“Have I forgotten something?” How many times have you suffered anxious moments recollecting and hoping that you have all the gears for your outdoor adventures? You bet everyone does it, maybe more than once on each trip. Why not make out a checklist and ensure that you have all the arrows in your quiver.
Place to Hit the Sack
While outdoor camping, your mother of all priorities should definitely be your shelter and bedding. This is where tents pitch in, and you should ensure that they can hold the fort from any unpredictability. Tents with duck’s back texture should come in handy against rains, and as well as deflecting sun rays. To give it solidity, tent stakes are the best means to ensure that it does not get blown away. Checkout your extension poles, ropes, and tools for setting up your tent.
Camping sleeping bags comes in next, for being non-robotic you need to take rest and lie down sometime. Checkout the temperature rating of your sleeping bags, ensure it is fluffy enough to fend off any extreme cold conditions. Sleeping pads can add extra comforts to your sleeping endeavors and work as insulation from cold grounds. For headrest, use inflatable pillows. If they don’t work well with you, rolled up towel should work perfectly fine.
For your Bites and Sips
Apart from shelter and sleep, you need to get your gastronomic equation right. Make a checklist for the food you need and take only what you are likely to eat. Coolers come in handy for storing food, as you can stuff it with ice and preserve your food. For cooking endeavors instead of weighing too heavily on grills at the campground, it is better to have a two-burner camp-stove, preferably with a wind shield. Next get your utensils right, including your cooking pots and pans. Then to facilitate the journey of your food to your mouth, ensure you have all the plates, bowls, cups, knives, forks, and spoons in your kit. Can and bottle openers do also come in handy to open your canned food or your beer bottles. To take care of your thirst, count whether you have enough water bottles in your crates.
Your Creams and Powders
The buzz of insects around your ears should not remind you that you have forgotten your insect repellents at home. Your toiletries should have a sun-screen cream as well for protection against sun, and ensuring you do not have itches. Prickly heat powders can provide you with extra protection against heat rashes, sweat, and give you cooling sensations as well.
Other Accessories
Another weapon in your armory should include a pair of good binoculars, as it gives you the opportunities to stare eyeball-to-eyeball with the distant exotic wildlife. If you have a digital binoculars with recording features, you can ask for nothing more. Other essentials should include your lighting system, where you should have a torch, or a headlamp for finding your way in the dark. And yes, a first-aid box is all the more essential to be at your disposal in case of emergencies.
Anything Else?
Make sure you give some thought to what you are carrying with you. Some of these items might not be necessary for your specific outdoor adventure, but odds are you probably will!
