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Taking Care Of Camping Gear

I’m getting ready to go camping for the long weekend. That means dragging out all the camping gear I haven’t used in a few years. Everything is in good shape but it is all dusty and doesn’t smell very good! I got everything out, spread it all on the driveway to take stock. I have a dry pack that has all the cookware that is used just for camping, this was easy, hot soapy dishwater and it was ready to go. The cook stove was a little harder. I took it apart and used paper towels to get all the … Continue reading →

Tents & Sleeping Bags on Sale at Amazon

David just finished a week at Boy Scout camp. I went up on Wednesday to look around (okay, so I’m an overprotective mother and wanted to make sure he was okay. It rained for the whole week; no sunshine whatsoever. What a week to be camping outside! I expected to find these twenty boys, mostly 11 and 12 years old, soaked to the skin, cold, shivering, and miserable. Instead, they were all happy, in good spirits, and for the most part, DRY. Yes, their towels from two days ago were still hanging on the line, unable to dry out in … Continue reading →

Family-Sized Tent only $59.99

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It’s summer, and that means family campouts. We have been doing more campouts since the boys got involved in Boy Scouts. Little by little, we are adding to our gear. Until now, we’ve been in separate tents, but this deal is good enough that we’ll finally all be able to fit in one. Camping with your children is one of the best memory-makers you will ever find. It’s not necessarily the actually camping, but the shared problem solving that goes along with it. I don’t think we have ever camped where SOMEthing didn’t go awry. It is working together for … Continue reading →