Camping, Tenting and caravanning Essentials
August 11, 2011 Wood Camping Stove
Sleep on the floor and living with the most bare essentials are not new to people who have been camping all their lives, virtually since then were still in diapers. However, not all people are used to this kind of life. People who rarely go camping can pack everything what they feel they need and end up having all the House with them. Now that totally destroys the idea of “roughing it”. On the other hand, camping does not mean that it takes to go all and live as a hermit. You do not need to deliver everything to nature. You have to bring some essential things that let you maximize what nature has to offer. The following are some of the must-have when you go camping.
Tent or caravan-you need to have some form of shelter. Although it might be nice to be nice to sleep under a blanket of stars, but if rain clouds comes rolling in and rain begins to pour down? It is not easy to go running amok darkness to see if caves are available. If there are only two of you a tent for two persons is good enough to fit you both. Just make sure that you have a good quality tent that will not allow rainwater to infiltrate through the material. However, if you want a more spacious area that accommodates you as a House, having then caravanning can be an idea even better.
Light lanterns are a definite must-have. You would be able to survive his first night out in the Woods without having one. You never know if there are snakes all over the place and can even step into an unknowingly.
Restrooms-not having a convenient real is the reason why most people choose not to go camping in. People don’t like the idea of taking a dump or piss behind bushes when out in the desert. That may have been true for 20 years. Today, the caravan has a built in system of TOILET that not so different from those we already have at home. For tenting, portable commodes, the market also. Chamber pots are already a thing of the past.
Beds and bed-experienced climbers and campers are used to sleep in sleeping bags only. Sleeping bags are indispensable when equipment goes camping. However, you can also bring blankets and additional beds if you’re not accustomed to sleeping naked.
Water-back in civilization, we are all accustomed to drink purified water. While some parks have communal water sources, others do not. Definitely not recommended to drink water from a stream or pond. Water supplies could be contaminated with harmful microorganisms that could make you sick.
Gas, food and kitchen utensils nor we are all born to be candidates for the shoe of reality “Survivor”. Thus, most of us will definitely get sick with the idea of eating insects and rodents. We need real food and cook it in ways that we know. When camping, you can bring portable gas stoves to cook just in case we really don’t know how to keep a fire that is sufficient for cooking food. Some caravans have a mini-kitchen for this hardly becomes a problem.
Remember to pack light when going camping. You’re not going to a fashion show. Bring only the clothes that are comfortable and appropriate for the occasion. Do more with the preparations. Camping is easy, before you know it, you are already a professional for this.
