Campfire Guy here. The season for gearing up continues with the next installment of, “How to Gear Up For Car Camping”. Aside from a tent, your sleep system is the second most important step in the path to camping bliss and a good night’s rest. A sleep system consists of some sort of mattress or pad on the ground with something to cover up with on top. Put Something Between You and the Ground If you ever camped out…
Campfire Guy Here. We are planning a camping trip with some friends for this coming Fall. During our correspondence (fancy way to say Facebook Messenger), they asked me, “we are new to car camping, where do we start with buying gear?” My inner gear dork squealed with glee. Every time Campfire Guy gets to dispense gear advice, either an angel gets its wings or Campfire Wife rolls her eyes and groans. I can’t remember, though I’m pretty sure it’s the wings…
It Just Snowed, Who Wants To Sleep Outside? January 7th brought with it some of the coldest weather Dallas had seen in almost 6 years. I had some gear I wanted to try out and what better time than with light snow on the ground and twenty degree weather. The campout also brought with it my first foray into video. Part of this I streamed to Facebook Live, part of it I recorded and tried not to shiver to much….