Don’t Forget To Clean Your Camping Gear
September 6, 2009
With the end of the camping season upon us it is very important that you clean all of your camping gear and equipment before putting it away. Some of the things that you need to pay the most attention to is your tent and sleeping gear, your coolers and any food preparation gear.
Lets start with your tent:
One of the most common problems that I see with tents is that some people will not properly dry their tent out after a camping trip where it has rained. Even when it doesn’t rain, moisture can seep up through the ground leaving the bottom of your tent damp. Storing a tent that is damp or wet will cause mold to set in and eat away at your tents fabric.
This is specially true for canvas tents where large sections can rot away in as little as one week. So make sure that you dry your tent out very good before packing it away for the winter.
While mold won’t eat away at you cooler it is always a good idea to clean them out and dry them before putting them away. This will keep you from having scrub them out at the last minute when you go to use them next time.
The same goes for all of your food preparation gear including your camp stove. It only takes a few minutes to clean out the bottom of the stove and this will help prevent rust from setting in and ruining your stove after just a few years.
So take a little extra time this year and make sure that your camping gear is clean and dry before putting it away. You will be glad you did.
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It’s Time To Break Out That Camping Checklist
April 16, 2009
It’s time to break out that camping checklist and start going through everything to make sure you have everything ready for this years camping season.
It’s never too early to start checking all of your camping gear to make sure that everything is in good working order. Doing this early will make sure that you have time to fix or replace any items that may be ready to retire.
If you haven’t done so already, be sure to bookmark this site as I’m working on a camping checklist that will help you make sure that everything is ready to go when you go out for your first camping trip.
I will be coming out with one for tent camping and another one for RV camping.
UPDATE!
I’ve just completed the Tent Camping Checklist and posted it over at The Ultimate Camping Experience.com
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