Choosing the Best Camping Spots

Today's online resources can help you choose the best campsite within a particular campground

Today's online resources can help you pick the best campsite within a particular campground

One of the popular posts here on CampingBlogger is Find Great Campsites Online, where I talk about using online resources like Reserve America and Recreation.Gov for locating campgrounds in a particular area. Finding that perfect campground is only half the battle, though. It is just as important to locate the best camping spots within the campground, too.

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CamelBak Better Bottle – Lose the Bottled Water

The CamelBak Better Bottle is available with 90-degree twist-tops, fixed and foding bite-valves and a traditional screw-off top.

The CamelBak Better Bottle is available with 90-degree twist-tops, fixed and foding bite-valves and a traditional screw-off top.

You cannot fault its rather simplistic name as gimmickry; the CamelBak® Better Bottle really looks like it is a better bottle. Made from a new plastic called Eastman Tritan™, these bottles are safe for cold or hot liquids, they hold up just fine in the dishwasher and they are very impact resistant. The Better Bottles are BPA-free, so whichever side of that argument you fall on, you will not have to worry about it with these. They also do not contain any phthalates, which is an additive used to make some plastics more pliable.

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Get your WordPress Blog to Validate

Getting your WordPress Blog to validate can be a challenge

Getting your WordPress Blog to validate can be a challenge

If you look at the bottom of CampingBlogger you will see the boilerplate copywrite information followed by a couple of weird links; XHTML 1.0 and CSS Level 2.1. These links go to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) who sets standards and guidelines on how to code Web pages and offers a free validation service that can check any Web page for meeting W3C standards.

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5 Ways to Ruin a Camping Trip…for Someone Else

Your actions at the campsite affects everyone in the campground (photo courtesy of pdphoto.org)

Your actions at the campsite affects everyone in the campground (photo courtesy of pdphoto.org)

With the global economies heading into the toilet (how’s that for drama?) a lot of new people will be camping next summer, instead of jetting off to Andalucia or Boca Chica. Unfortunately, this new generation of economically displaced jet setters is not quite up-to-speed on camping etiquette; those largely unwritten rules that seasoned campers have come to expect from their fellow excursionists.

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New Camping Coffee Maker

The BrewFire features a metal carafe and a see-through resevoir

The BrewFire features a metal carafe and a see-through resevoir

Could this new coffee maker from Brunton® de-thrown my trusty Coleman™ coffee maker that’s been a mainstay at the Scribner campsite for several years, now? I’m not sure yet, since the Brunton does not come out until February, but it does look to have some interesting features over the Coleman. Unlike the Coleman, the Brunton “BrewFire” is self-contained, operating on either 1lb. disposable propane bottles, or butane canisters.

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