Solor Powered Coffee Machines
I can’t go without my coffee, and that means even on camping trips. What I do know is use the Folger’s individual cup bags in boiling water, but it would be nice to have a fancy jura capresso machine that would be solar powered or something. HA! I can just see it now, foaming up the milk for me out in the woods. I love to camp, but I also love the luxury of gourmet coffee.
solar powered coffee machines, jura capresso
Live Camping Podcast
I want to get my old laptop working, and build some type of satellite antenna that I can take camping with me. The laptop part is simple since it’s just a power supply repair, but building some type of portable and lightweight satellite antenna might be hard. Maybe there is something like this on the market already and I just don’t know it? It would be fun to do live camping podcast, don’t you think?
Hiking To A Bed & Breakfast
I would like to find a Bed & Breakfast that you had to hike into. One that is about 5 miles from any roads, and nestled back in the woods of some gorgeous countryside. Michael and I have talked about buying a place like this one day with a brewery where we brew our own beer, and a dining hall filled with all our homemade family recipes. Do any of you know if such a place already exist?
Car/Truck Camping
What kind of vehicle do you drive? I ask this because we have a Pontiac Grand Am, and it is the farthest from a cool camping vehicle that one could ever own. When we go camping the trunk is packed full of all our equipment, and the back seat is crammed full with coolers, pillows, and our extra blankets. We really need to get a truck with all the cool truck accessories that you can add on to make it more useful.
Wilderness Essentials
I found a place online to shop for all your camping gear today, and they had some really great prices listed, so I decided to tell you guys about them. They are called Wilderness Essentials, and they carry things like backpacks, coolers, stoves, cooking utensils, and more. There is also a fairly large selection of tents and kayaks. They have a customer care line that you can call to get help with any questions or concerns you may have with your order.
They have a huge tent selection for all different types and styles that you may want. From large family tents that sleep up to 10 people or more, to smaller two man and one man tents. We like to have privacy when we camp, so we have our small two man tent, and the boys each have their own two man tent so put all their stuff in. There is just something about having a couple tents set up on your site that looks neat to me, instead of just one. Along with sleeping tents, they also carry shade tents & shelters, and any accessories that you would need to go along with your tent.
If you do any camping on a lake, which most people do in the summer time, it’s always nice to have an inflatable kayak’s for family fun. They come in one man styles, or two, and they also include paddles. With the camping we do on Lake Mead, those would be so much fun to add to our collection of camping gear.
And don’t forget about food! I think that is one of my most favorite things about camping, the food. I like preparing it, and cooking with our cast iron pots and pans right over the campfire. Cooking with Camp Chef Michael, is always a blast. He comes up with some great recipes, and we eat like pigs the entire weekend.
Go check out Wilderness Essentials for all your camping needs.
camping equipment, tents, kayaks, camp cookware
Chow.com
Hey everyone! The people at Chow.com asked me to share with my readers their new camping recipe and food section. They have an entire days menu planned out from appetizers to deserts, along with pictures of all the food.
My personal favorite that I want to try the next time we go camping is the Boozy Campfire Cheese. Doesn’t it look yummy? Head on over there to get this recipe, and tons more.
First Aid Kits
One of the best things to have a long camping is a first aid kit. So many accidents can happen, and not having one in the middle of nowhere is not something you want to do. I remember when we went camping with our friends that have a small child. He tripped while on a hike and cut his knee on a rock. It was like a plasma cutting party, plasma flowing everywhere! Thank goodness we had that first aid kit in our backpacks and we got him all cleaned and bandaged up in no time.
first aid kits, camping equipment, camping with kids
Camping Essay Contest
Calling campers, wannabe campers, and writers with a sense of humor. Have a run-in with a raccoon? Forget your camp stove at home? Wake up to find your tent pitched in the middle of a trail and piss off a lot of hikers?
To celebrate the publication of Let’s Get Primitive, Ten Speed Press is running a 500-word essay contest. Tell them your worst camping trauma. Share your backcountry disaster. Spill the beans and you could win a nifty 2-person Coleman tent, an unbreakable camp cocktail set (complete with shaker), and a copy of Let’s Get Primitive: The Urban Girl’s Guide to Camping!
Essays will be judged on originality, humor, writing style, and degree of calamity by the Queen of Camping Mishap.
No purchase (or chest-beating) is necessary, just email your very best camping disaster story of 500 words or less to camping@tenspeed.com between July 1 and August 31, 2007.
Visit www.tenspeed.com for more details and www.letsgetprimitive.com to read more about the book.
Let’s Get Primitive: The Urban Girl’s Guide to Camping!, Ten Speed Press, camping, campers
Indianapolis Camping
I never realized how many places there are to camp in Indianapolis until I was helping my friend search for a place to have her family reunion. She wants to have a giant camping party with her entire family next summer. I thought it was such a cool way to hold a family reunion that I just had to help her find the perfect spot. I found an entire website that has everything from camping locations to locksmith Indianapolis is a big place. I didn’t know it had so many things to do there.
I found her some really cool places that were listed under camping, so she’s going to be checking them out this weekend. The one that looked the most promising to me was the Indy Lakes. They have fishing and RV parking, and even really nice wooded trails to do some hiking on. Of course not ever living there, I’m not 100% if this would be the ideal location. I’m sure there may be an even better place. Do you live in Indianapolis? Do you know of a great place she could hold her camping family reunion at? Leave me a comment, because she’s going to be checking for suggestions. Thanks!
Indianapolis, Indy Lakes, camping
Grand Canyon Skywalk
One great possibility for an outdoor trip full of natural wonder is visiting the Grand Canyon. You can even walk out onto the Grand Canyon Skywalk and feel like you’re suspended over the canyon itself.
As much as I love nature, and the view from there would be the most amazing thing EVER, I’m not sure if I could walk out on that thing. I do have a small fear of heights at times, but maybe with the shear beauty of the place, I could overcome my fear.
Would you walk out on it?
We are two people who love to go camping and hiking. We love the outdoors, and we are working on becoming as green as we can be.
