Comments on: Family Camping on a Budget

By: Steve Walsh

Steve Walsh — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:27:53 +0000

Save money on getting multipurpose family camping gear, like the 11th hiking essential: good old wood walking sticks. They are great fun for the whole family, that you can carve your memories into. They provide hiking safety helping you keep on the trail, but also to keep those many critters at bay. Wood walking sticks also act as tent and tarp poles, help your children or spouse out of a ravine, get your food stored easier up in a tree away from bears and raccoons, support you crossing streams and are not lightning rods like metal poles are.

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Family Camping on a Budget — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:16:29 +0000

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By: ClintJCL

ClintJCL — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:29:15 +0000

I believe they were AWESOME, though anything in the middle of the woods tastes better than in real life, because you’ve sort of psychologically tricked yourself into thinking you are SURVIVING, what with being out in the woods.

Camping gear for a cat bed — I’ve seen that in my own house We’re going in just 2 weekends.

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By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:29:25 +0000

Hey Clint! How’d those burgers come out, anyway? A lot of good tips there – you can get some great deals on camping gear at yard sales. It’s amazing how many people buy camping gear and never use it (or use it for a cat bed)

By: ClintJCL

ClintJCL — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:28:04 +0000

Hi. That’s my picture you used — good stuff. Another tip: Check out yardsales. I got a camping backpack for $3. It ended up smelling like cat pee. However, the frame on my original pack broke, so we removed the cat-pee-part, and re-used the $3-backpack frame on my real camping backpack. So yes, even a cat-pee-backpack can save you tons of money by providing you with replacement parts so that you don’t have to buy a 2nd pack when your first breaks

And you’re totally right about the pots and pans. Really, you don’t even need those. I often put a can of Dinty Moore Beef Stew directly in the fire. No pan needed. No plate either – eat right out of the can!

Hammocks are also cheap at yard sales.

And while camping chairs are nice, you can also sit on your rolled up sleeping bag with some amount of comfort.

And buying ice is nice, but… if you have running stream nearby, you can store your beer/soda cans in the water, and it will keep them cool. Assuming you can wedge them in between some rocks such that they don’t float downstream!

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