. Your photo idea is fun forolder children, but Jessyca is right...most of what was suggested would be used for fires...andis not illegal to pick up. Besides, you can find these things without collecting them...it's thefinding that is fun. good grief, people.
Reply June 9 at 8:37pm15
Wendi Lea Ehlers
Jessyca - my husband's old boss introduced me to "crotch rocks" when we were camping highin the Rockies. You take a warm rock from the fire pit (not too hot - pointing out for those withno common sense) and put it between your thighs. Since your biggest arteries go through thatarea, it warms your whole body.
Reply June 10 at 6:35pm13
Mia Miller Top Commenter West Valley High
The Mountain Dew one does not work. Have personally tried it and so have several of my friends.
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Tony Swatek Orlando, Florida
Very true. I tried it, too. Doesn't work. Yet I see that same picture and instructions pop up onfriends' walls about every month or so. lol Someone, somewhere is laughing at it going aroundthe net.
Reply June 6 at 3:08pm19
Ally Fiesta Top Commenter
I was wondering about that one! ha ha
Reply June 6 at 8:33pm1
Pamela Munden Cincinnati, Ohio
Actually it does, they forgot the critical ingredient though which most people miss as well. Youhave to add the fluid from inside glow sticks. You only use a sip or two of mt. Dew, and therest is the chemical mixture that actually enhances and extends the effect of the standard glowstick. Awesome for late night fishing trips.
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Sara Mastros
I'm a little skeptical about making an oil lamp from a plastic bottle (#27); that seems like asking for trouble.
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Andrew Longman Richmond, Virginia
and about as effective as flicking on a lighter...
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Michael Scherer Bend, Oregon
me too
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Sandra Rosano Works at All Creatures Tellington TTouch
Those bottles are almost always glass.
Reply June 7 at 6:51am
Greg Vinovich Top Commenter
Besides the poison plant and tick advice I don't see anything relating to camping here, a trailer park trashhousing guide maybe.
Reply June 5 at 9:06pm43
Cameron Krewson New York, New York
There's quite a few useful bits here. The tic tac spices and detergent bottle handwash are excellent examples of repurposing/recycling. The blanket dismissal and trailer parkcomment just announces you're a bit of a douche. Your hair is awesome though. Highway to
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the Danger Zone!!! Yeeeow!
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Eric Graber Part-time Faculty at The University of Toledo
Greg... Not everyone is a"Grizzly Adams Wannabe" like yourself! Tail-gate Campers - some ofthese can be useful! Much lilke JDWise - Get a life and lighten up man! LLooks like there is ahandsome guy under all that furr... (I like furr - don't get me wromg... :-)
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Rachel Gonzalez Top Commenter Douglas McKay High School
Cameron Krewson -Thanks for the laugh! You're Danger Zone comment was said in the voiceof Sterling Archer in my head! :o)
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Edmund Dante Harris Top Commenter Dacula, Georgia
It's not a hack if you buy it in a store.
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Matt Powell Vancouver, British Columbia
Exactly what I was thinking! 'Need a place to sleep? Try this $100 sleeping bag from Cabela's.'No shit...
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Denise Bertacchi Top Commenter Freelancer and Blogger. at StlMotherhood
My husband had a good laugh over the special 2 person sleeping bag. You can take ANY tworectangular bags and zip them together. We've been doing that for years.
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Derek Wohlust Top Commenter
Its not a hack if you didnt break something to get it.
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Katie Heater Top Commenter UMBC
#35 - your scavenger hunt is sticks, rocks, and leaves? REALLY?
Reply June 5 at 1:58pm23
Natalie Blake Top Commenter Middletown, Ohio
Ought to keep the kids busy for hours.
Reply June 5 at 11:52pm21
Elizabeth Cook Jones Chesapeake, Virginia
They must be camping in the middle of time square again...
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Bonnie DeGarmo-Duer Boss at Beading By Bonnie
Right.... That's GOT to be hard to find in the woods! Just how dumb do they think kids are???I hope they limit the hunt to only one of each! That should take them, oh... a few seconds, atleast! ;)
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#7 If they are really strike anywhere, you dont need sandpaper, just call thesematches and be done with it.. otherwise, kind of a fun list.
