Camping

Camping: What is Camping? Types of Camping? About Sleeping Bags…These camping questions will be answered here. Plus we’ve added an entertaining bonus, camping jokes and camping poems!

Camping is a form of outdoor recreation. It has been a favorite activity for many outdoor enthusiasts and families since the 1950’s. Camping is something that any person or group of people can easily take part in. Going camping is an outdoor activity one can do anywhere and on any budget. Unlike most recreational activities and holidays camping is one that does not have to cost a lot of money and can end up being the most inspirational and enjoyable experience. Camping is all about getting back to the basics, getting out amoungst nature and appreciating all the outdoors have to offer.
If you have never experienced camping I strongly recommend you get out there and give it a try! I can gaurentee you will learn or take away something positive from your camping experience!

29Oct2024
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Murphy’s Laws of Camping: Funny Camping Lessons

Here are some more of the Murphy's Laws of Camping I've found. I’m sure you can relate to some of these common situations. You gotta love camping! Read some of these camping lessons and laugh off the bitter sweet misery that camping always seems to entail. Murphy's Laws of Camping: The need to urinate at night increases in direct relation to the hour past midnight, layers of clothing worn

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19Oct2024
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Backpacking, General Camping, RV Camping, Tent Camping
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Camper Species – Types of Camping

Camping - the exploration of the unknown, the rediscovering of nature…the burning of food. Yes, camping is an experience that truly rejuvenates the soul. As a Canadian who lives at the feet of the Rocky Mountains, camping is an integral part of my life. There are many provincial and national parks near my home, and each time I visit them, I notice that there are three distinct types of campers.

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18Oct2024
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Camping Jokes
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Fishing Jokes

Below are some Fishing Jokes for you to enjoy and share with your fellow campers or fishermen. The jokes were found on the internet and the authors are unknown. Have a good laugh! Just don't laugh too hard or you'll scare the fish away! You Might be a Fisherman if... You have a photo of your 10 lb. bass on your desk at work instead of your family. You have a power worm dangling from your

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17Oct2024
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Camping Climate, Tent Camping
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Secure Your Tent: Let Water Take the Strain

Campsite selections chosen from the glossy pages of a magazine do not necessarily paint the full glamorous picture of the adventure you are about to embark on, or the nightmare. And something as "trivial" as the texture of the earth upon which we perch our "mobile" home can make or break the relationship between canvas and human as swiftly as it takes to say "It's too hard." Armed and Ready We a

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19Feb2014
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Camping
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Competition Time! Write an Article to Win a Book!

Hello fellow campers! We are presenting an opportunity to all our UK readers to receive one of our "CampTrip Pocket Guide to Camping" paperbacks RRP £11.99. These books are an excellent item to have in your camping arsenal. They are great for both kids and adults as a camping guide. This promotion is available to all UK residents only. Write to Win a CampTrip Book How Does it Work?

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13Jan2014
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Camp Glam

Girls (and boys!) we all know how important it is to look your best, so here is a guide on how to keep up appearances on your camp trip and make the most of the facilities available whether you’re wild camping or on a campsite. Hair Wild camping:  In hot weather our hair can become a nightmare to manage at the best of times: Dry shampoo will save you from greasy hair when there are no showers

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11Dec2013
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Triple ‘C’ It’s a Camping Life for Me!

Camping should always be a fun and enjoyable experience and if this isn't case, then something has clearly gone wrong somewhere. Now I think that it is fair to say that not everyone warms to the idea of nature in all it's glorious dirt and meyhem, but it really is possible to put all that aside and take a hold of the bigger picture. From past experiences, I have come up with three phrases which

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18Nov2013
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The History of Camping

How it all Began Camping has been around almost as long as man. Tents have been used as shelter by native americans, armies on the move and for many other things. But it is only since late Victorian times that camping has been thought of as recreation. Thomas Hiram Holding was a British traveling tailor and often considered the founder and father of modern camping. His passion for c

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