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06-11-2015, 02:24 PM
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The cat that will listen
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Camping with tiny people
So a friend has organized a camping trip and we are going later in the summer. This will be the first time we have gone camping with the boys (3 and 1, but almost to their birthdays) and I am SO EXCITED.
This is a thread to talk about camping lists or ideas or food or whatever that you have found helpful. Especially if you've been dry camping, which will be new to us. We'll be car camping (because we aren't entirely crazy), so have plenty of room.
I really hope this goes well and we can start camping regularly with friends.
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06-11-2015, 04:55 PM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Camping with tiny people
What is dry camping? We tent camp...is that relevant?
Anyway my cast aluminum caldero pots are my favoritist and best things ever. We boil water for boil in bag rice in one pot and heat up a hearty soup or stew in the middle pot (to mix with rice) for dinner, and I bake eggs with cheese and ham in the little pot for breakfast. They season like cast iron so clean up is easy.
Also like my homemade firestarters (pine cones dipped in paraffin and sawdust)
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06-11-2015, 08:32 PM
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The cat that will listen
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Re: Camping with tiny people
I thought we weren't going to have water available at our campsite (dry camping), but it looks like I was wrong and there will be drinking water available.
And yes, tent camping is relevant! We'll have a tent. I said car camping, as opposed to backpacking.
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06-11-2015, 09:46 PM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Ahh. That's what we do. We just call it tent camping because there is no way we could or would haul our hugeass tent and cooler and stuff on a trail! We take half the damn house with us it seems.
Hiking, kayaking, etc. are day activities only!
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06-12-2015, 11:54 AM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
I'm so excited for you folks! I love camping, never have I had enough of it, and introducing your young ones to it strikes me as fraught with dread and delight. I hope you have a wonderful time! I have absolutely no tips for you, though.
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06-12-2015, 07:31 PM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: Camping with tiny people
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06-13-2015, 12:54 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: Camping with tiny people
The only way I'm going tent camping here in hot humid country:
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06-13-2015, 05:22 AM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Tiny people? Crivens!
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06-13-2015, 08:46 AM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Better reference than "furkids" or "granddog". Ugh.
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06-14-2015, 02:14 AM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
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06-16-2015, 04:05 AM
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The cat that will listen
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Re: Camping with tiny people
So, we've actually reserved our campsite! There is going to be some kind of ranger program there that weekend and there are some really nice short trails from the campground.
Now I have to actually make a list of things we will need and figure out how to get them together.
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06-16-2015, 07:20 AM
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I read some of your foolish scree, then just skimmed the rest.
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Re: Camping with tiny people
If you're camping in an area with bears remember to follow all posted signs about food. The bear will smell that one candy bar you snuck into your tent and it will trample the tent and eat you to get to that tasty processed food! Along those lines, pepper spray is extremely effective on bears and a smart bear will absolutely kill you to get to your twinkies, or stare at you amusingly while it drinks your beer.
Omg glass bottles?
What are you, a hooligan?
Don't worry nature isn't out to get you... but watch out for ticks, no seriously, lyme disease sucks.
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06-16-2015, 04:51 PM
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The cat that will listen
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Yes, we'll be in northern Arizona where there are bears, but they don't seem very common near this campground (no bear boxes or bear warnings), so we'll be ok packing things back into the car at night. We learned to put our food up the hard way, because squirrels attacked our jar of peanut butter at one campsite and chewed it open last time we left food unattended--not in bear country or we wouldn't have left it out.
There hasn't been any Lyme disease contracted in Arizona yet, so that is good. It's more Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but ticks haven't been bad for us so far.
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06-16-2015, 06:11 PM
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Solipsist
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Quote:
Originally Posted by wildernesse
Now I have to actually make a list of things we will need
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☑ Campsite
☐ Tent
☐ Tiny people
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06-17-2015, 02:08 AM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re: Camping with tiny people
We keep our camping stuff in a Tote and just do a quick check then into the car it goes. I clean and repack it after every trip so I don't have to think much on it.
My newest thing is a 360° led flashlight thing. It has multiple brightness settings and a loop to hang it in the tent. Really handy for nighttime pee trips
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06-17-2015, 10:38 PM
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The cat that will listen
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Re: Camping with tiny people
We only have two real weeks to gather stuff before our trip because we will be out of town for a month until two weeks ahead of time. Then I'll have to dig all our stuff out and evaluate. Maybe I'll put our tent up inside today and see if it has developed any holes or is disgusting. The boys should like that.
We took one of our camp air mattresses with us this weekend to visit family who are on vacation here and it was great for the baby to nap on and for the froguar to chill out on and still be part of everything. We need another one of those because mine is a super light backpacking one and I get grumpy when I have to sleep on it while RA sleeps on one that is like a real bed.
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06-18-2015, 05:23 AM
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I said it, so I feel it, dick
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Re: Camping with tiny people
We have a queen airbed for us and kiddo has his own twin. Our tent is enormous though
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06-18-2015, 05:23 AM
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The cat that will listen
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Re: Camping with tiny people
The tent was only somewhat disgusting, with that wonderful old tent smell. So I'm going to get some destinker for it and see if it helps. Probably won't hurt it.
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06-18-2015, 05:50 AM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
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Originally Posted by LadyShea
We have a queen airbed for us and kiddo has his own twin. Our tent is enormous though
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We took a queen airbed in this tent one of the last times we went camping. I don't know if a queen+twin would fit in our tent, since it's only a four person tent. Something to check.
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06-18-2015, 12:15 PM
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A fellow sophisticate
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Re: Camping with tiny people
We used to have a 9x13 foot Kirkham's Outdoor Products canvas tent. We used a queen air mattress and a full-size foam mattress for the girls. Before the birth of our youngest daughter, we had a 7x7 ripstop nylon backpacker tent, in which we used the full-size foam mattress and a single air mattress. All is well and good with airbeds until they develop a small leak that leaves you lying on the ground in the middle of the night.
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06-27-2015, 11:48 PM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Quote:
Originally Posted by LadyShea
Ahh. That's what we do. We just call it tent camping because there is no way we could or would haul our hugeass tent and cooler and stuff on a trail! We take half the damn house with us it seems.
Hiking, kayaking, etc. are day activities only!
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I bought 8 x 10 utility trailer, mainly just to haul all our crap to the campgrounds with.
I long for the days when packing for camping ment, one change of clothes, a costco box of cans of mini ravioli, an axe, a lighter, a flat of beer, a tent, an air mattress and a sleeping bag
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09-23-2015, 02:47 PM
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Re: Camping with tiny people
Our camping trip was a bit of a disaster. There was a huge thunderstorm and it rained all night. Which would have been uncomfortable enough, except that I developed a fever and got pretty sick. We ended up at a hotel.
So it was a learning experience. We would totally go back, but we need a bigger tent and better weather (not during monsoon season). The boys loved it.
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09-23-2015, 07:09 PM
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Solipsist
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Re: Camping with tiny people
No bears? No Lyme disease? No ?
One of my colleagues had flights booked to Spain (warm, sunny) to attend another colleague's wedding. Son got chicken pox ... not allowed to fly ... went to a caravan at the English coast instead. Rained all week.
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