T-3 days to our first summer camp-out!
Okay, those of you who camp out all the time. This is the list I have. Please tell me what I’m missing.
FYI, we are camping at Lake Pearrygin in Eastern Washington. It’s a full service camp site with running water and showers and we are “car camping”, so we’re not really roughing it. But all three families are relatively inexperienced (this is our SECOND camp-out overall – we went last summer once). So here’s the list:
Accommodations and essentials:
- Tent (of course)
- Mattress pad
- Sleeping bags
- Pillows
- Toiletries
- Towels
- Clothes
- sunblock
- Bathing suits
- Pull-ups for Sky
- Butane stove
- butane canisters
- wood
- charcoal
- matches
- bug repellant
- bbq implements
- toilet paper
- paper towels
- plates/cups/cutlery for four
- cutting board and knives
- wet wipes
- one frying pan
- kettle
- PAM
- spatulas
- garbage bags
- camping candles
- flashlights
- folding chairs
- table
- firestarters
- tarp
- camp erecting implements
- aluminum foil
- ziploc baggies
- can opener
- dishwashing detergent
- sponge
- life jackets
- bubbles making implements
- kitty pan for bubbles
- kids’ bikes
- sand toys
- water toys
- board and card games
- Leapster and DS
- books
- crayons and paper
- FIRST AID KID (thanks Nicole!!) How the heck did we miss this one?
- Clothes line (thanks Mel!!) Are you Bloghering this year?
I am in charge of dinner for the first night and will also bring some beverages:
- alcohol (crucial) and paper cups to go with them
- one carton of sodas
- one carton of water
- marinated and frozen chicken drumsticks
- sausages
- corn
- salad stuff
- buns and bread
- my special bacon-wrapped chicken salsa bbq thing (I don’t know what to call it)
- snacks
- canned goods (luncheon meat, fish etc)
- watermelon/mandarins/apples/bananas
- bacon
- instant coffee
- spring onions/chopped onions
- almond accents
- milk boxes
- ice (to buy when we start the journey of four hours)
- cup instant noodles (thanks Sharon!!)
Ok, what am I missing? (the other families will bring their own stuff)
Nicole Lee
First Aid kit
Jul 03, 2008 @ 9:33 am
Sharon
How about instant noodles in cup?
Jul 03, 2008 @ 9:46 am
Melissa
I always like to take along enough clothes line to run between trees and pins to hang wet clothes/suits, towels etc to dry. also, if you have to camp near someone not in your party, if you bring a large sheet or two and enough line you can make a ‘no peeping at me’ screen.
Have fun!
Jul 03, 2008 @ 10:58 am
jennemede
What will I do without my internets? You guys rock!
Jul 03, 2008 @ 11:03 am
Rita Ho
S’more ingredients – gotta keep the tradition! Rainier cherries??
Jul 03, 2008 @ 12:09 pm
Hsian
How about a litte pail or bucket and a little water scoopy thing – in case you need to get water from nearby source or to wash dishes. Wet wipes and some soap / detergent as well as antiseptic like Dettol? Or liquid antiseptic handwash
Jul 04, 2008 @ 9:57 am
judy
instead of a kettle, use a saucepan so you can use it to boil noodles or rice or hotdogs:)
we carry a small broom and dustpan to clean out the tent.
a small battery operated lantern is better than a flash light because you can set it down and it provides lots of light.
extra tarps to go over your tent in case of rain:) and you can use it for shade over your camp table.
Jul 04, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Asther
Walau! Dat’s a looooong list! Like moving house! Hahaha… so our parent-in-laws going too?
Jul 06, 2008 @ 7:20 pm
Rachel J.
Dude, you are screwed w/o an axe to chop the firewood. You need smaller pieces to get the fire goin’.
Meal tip: Boil a pot of water. Toss in ziplock bags full of eggs, diced ham, peppers, cheese. Boil until cooked. Wallah! A no mess omlet in a bag. (Don’t forget to squish up the eggs or have them pre-cracked and stirred in a pourable container). Have fun and get dirty! Camping rules.
Found ya through SMB.
Jul 07, 2008 @ 9:42 pm
jennemede
Wow Rach that is a great idea for an omelette! Won’t the baggies melt tho?
Yea we brought a hatchet for the wood. We used up plenty too!
Next camp out in T-15 days!
Jul 09, 2008 @ 8:53 pm
Yvonne
Bottle opener for wine and beer.
Condiment – ketchup, mustard, salt, pepper, mayo…etc.
Extra batteries for your torch.
Jul 10, 2008 @ 5:55 am
Jamie
This might be too late, but great fire started is dryer lint…. seriously it works awesome!!!
Jul 17, 2008 @ 2:06 pm
zhiling :)
hey
you didn’t tell us how the camp went. :/
Jul 20, 2008 @ 10:58 pm
jennemede
We’re going again this Friday. I’ll do a wrap after!!
Jul 21, 2008 @ 7:44 am
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