Jill in Chicago
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2007
- Messages
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Dome tents are the best for when it rains.
Tarp for under tent is essential. Buy disposable plastic, from the hardware store. Bringing home a yucky tarp is not fun.
I bought a huge rubbermaid container with an attached lid. Make dividers using the cardboard from inside wine/alcohol cartons. These are adjustable and you can bend them to size. In this container put ziplocks, plates, napkins.... That way all your camp stuff will not rattle around in a huge bin.
Remember: dish washing soap, rope for to make a laundry line, laundry clips, lots of extra towels, plastic tablecloth for picnic table and clips to keep it from blowing away, small rug for outside door of tent (helps keep the dirt out), a large pot to heat water to do dishes.
Screen Tent. A must for rain and a great place to eat and prep food and get away from the bugs.
Extra tent stakes and extra rope just in case.
Duct Tape. For just about anything.
Art Bin/Toy Bin..... Sometimes you have to get out of the sun, or the opposite need to be out of the rain.
Always plan dinner ahead. It takes longer to cook outdoors.
Food Prep. As much in advance, at home, as possible.
Put your food in the car every single night. Racoons can open coolers!
Separate any meat in its own "meat locker," that way you are not opening the cooler to get a drink and letting the cold out of the "meat locker." Meat, frozen ahead, will stay food safe if you get new ice every day.
Hand washing station.
Teach fire safety to kids.
Teach kids camping boundaries and that you do not ever walk through someone's camping site.
Sheets. It can be hot in a tent.
In the summer if at all possible camp where you can swim. It gets so hot, and you can't escape to air conditioning.
Jammies. Wear something you are comfortable parading around in at night when you hike to the bathroom.
Double zip lock everything you put in the cooler. Ice thaws quickly and can get into your food.
Tarp for under tent is essential. Buy disposable plastic, from the hardware store. Bringing home a yucky tarp is not fun.
I bought a huge rubbermaid container with an attached lid. Make dividers using the cardboard from inside wine/alcohol cartons. These are adjustable and you can bend them to size. In this container put ziplocks, plates, napkins.... That way all your camp stuff will not rattle around in a huge bin.
Remember: dish washing soap, rope for to make a laundry line, laundry clips, lots of extra towels, plastic tablecloth for picnic table and clips to keep it from blowing away, small rug for outside door of tent (helps keep the dirt out), a large pot to heat water to do dishes.
Screen Tent. A must for rain and a great place to eat and prep food and get away from the bugs.
Extra tent stakes and extra rope just in case.
Duct Tape. For just about anything.
Art Bin/Toy Bin..... Sometimes you have to get out of the sun, or the opposite need to be out of the rain.
Always plan dinner ahead. It takes longer to cook outdoors.
Food Prep. As much in advance, at home, as possible.
Put your food in the car every single night. Racoons can open coolers!
Separate any meat in its own "meat locker," that way you are not opening the cooler to get a drink and letting the cold out of the "meat locker." Meat, frozen ahead, will stay food safe if you get new ice every day.
Hand washing station.
Teach fire safety to kids.
Teach kids camping boundaries and that you do not ever walk through someone's camping site.
Sheets. It can be hot in a tent.
In the summer if at all possible camp where you can swim. It gets so hot, and you can't escape to air conditioning.
Jammies. Wear something you are comfortable parading around in at night when you hike to the bathroom.
Double zip lock everything you put in the cooler. Ice thaws quickly and can get into your food.
