1. Sleeping pad. Preferably an air mattress. My bones are too old for sleeping on the ground.
2. Sleeping bag or other night covering, suitable to the weather. A sheet in the summer; a lightweight bag in the fall; our zip together winter bags when there's snow on the ground.
3. Pillow. Gotta have a pillow regardless of the weather.
4. Tent. Or possibly a trailer. Or even a camper. J likes to sleep under the stars, which is ok for one night, maybe two, but gets old quickly. A cot is good if there isn't a tent - I'll never forget the little crabby footieprints under the people's cots when we camped out at the beach. I want the crabs Under the Cot, not Walking Over Me.
5. Cookstove. Cooking over a fire is fun as a side amusement, but I want reliable heat for tea water in the morning.
6. Enough clothes.
7. Enough food.
8. A book to read.
9. Sturdy shoes to go for a walk.
10. Something with which to stifle any drunken neighbors. A bludgeon comes to mind, particularly when I recall the idiots who decided it was a good idea to kill a skunk (by stoning it) upwind of us. We went home early that time.
2 comments:
Crabs under cots? Yeah, I knew there was a reason I don't camp.
xo
We've always river-camped (canoeing) so dry clothes in a waterproof bag were always near the top of the list...
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