Outdoor Camping Guide

One of the reason most people enjoy going camping is having the chance to "escape from it all". People are usually dealing with the day to day stress and rush of modern life. Most of our everyday lives are a hectic mess. People get wrapped up in work, financial difficulties, and our usual daily routine in a never-ending cycle from the time we leave our homes until the time we get done with work, school, or chores. Most Individuals cope with these stresses in different ways, but a wonderful way to cope with them is to go camping for a day, a weekend or more if you prefer. With no distractions from the conveniences of modern lives our mind is free to evaluate our problems and perhaps come up with a solution. Leaving the city and spending time out with the wild does wonderful things for the mind, body and soul and gives you a relax and refreshing feeling.

Another reason people go on camping is the chance to spend time with your loved ones especially with your friends and family. Going camping with your friends and family gives you more time catch up in a settled pace of environment, and reflect on what is going on with their lives, play games and have fun together, take a walk or hike together, cook and eat together. Camping provides a great opportunity to strengthen the bond with your friends and family, keeps the families from spending a lot time together.

Camping is a cheap form of accommodation, a way to enjoy nature while spending one or several nights outdoors, its fun especially if you are spending your time with your family and friends. Your outlook in life might even change through camping.

When planning any camping trip the primary thing you should consider is the weather. The best season most people camp is during the summer months when the sun is warm and the air is inviting. Always check the weather forecast a day or two before planning a camping trip.
Always bring along your checklist of things that you require for camping. A few things you should bring include food, shelter, clothing, sleeping mats, and safety or first aid kits.

For the food bring something that is easy to cook and prepare also bring storage or containers for your food like coolers and Tupperware’s and clean up materials like garbage bags for your mess.Always keep your food on a safe place away of reach of wild animals.

Bring Clothing’s for both hot and cold temperatures as well as rain gears just in case the rain pours. You could bring grungy clothes, faded t-shirts, torn shorts and other old clothes. The one’s you could throw away after camping. You are going camping so expect to get down and dirty.

Your shelter could be an R.V., a tent, a shelter of branches and a tarp. Whatever you choose, make sure you know how to use it properly and see that it keeps the rain off your sleeping area.

Always bring along a first aid kit and go over any safety procedures with everyone in your group. Bring a cell phone in case of an emergency. Leave information at home or with friends about where you will be going and when will you be expected to come back, and make sure everyone in the group knows what to do and where to go if there is an injury or if someone gets lost.

No matter how amazing the camping ground or how cool the people who will be joining you on camping, the success of the camping trip all depends on the camping equipment that you bring. You won’t be able to fully enjoy the nature if you were unable to bring the necessary camping equipment. Here are a few essential equipment you must bring:

Tent
Camping is an outdoor activity which involves sleeping out in the wild; a shelter is required such as tents. Your tent should be able to keep you warm, dry and comfy. Durability of the tent should also be considered that has to be able to withstand the rain, wind and cold weather. It should also be able to protect you from insects and must be properly ventilated in order for you to breathe easily while inside it.

Sleeping Bag
Sleeping bags function as a bed for a person to sleep in, a type of blanket that can be zipped to cover up your body which provides additional warmth and insulation. Also provides cushioning, but a sleeping pad is usually used in addition for that purpose.

Portable Stove
Lightweight and convenient having a portable stove makes cooking simple, just make sure it has enough gas and you bring something to cook together with a few cooking utensils.

Coolers
To preserve and keep your food and drinks cool and fresh coolers are needed. Don’t forget to put enough ice throughout your camping trip.

Flashlights and lanterns
Always bring a flashlight or lantern you would definitely need it during the night. Make sure you brought new batteries or charged your lanterns.

Swiss Army Knife
This handy Swiss army knife can be very useful better bring a bigger one, big enough to do things for you.

Lighter or Matches
Building a fire wont be much of a hassle if you brought a lighter or matches

Once you arrived on the camping destination the first thing to do is to look for the best spot to setup your campsite. Finding the best location for your campsite can be a huge factor on your camping trip. Let’s point out a few basic tips in locating a good camping site.

Look for flat and high level ground
Setting up on a high level area keeps water away from entering your tent. You will want place your tent on a flat surface for your tent make it more stable and easier to secure your pegs.

Tree shade for your campsite
It would be nice to have some shade especially during summer. These shades can protect you from UV rays and makes your camp site cooler. Trees are good source of shade and are very handy for campsites; you could hang hammocks or bags, put clotheslines for wet clothes and so on.

Check for the nearest water source
One of the camping essential is water; you could use it for washing dishes and clothes, cooking food, drinking.

Find a decent cooking area
Locate a level ground area about 20-30 ft. away from your tent and the wind flow should not be towards your camp.

Cleaning and Washing area
Having it near the water source saves you time and effort. Always keep your campsite clean. Gather all your garbage in a location way from animals and pests.

So you’re out in the great outdoor the next best thing to do is to plan out your camping activities and enjoy a stress free weekend. Being surrounded by nature stimulates the mind to relax, here are some activities you can do while you are camping outdoor.

Jogging, Hiking or Biking

Instead of going to the gym exercising outdoor is better at reducing fatigue, anger, and depression maybe because you feel a lot easier to concentrate outdoors.

Fishing and Swimming or Boat riding

It would be great if you could find a lake or river for you to go fishing and swimming or row boat around the lake.

Painting or Photography

Nature painting and photography might bring up your hidden talent within you and capturing the beautiful moments or scenes would be priceless.

Play Games

There are a lot of games you could play with your friends and family like spin the bottle, card games, charades, treasure hunting, hide and seek just do go far away from your camping ground.

Sing Along or Story Telling

It’s nice to hang with your family and friend on a campfire singing song and telling stories

Cooking and Eating

Hmm… Barbeque, Grilled Hamburgers, Hotdogs, Marshmallows, Fish love eating.

Star Gazing

If you bring a telescope this will a great chance for you to learn about the different stars and constellations. Or you could just lie down under the open sky and watch the stars above.