Revolution RV, Organizing Trip

By: Darren Lintern
Camping ought to be a fun, relaxing, and a spontaneous adventure. But in order to achieve and benefit from that spontaneity, advanced planning is necessary.

For over a century now camping has been a tradition, however, back then camping wasn’t so much camping, but surviving in the wild for a period. It grew in earnest, as a well know form a vacation, during the 1940’s.

Now, with the advance of technology, and the use of recreational vehicles (RV) camping became extremely admired. Modern tents, sleeping bags, and gadgets such as cell phones and GPS systems are poles apart from 25 years ago. This has resulted in campers vying for a spot during a particular week of the year from a limited number of campgrounds.

Commercial campsites leapt up in order to satisfy the demand, but these did have economic constraints (not all campgrounds will make profitable businesses). The amount of sought after spots in State and National parks is limited also. There’s only so much magnificent scenery about.

The first item on your agenda for planning your camping excursion is to make a decision on location, then book a reservation. There are thousands of online sites to assist you. Two notable sites to visit include Recreation.Gov (http://www.recreation.gov/) and National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/)

In order to reserve the best possible spots it can be necessary to make your booking at least two months ahead, something times as much as twelve mouths for the most popular destinations.

With the reservation confirmed it’s now time to arrange your packing list. You could simply hurl everything into SUV and be on your way. But the chances are high that you’ve leave something important behind.

Ideally take along a well stocked first aid kit. Take a moment to research the most common poisonous plants for the area you intend to visit, and any wildlife warning for that region. Also, a variety of bugs are widespread around most campsites.

Make an entire list: camping tents, clothing, backpacks, tools, lighting, cooking utilities, sleeping bags, which will all be necessary for the destination and time of year. That list ought to be at least a page long just to cover the essentials.

Look into the route you intend to take, particularly if you plan on taking a winter break. Road closures, rock slides, floods, ice, snow avalanches, are all still fairly common problems.

As the date for the vacation becomes close, take a look at the weather. Many camping sites are location away from urban areas or in the mountains. These spots are far less predicable when in comes to weather with abrupt thunderstorms, rain squalls, etc.

With careful planning of your camping trip you’ll be in a better position to relax and forget about any hassles during the vacation.

By: Abhishek Agarwal
The very thought of a camping adventure will bring to mind a trekker with a backpack on his back and a good pair of shows, probably dressed in a pair of jeans and a jacket hiking off into the wilderness in search of a spot to pitch his or her tent and live with nature for the next few days. Tent camping is a way to be one with nature and take time off far from the madding crowd to rewind and rejuvenate your senses. There are many things you could do while camping, you could choose to fish in a stream or lake, go boating, play ball or just spend some quiet time bird watching.

There is actually no dearth of activities you could choose to do during your tent camping trip.

There are many places you could go to pitch your tent and enjoy a few nights under the open sky. Westchester County camping grounds are a welcoming spot for many campers as are the New York City camping Parks. You could also choose to camp along the rocky shores of Maine’s Acadia national Park or along the Wild River in the Alaskan Peninsula. What I mean is that there is no limit to the places you can take your camping gear and pitch your tent for an enjoyable tent camping vacation.

One will notice I am using the term ‘tent camping’ in this article, this is because many camping enthusiasts feel that their favorite pastime has been hijacked and given a new meaning by the many people who do not with to put in the required effort and foot it to the camping spots. They would rather drive out there in their cars and campers complete with their equipment that makes for an apartment on wheels. Conventional campers feel that this is not a true form of camping.

However, we do live in a free state and people are free to choose their activities and name them too. So lets just stick to the form of camping better known as tent camping.

Tent camping involves basic equipment such as a tent that needs to be pitched on two rods and tied to four pegs driven into the ground at the four corners of the tent. The tent is typically slanting to the ground on either side with the two opposite ends forming a triangle with the ground. Then there is the sleeping bag and sleeping rug or ‘trap’ used to keep the moisture and water out of the tent. Finally there is the cooking equipment complete with a compact stove. All this is packed into a back pack and carried to the camping spot on foot.

Setting up a tent and spending some time in the lap of nature, cooking your food on a wood fire and moving on as and when you wish is a very exciting way of unwinding and rejuvenating your senses.