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….
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…