Category: Camping on budget
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A Packing List For Your First Camping Trip
There are many such lists online. Here’s mine. I’m assuming car camping, which means driving up to your camping spot and parking right there; good weather (no rain, no extreme temperatures); no or little experience; essentials only. I have a blog post with some links to both essential and extra stuff I’m happy I bought…
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Starter sleep systems: cheap, cheaper, cheapest
A sleep system is gear you use for (you guessed it) sleeping. It usually refers to (1) a tent, (2) a sleeping pad, and (3) a sleeping bag. I recently bought my own gear and studied many reviews. Here, I want to share what I ended up buying and what other options I considered. Of…
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6 Super Basic Vegetarian Campfire Recipes for Your Very First Camping Trip
Ok maybe I’m not sophisticated enough to make Campfire caprese Brie when camping. Maybe I like things kept simple. Or maybe I’m just lazy and give it a year, I’ll be rocking a campfire berry peach cobbler. For now though, we’re veeery basic. We don’t even have a camping stove. Well, we bought one, but…
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The Ultimate Guide to Cheap Camping Gear
I’m a PhD student and I live on a scholarship. Being on budget is essential to me. Camping is an expensive hobby to start. Now that we have all the gear, we only pay the camp fee ($30-$50 a night), park entrance fees and food/wood. When you’re just starting up though, you need a sleeping…
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9 things we forgot on our first camping trip (and you will probably too)
Our first camping trip was a great experience. We went to Elk Neck State park (Maryland) and it was perfect to start off. Clean facilities including free showers, a great camp store, lots of things to do… However, these items would have made our trip better: 1. Cash. Omg take cash! You never know when…
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Amazon (mostly) finds for car camping
I am completely new to camping. This is my first summer trying it out, during which my boyfriend and I car camped three times. We needed to purchase everything from scratch, from tents and sleeping bags (check out my blog on how I chose mine here) to crockery and a coffee maker. Here are some…
Marie goes camping 