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Not all poison oak looks red!!!! It can be green, yellow, red, or a combination. It is alsoparasitic- it will latch onto other trees or plants and then its oils will then be in theother not poisonous plants leaves or bark or what not. Ive had to clean up aftermany people who did not know what it looked like because Im one of the few whoisnt allergic, but Id rather not get acquainted.
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I dont have a picture, but Ive always called this wash up jug Bertha, we take a jug(like an empty and well rinsed bleach jug, something about that size. You poke ahole on the outer ridge of the bottom side about an 1/8 inch or so. You hang it withsome twine on a branch and also tie an old nylon stocking with a bar of soap in it.The jug is filled with water and you can wash with 2 hands by loosening the cap ontop and a stream of water will come out of the side hole near the bottom. Wash withthe soap that stays clean by not being on the ground on table, rinse, then close thecap on top. Bertha is a great way to make clean up easy and fun. And we had funnaming our jug and decorating it with magic marker.she had a funky weird face. Ialso think this idea is much better than the laundry jugs with the push button alreadyon it, because like I said you get 2 hands free at the same time. Bertha is Better and Iam happy to share this idea.have simple fun camping, relax, dont take life soserious. Camping is for fun. Camping is for studying nature and all of its wonders.
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If it was so {Genious} then how come they didnt realize that theyd only be wastingMountain Dew
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I love the TP idea! Yes it takes up room but when you are tying TP to the tree behindthe tent for middle of the night peepsit is nice when it is clean. LOVE the idea.
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Might want to check everything on here number 3 the Mountain Dew will not glowwhen mixed with those chemicals. that photo as made by a person cutting aglowstick and putting the contents in the bottle.
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#29 The wax from these cheese wheels is actually flammable. I twist it tightly into aspiral and smash it onto a rock (tighter point facing up). Then, you have a candle oremergency fire starter!
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Okay, so Im not a total debbie downer, here are the ones I liked: soap shavings,crescent rolls and wax-soaked cotton pads. (Lint rolled in vaseline will also work.)
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I like some of these, but a lot of these will only work if youre car-camping with aland cruiser. Aint nobody got no room in they pack for no folgers can of TP. Youneed to squash that TP flat and take it off the roll! (Ditto for coolers, hand-washingstations, panini presses, coals, peanut-butter lanterns and laundry buckets. Where doyou people camp? At the places where people put lawn flamingos under the awningof their winnebagos?)
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We mostly camp in parks, My husband has GI issues and makes frequent trips to the
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ER because of them. We like camping and fishing, and there are some REALLY niceparks near us. I Have used the belts around the tree, we actually used them to stringa small clothes line. Worked great, and we didnt have to bring anything to drive intothe trees to do it. We use the belts to keep our bedding rolled up in transit andstorage, almost all of our gear does double duty. Not everyone wants to totally roughit, and there are some interesting ideas on here. Take what works for you and leavethe rest.
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Wow these comments show just how many idiots are out there!
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wow. I am awestruck from the comments Ive read about this article. I passed it on tosome friends who were going camping this weekend and they loved the ideas. Theyare a typical US (Kansas) family with two young kids and they want their family toenjoy the great outdoors together. To make great family memories. What has thiscountry of ours come to? Yes, there are people who do not respect our world. Theylitter, they burn, they dont care about othersbut this article is not about them. Atleast not to me or my friends. Its about us who do care about our world and ourneighbors. Its about teaching our kids how to safely and responsibly enjoy the greatoutdoors, so that they may do the same with their children. Lighten up Folksfor thefuture of our worldlighten up.
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Candles on stakes in the ground? That wont start an fing forest fire or anything.
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Mountain Dew thing is a myth!!
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Even if the Mountain Dew bottle is a hoax, why would I need to bring baking soda,hydrogen peroxide, and mountain dew with me when I could just bring a flashlight?
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First off the Glowing Mountain Dew that is a total lie. See the Snopes page forexplanation http://www.snopes.com/photos/food/mountaindew.asp When I see something like that it puts everything else you post on your site in doubtand makes you an unreliable source. You should check this stuff out before you starttalking like you know what your talking about.
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