Archive for January, 2010
Planning a Family Camping Trip
There’s nothing better than a family camping trip celebrating togetherness and family unity. The best time to plan a camping trip is in the summer or fall, and also while your kids are still young enough to appreciate the outdoors. For a successful family camping trip, you will need a few supplies. You will want to have a family tent, food and water (of course), camping supplies including a Brunton camping stove, shovel, and axe, as well as a medical kit, compass, and map. These are the bare essentials, and you can always include more in your camping repertoire depending on your family’s needs. Recreational equipment like balls, horseshoes, or a croquet set can also be quite enjoyable.
When choosing where to go camping, be sure to get the whole family involved. Kids will feel much better about camping if they get to partake in the choice of location. You should also strive to do activities they like. Even if you need to spend a day at an outlet shopping mall to satisfy them, it’s worth it in the long run. Just make sure to avoid televisions and computer games at the actual campsite!
Selecting the Perfect Camping Stove for You
Choosing the right camping stove is really a matter of deciding the kind of camping activities that you’re going to undertake. After all, propane camp stoves are all slightly different, and each one is tailored to a specific type of camping. If you plan on staying by your car, for example, you might want to choose a larger camping stove. This will offer added convenience and an easier cooking surface, but it would be a hassle if you had to backpack into your camping site with that bulky piece of equipment.
With that in mind, any large amount of hiking is best accompanied by a light and collapsible stove. Because they easily disassemble, they are easy and convenient to fit in a backpack, and because they are light, they won’t break your back when you’re trudging up some seemingly endless switchbacks. You’ll also want to consider how many people will be eating from this camping stove. If you’re only trying to feed two, a single burner stove might be feasible. But as the number of people increases, so too does the number of necessary burners and the size of the camp stove.