Archive for the ‘Camping Articles’ Category
This is the first in a series of reviews of Federal, State and County provided campsites along California's amazing coastline.
I started my summer of #vanlife at the Californa State Park campsite of Morro Strand. It was pretty depressing to sit there, but you can leave and see wonderful things.
Morro Strand ...
This Mad Mats rug keeps sticks, dirt, burrs and other garbage out of my dog's fur and out of my camper!
6'x9' and awfully stylish, I've had this rug since 2013 and it looks as good as new. Excellent for throwing down just outside the door of my VW Vanagon, under our pop-up shade, or ...
This easy to set-up canopy is cheap AND actually easy to set up.
I am spending most of my summer camping with my dogs. Shade became very important on day 2 when I realized that not having shade on day 1 toasted the back of my neck. Despite liberal smearing of 60 SPF broadspectrum sunscreen, ...
The Hydroflask kept my daughter's water super cold during a baking hot road trip. I had a recyclable plastic water bottle and drank warm to hot water.
I usually don't buy into my daughter's fancy waterbottle addiction and stick with refilling empties. The Hydroflask stainless steel, double-walled, slip-proof water flask with a leak-proof lid is ...
The classic pressure cooker was the instant *** before there was an instant ***.
Want to turn shoe-leather style brisket into a wonderful pulled-beef sandwich filling in 25 minutes? Get out the pressure cooker. Simply throw food in the ***, make sure you've got a good seal, and let it cook.
This pressure cooker easily stores ...
This lightweight, durable MSR kitchen knife comes sharp and stays sharp.
You can also sharpen it quite easily.
I used to buy camping kitchen knives at the dollar store. I'd use them for a season, or part of a season, and then throw them away. They were cheap but unfortunately also disposable. Years ago this MSR ...
Mostly for use during extended camping trips in my Volkswagen camper, I'm running a docked Nintendo Switch and 13.3" 1080p IPS monitor all off of power banks.
Spare me the horseshit about how awful it is I or my kid might play video games inside our camper van while camping. We like to play ...
The weather is finally perfect and we have a three-day weekend coming up — kismet for an outdoor gathering. As you go through your planning checklist and cover the bases of music and grilling, do you have beverage storage taken care of?
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The weather outside is frightful, but prepping for warmer days is delightful.
As part of their "20 Days of Deals," Walmart is all about the great outdoors — or at least getting you excited for when going outside isn't miserable.
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One bright summer morning four years ago, two park rangers set off hiking up a dormant Alaskan volcano.
But like a light switch, the weather changed.
Vicious winds brought frigid, sideways rain. It didn't relent. Usually dry ditches transformed... ...