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Remember when you were kids and all you had to do to go camping was to get into the car and have the parental units drive for a while and then you stop and get out of the car and run off to the lake, trees, sandhills, hills, etc., while said parental units set up the tents, the fire pit, and all the other things? Growing up, I always thought that camping was really easy.
Now, I have to have a list for the PUP, a list for the food stuffs, a list for the truck, a list for the toiletry items, a list for the weather (rain, possible rain, snow, hail, high winds, fires) and a list for the potential critters we might run across (will there be bears? mountain lions? javelina? racoons? bats? aggressive large birds? hyenas? poisonous snakes or lizards? scorpions? alien invaders?). Then, I need to have the GPS coordinates for the campsite, the toilets, the fresh water outlet, the nearest chiropractor, the nearest beer joint, and all Air Force commissaries (just in case, you know :).
I have a check list for gasoline, propane, bacon (well, that's important), beans, tire pressure, humidity, weather predictions, cell phone charges, Kindle charges, dominos, playing cards, eggs, more beans (that's for me, actually), and campsite reservation emails.
We found a website forum exclusively for Pop Up Tent Campers - http://www.popupexplorer.com/forum/index.php - which is really pretty darned cool, actually. Here, discussions range from what do you do with your Porta Potty wastes to how to repair just about anything on the PUP to national and international Pop Up Tent Camper Events! The bad thing about finding this site really is the immense amount of information about what you should carry when you go camping. So far, I've spent nearly $800 on piddly crap (like extension cords, square screw drivers, chocks, etc.) The really bad thing is that I think every penny of that $800 is well spent!
Anyway, camping just ain't what I used to think it was.
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