Our family’s camping trip can often be a spontaneous event. It’s Friday afternoon, our plans for Saturday have been postponed, and the weather forecast looks great – let’s go camping!
Having a list of camping essentials handy makes it a whole lot easier to go on an impromptu trip without forgetting anything important. This article is not going to tell you how to camp (or how to choose a tent or anything like that) but to remind you what to bring to your camping weekend.
Unless you are camping in the first part or in a cabin, you will need your own tent. You’ll want a ground cloth underneath (to prevent soil moisture from coming up through the bottom of the tent; you’ll also want a fly or tarp over the roof of the tent. Tent stakes and ropes (at tighten the fly) will be in your list.
Tomorrow he needs some bed. This can include inflatable camping mattresses (don’t forget to bring whatever inflatable mattress you’re using; or for a trumpet player, a mattress can be a gremling driving a large lung power (I know this from personal experience), sleeping bags, sheets, and/or blankets.
Other items you may want to include in your tent include a flashlight and water bottles.
Will you be cooking on a campfire or with a stove? If you cook on the stove, consider using your own wood or charcoal. You may also want to bring an ax or hatchet. If you use the stove, bring fire. Don’t forget the funnel.
Bring whatever pots and pans you think you will need. Bring cooking utensils, including a spatula and one or two large spoons. Hot pads are useful for deficient hot cups from the fire. Bring the aluminum plates too; This can be useful if your grill surface is not very clean. Bring utensils, plates, bowls and bowls for each. Bring each a drinking cup. Don’t forget paper towels or blankets. Consider bringing a cloth table if it is a picnic table. You will have a sponge and soap for washing pots and dishes.
Each protein before the time. You don’t want to overeat, but you also don’t want to starve. If this is a fishing trip, plan your meals so as not to catch any fish (because it is always a possibility). The further you are from civilization, the more food you want to bring, if at all. I know from experience that bears can catch food! If you’re not near a car, bring backpacks and rope to tie food to a tree.
You may want to bring some cloth to sit on for lunch, or bring portable chairs.
For toilet supplies, toilet paper, environmentally friendly soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, lint, and towel. You may want to bring deodorant and lip balm. We also use a friendly dish soap as a shampoo.
Non-essentials can make your trip even more enjoyable.
Don’t forget your camera, and consider bringing any reading material you might want to have with you.
Extra clothes, rain gear, a change of shoes or boots are all good ideas.
Don’t forget your fishing gear; rods, reels, tackle-boxes, a fish net, a stringer, and a bucket or cooler in which to carry them home. Fish too. If you plan on filling fish there, bring a sharp knife.
The map and environment could be useful, as well as the radio as well as the changing weather.
Other tunes I play include match, candles, braiding a ball, clothing, nando suit, bug dew, and sun block.
I recommend printing the following list and then customizing it to suit your needs.
Tent
The ground of the cloak
fly tent
The ropes in the tent fly
tent pegs
Camp mats or pads
Something with which to inflate the strata
sleeping bag
Sheets
Covers
Pillows
Flashlight
water bottles (for the tabernacle)
Camp stove (or wood)
An ax or an axe
Pots and Bread
Cooking utensils (spatulas, large spoons)
Hot pads or oven mitts
aluminum foil
Food with a planned menu
to eat things
Plates and bowls
Paper napkins and maps
dish soap
Cleaning sponge
Backpack and rope to tie food in tree (if needed)
Marshmallows and sticks instead of roasting them
Camera
Reading material (including the Bible)
Fishing equipment (including rods, reels, tackle, nets, stringers, and buckets to bring home the fish)
steel ribbon
Toilet paper
Bar soap
tooth brush
tooth paste
Person
Handkerchiefs
Deodorant
lip resin
Bug spray
Sun block
map
Compass
Matches
Candles
String or rope ball
clothes line
suit
radio
A change of clothes
Rain jacket
Hat (sun protection)
A change of shoes/boots
Tights enough to keep feet dry
And don’t forget to bring a big spirit! If you enjoy your camping trip, your kids will enjoy it as well.
