06Sep2024
The Importance of Good Hiking Shoes
Quality hiking shoes or boots are one of the best things you can add to your arsenal of camping equipment and gear. I found out first-hand just how important they can be. Below I will share with you the importance of good hiking shoes. Hiking Boots are Called Hiking Boots for a Reason Some friends and I decided that we were going to do a day hike out to the bridge to nowhere in Azusa Canyon, Cal
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How to Eat Cheap and Healthy When Camping
Being a city girl, I came to camping a bit later in life and at a time when good food and value for money were both extremely important to me. Chocolate obsession aside, I try to eat fairly healthy, which can be difficult when going on a camping trip. I like my calories to come with significant vitamins and delicious value for what I eat. That means fresh produce when possible, a few pre-made item
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Camping in Wells Gray Provincial Park: A Little Piece of Heaven
Who would have thought by Googling "Where is it sunny in Vancouver" we'd find the best Park closer to Vancouver, BC then Banff, AB. It was raining in Vancouver as usual...and we wanted to getaway and go camping. We discovered that Wells Gray Provincial Park wasn't as grey as the name indicated. We drove 5 hrs up into Wells Grey Provincial Park to the Clear Water Lake Campsite. On the way we saw a
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Louisiana Camping: Be Careful where you Drop your Fishing Line
It was beautiful summer morning and my family and I were in 3 mile Bayou Melville, Louisiana camping. I was enjoying being at our camp with all the kids, fishing off the pier. It got too quiet, so I decided I had better check. I walked down to the bayou. Everything looked great. My oldest step-daughter and her brother and my son all were fishing. The youngest, a six year old girl, was stan
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Pitch Without the Itch: How to Avoid Bugs When Camping
Insects love me. It’s all to do with smell. They are attracted to the carbon dioxide we breathe out and the lactic acid in our sweat. This explains why I am so irresistible to horseflies during a hot climb. After a week of back-packing I used to count more than 40 bites which I scratched for the rest of the summer and have the scars to prove it. Here are some tips on how to avoid bugs
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Camping in Maryland During Hurricane Season
My husband and I decided to go on an extended trip, camping in Maryland for vacation. We went camping near Upper Marlboro, Maryland, not realizing that it was hurricane season. My husband was informed by the camp office staff that there would be a hurricane passing through the area within the next few hours. They suggested that all campers in the higher ground area move their trailers to the local
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Camping in Oman
I was ten - just a kid by most standards - and had spent five hours in the old four-by-four the day before. So, you’re wondering where I was. I wasn’t sure myself. All I could see was a beach and the sea. An Unfamiliar Land: Camping Oman It had been a bit like a roller-coaster the day before, flying through the rough and unpaved wadis (dried up river beds) of the Arabian peninsula. In the ba
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