Everything For The Outdoors!

Camping portrays a variety of activities. Most campers begin with little more than their boots, whereas caravan travellers arrive equipped with their own camping tents, water, electricity, heat, and courtyard furniture. When people are camping most of the times they do it in conjunction with many activities, such as fishing, mountain biking, hiking, canoeing, hill walking, climbing and swimming.

There are people who spend their vacations in permanent camps with cabins or camping tents and other facilities (such as children’s summer camps), but a stay at a camp like that is typically not considered “camping”. The term camping may also be applied to people who live outdoors out of necessity such as homeless people or those who are waiting overnight in queues. However, the term camping does not apply to cultures whose technology does not include sophisticated dwellings.

Just because the weather is a little cold doesn’t mean you can’t have a blast on your camping trip.  As a matter of fact, many outdoorsmen (and women, of course) prefer it!  Here’s an article that will help you get the most out of it:

Making Winter Camping As Enjoyable As Summer Camping

During our first camping trip, my boyfriend continually teased me about the presence of bears.  While hiking he pointed out bear scat, as well as claw scrapes on a tree and paw prints in the mud.  I laughed off his observations and firmly held onto the belief that he was wrong.

We returned to the campsite site at dusk to cook a nice steak dinner on the grill. Looking up, I was shocked to see a large bear lumbering towards us and whispered urgently, “Honey, there’s a bear”.  With the day’s previous joking in mind, he chuckled and said “Oh yeah, where?”.  I nodded my head behind him, and he turned around to discover a black bear standing not 10 feet away from us.

He picked up the flashlight and chased off the bear by yelling at it to go away.  We quickly finished up with dinner, and then I nearly hurled myself into the tent.  Pulling down the zipper securely, I announced that finally we were safe from the bear.  My boyfriend didn’t have the heart to tell me that a few microns of nylon were not about to keep a determined bear out of the tent.  But luckily we had taken all of the right precautions such as hanging our food from a branch, so we had no unexpected visitors that night.

If you are planning on doing the majority of your camping primarily in the Summer months, as the average American does, you will probably be just fine without spending the extra money on an all weather tent. If you are a diehard camping who plans on making trips year round, in different parts of the country, then an all weather tent is most certainly for you.

Of course, the most important thing to consider is the climate in which you will be camping in. Do your research on the area beforehand so you will know what to expect. If it is going to be cold, you may want an all weather tent to help stay warm. On the other hand, you could always pack a down filled sleeping bag or some extra clothes. If you plan on making several trips throughout the year, again you will probably want an all weather tent – there is just no reason to take a chance on ruining a planned vacation because you don’t have the right tent for the weather.