Whether it’s your first weekend of camping or your hundredth, outdoor tent camping can and should be a great adventure that you’ll remember for its high points, not its disappointments. Experienced campers know what to expect and what to prepare for, but they can still be surprised by a simple camping tip they never thought of. For new campers, your first few camping trips can make or break your desire to continue camping.

These simple and mostly common sense tips will help new campers get off to a good start, and may even contain a tip or two for the seasoned camper.

Know your camping area: Tent Camping is all about being prepared, and you can’t be prepared if you don’t know what to expect. It’s not enough to know if it’s a mountain or lowland camp, or whether it will be hot or cold, you need to know the type of terrain in the area and typical weather expectations. Know that the campsite has amenities, such as; Water, electricity and toilet facilities are important, but it also helps to know where, when and how much. What; restrooms are within a mile of your campsite, or there is one water source for the entire campsite, or electricity is available but you can only use an extension cord. Camp restrictions can also play a role in your preparations. Your anticipation of great campfire meals will turn to great disappointment when you arrive to find that open fires are not allowed.

To be prepared: Knowing the above information will help you decide what camping equipment and gear you need to bring and how much to bring. It’s not just about the right and expected items and quantities for your planned outing, but also what you might need for the “unplanned.” For example; planned one change of clothes per day: what happens when you get unplanned soaked due to rain or miss a step crossing a stream, or did you bring enough fuel for the camp stove for normal camping conditions, but do colder and windier than expected? fuel you didn’t bring. Are there: mosquitoes, flies and bugs, or snakes and vermin that invade the camps? You will be miserable if you didn’t prepare for them.

Check and double check: Most experienced campers have, and use, camping checklists that they have refined over time to match their camping style and needs. It is especially important that new campers wear them as well. It only takes one forgotten item, large or small, to ruin all or part of your camp. Your camp stove looks great on the table, but it won’t do you much good if you forgot the fuel connector for the propane bottle, and imagine your surprise when you’re ready to start dinner and realize the camp completely stocked and organized food cooler is sitting on the garage floor at home, rather than with the rest of the camping gear, where fictional it was. Check it when you organize it and check it again when you pack it on board.

These are just the basics. Each area has so much more that the details provide ample fodder for dozens of camp books for each. No matter which method you find works for you, as long as you find one, if you cover these three areas of preparation, your chances of having a great and memorable outdoor camping trip will be much better than those that don’t.

For more information including; Step-by-step tips for planning a trip and free printable camping checklists, check out Gus’s article on how to plan a camping trip outdoors.

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