So the camping season begins with the Coram Deo Church Campout at Davis Creek. The group site is fabulous there with real sinks, quarter showers, and lots of shade. The bugs weren't bad either this weekend which is always a big bonus for me! AND we re-arranged the tent so we had more room, I was super excited about that! But don't get me wrong. I'm not all a ball of joy when we camp. When you're in a tent there's A LOT of walking back and forth to the car, A LOT of searching thru misc. bags and boxes and coolers. I pretty much yell every hour - WHERE IS _____!? I feel like a trailer might be more helpful when it comes to my desperate need for organization in the forest but until that upgrade comes (in 5 years) this will have to do. To help with some of the chaos I've decided to start a list now to remember how to pack for next time. We tend to pack for the 4 hours directly preceeding pulling out of the driveway and this year we ran out of diapers and Grant was packed NO t-shirts. The list can't fix my spacey-ness but it should make home in the woods a little cozier. I'm putting it online so I can always look it up here instead of trying to find a tiny piece of paper somewhere, and, maybe some newer campers out there will be aided in their chaos too. It won't be comprehensive, but mainly things I tend to forget or things you might want to buy that we use.
THE CAMP LISTpaper towels
* can opener
plates/silverware/cups
* soap to leave in the bathroom and share
wet wipes
clorox wipes
dishsoap/dish bucket/dishtowel
* spices
rugs
broom
2+ bug spray
2+ sunscreen
foil
hot pads
camera
books
* clothes line and pins
extra blankets
EXTRA DIAPERS!
* extra garbage bags/plastic bags/ziplock bags
hats for all
hammock
glow sticks for kids
dry erase board
sharpie
table cloth or 2 w/ clips or weights
• good marshmallow sticks
And the number 1 most important thing you need tent camping:
* plastic bins and trash can to save food from squirrels and not walk back and forth a bazillion times to your car.
3 comments:
Love the pics! Love you guys (and gals)! I'm all about lists, so a gold star for that investment! Glad it was a better year than other times.
I love kids smiling and specially a camping trip with family. I will buy a sleeping bags for my two kids because I know that they have a camping activity at there school.
Love that picture of the four of you. Isn't Callie's hair pretty!
Love, Rin
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