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Dear Fellow Camper,

Are you the sort of person who uses a list to get ready? Do you look for tips and advice to know what to expect?

And you have questions like these -- What gear do I need to get? What food should I bring? How do I cook the food? What kind of wild animals could I run into? How do I pack? What sort of activities can I do while camping? How do I start a campfire?

Even if you didn't ask those questions, you the type that still wants the answers anyway.

Well, if that's you, you're not alone. You're among the few smart people who take the steps to find out how to make a camping trip enjoyable ahead of time.

Imagine this for a second...

You're outdoors and surrounded by nature... you're sitting with friends or family around a crackling campfire. You smell the fresh burning firewood, and hear tree sap sizzling and popping out.

Up above, you see a night sky lit with bright stars... a shooting star perhaps.

Just then, you realize sleeping in a tent outdoors is amazing. You feel alive listening to every sound outside at night.

The whole trip comes together just as you pictured it. Everybody's happy.

Everything ran smooth because you went prepared, and because you knew what to do early on. Order Now!

Beginner Blunders

For unprepared new campers, there's a different story. You can spot them the minute they step onto the campground...

They're so disorganized they packed a mish mash of city clothes, some personal items, a borrowed tent, and expensive gear they've never used before.

Then reality hits...

First, they arrive near sunset after hours of driving. They fumble around to put up their tent in the dark, but it's missing parts.

Second, they didn't bring water or the right food. There's no supermarket nearby, so they go to bed hungry and thirsty.

Third, they realized didn't bring items to get a good night sleep. They sleep on a cold and damp tent floor with just a light blanket cover.

Last, they didn't bring items to stay comfortable on the trip.

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They're stressed out, and everyone who went with them is unhappy. They pack up sooner than they wanted, and head for home or a nearby motel.

It happens lots. In fact, I've seen beginners get tangled in many worse ways several times over.

I hate to admit it. I even had a similar experience as a beginner in 1990 too.

Back then, it had been ten years since I gone on my first camping trip.

I was eleven when I first went camping on a school trip to the British Columbia Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit.

Although I learned a lot on that camping trip, my second trip lived up to be a bungling beginner's nightmare. It could have been worse... much worse.

You won't want this experience. Not for yourself - not for your family or friends.

Better Prepared For Better Camping Adventures

Over the years, I learned how to prepare better for tent camping.

In July 1999, my wife and I climbed to the top of a Jasper Park mountain, and camped at different sites throughout the Canadian Rockies. We even brought our dog camping with us in bear country.

We brought everything we needed, we knew where to go, what to do, how to stay safe, and have lots of fun. Order Now!

We hope you enjoy our camping holiday website, and we wish you the best!
~ The Camping Holiday Staff