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Camp Setup & Skills

Checklists, car camping setups, storage and the trip skills that decide whether the first night goes smoothly or not at all.

Man organizing camping gear in car trunk, ready for adventure

Car Camping Setup: Sleeping in the Car Done Right

Sleeping in the car started as the backup plan and turned into a lot of people’s preferred one. There is …

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Camping With Toddlers: Sleep, Shade and Safety

Camping with a toddler is not a smaller version of camping with a school age kid. A four year old …

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Camping With Dogs: The Gear That Prevents Trouble

Most bad nights with a dog at a campground trace back to the same three problems: the dog has nowhere …

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Camping Storage Bins That Stack and Seal

Every car camper eventually hits the same wall. The gear fits in the trunk on the way out and refuses …

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Camping in the Rain: Keeping the Site Liveable

Rain does not ruin a camping trip. Wet bedding ruins a camping trip. The two are only loosely connected, because …

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Camp Hacks Worth the Space in the Car

Most camping hacks fail the same test. They look clever in a short video, they require an item you would …

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Camp Gear Organizer: Crates, Bags and Labels

Organizing camp gear is not really a storage problem, it is a memory problem. You do not forget the tent, …

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Camping Essentials: What First Timers Forget

Ask ten experienced campers what the essentials are and you get ten lists that agree on the tent and disagree …

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Camping Checklist You Can Actually Pack From

Most camping checklists fail for the same reason: they are organized as one enormous alphabetical list, so packing means reading …

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Beach Camping Gear: Sand, Salt and Wind

Beach camping punishes gear that works fine everywhere else. Stakes that hold in forest soil pull straight out of dry …

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