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How to Pick Out a Sleep System for Car Camping

How to Pick Out a Sleep System for Car Camping

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…

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How to Pick Out a Tent for Car Camping

How to Pick Out a Tent for Car Camping

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…

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Campfire Guy’s Top Five Camping Tips

Campfire Guy’s Top Five Camping Tips

A Few Things I Wish a Man From the Future Had Told Me Campfire Guy Here. I’ve spent a lot of time in the outdoors over the past six years. Along the way, I’ve made a ton of mistakes. From packing too much or buying then returning an embarrassing amount of gear, I have done a lot of failing. Fortunately, I have managed to learn a few lessons along the way. After popping out of a Delorean, here are five things…

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Winter Is Here, Let’s Go Camping!

Winter Is Here, Let’s Go Camping!

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….

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How To Dress For Winter Camping

How To Dress For Winter Camping

Baby It’s Finally Cold Outside.  Now What? Campfire Guy here. North Texas weather has been very erratic over the past week. On January 2nd it was warm and sunny.  By January 6th we had light snow and temperatures hovering in the 20’s.  Incidentally I camped out that night.  As soon as I thaw out, I’ll be posting an article on that experience.  To say that the seasons have been behaving like the guests on an episode of Jerry Springer would be…

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How To Wash Dishes On A Campout

How To Wash Dishes On A Campout

6.2.17 Update:  The original order of my three pot method was based on an erroneous printing of the 2016 BSA Handbook, 13th addition which has since been corrected in recent printings.  The incorrect method list the order as Wash, Cold Sanitizing Rinse and Hot Rinse.  The order below reflects the corrected method per the current BSA Handbook.  Photos from the shoot are still based on the incorrect version. Campfire Guy here.  If you’ve spent any time camping, hiking or killing time at…

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Mess Kits, Encyclopedia and Sporks

Mess Kits, Encyclopedia and Sporks

Campfire Guy here.  I’m in my second year as Cub Master of my son’s Cub Scout Pack.  We’ve been fortunate enough to add twenty-four families, brand new to Scouting, over the past 18 months.  We try to prepare them as best we can for Scouting by having a Q & A session shortly after they join.    “How often do you camp, what is a den, what do I bring on a campout and what do you mean being in…

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