Travel & Places: Better Toilet Facilities At Campsites

Better Toilet Facilities At Campsites

It's amazing to see how many campsites offer appallingly bad toilet facilities. You would think that campsite owners would have invested some of their money in improving these facilities. Sadly, this rarely seems to have ...

Travel & Places: What Should I Bring Camping If I Hate Being Mauled By Bears?

What Should I Bring Camping If I Hate Being Mauled By Bears?

If there is one thing I truly love it is getting out into the wilderness for a camping excursion. If there is one thing I hate it is being mauled to death by bears while on this excursion, that is why bear spray is a necessity.

Travel & Places: Family Camping – No Experience Necessary

Family Camping – No Experience Necessary

Are you interested in family camping for only $55.00 dollars? The state of Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is offering workshops called I Can Camp! for families interested i

Travel & Places: How An 8 Person Tent Can Benefit You

How An 8 Person Tent Can Benefit You

Many people can benefit from an 8 person tent. This type of tent is particularly appealing to outdoor adventure teams, large families, camping groups, and even couples. Outdoor adventure teams typically have a large quantity ...

Travel & Places: How to Remove the Vent Cap From a Camp Trailer's Roof

How to Remove the Vent Cap From a Camp Trailer's Roof

Campers and motor homes feature one or more ceiling vents, sometimes fitted with a fan. Vents are exposed to the outside of the camper, and are affected by the elements over time. A broken vent cover allows water to invade the camper interior, which can lead to rot and extensive water damage. You ca

Travel & Places: How Does a Thermal Blanket Work?

How Does a Thermal Blanket Work?

The BasicsA thermal blanket, also known as an emergency blanket, Mylar blanket and space blanket, is a thin sheet of plastic with an extremely reflective coating. It is often used to treat hypothermia, but can also be used to make sleeping bags warmer, to construct homemade solar heating...

Travel & Places: Preparing For A Lawn Party

Preparing For A Lawn Party

It is your kid's birthday and you have invited his friends from the neighborhood and a lot of relatives as well. It might be also your birthday and you have asked a lot of people ...

Travel & Places: Winter Texas Beach Camping

Winter Texas Beach Camping

Winter beach camping in Texas provides a chance to experience a different part of the great outdoors. "There are people who really love to go camping this time of year; it's just not as mainstream," Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Director of Business Management Mike Crevier said. Camping in Tex

Travel & Places: Les Stroud Knife - How Does It Stack Up Against Bear Grylls Knife?

Les Stroud Knife - How Does It Stack Up Against Bear Grylls Knife?

The new Les Stroud Ultimate Knife is the only knife that reviewers contend can become a direct and effective competitor to the popular Bear Grylls Knife series produced by Gerber. In partnership with Camillus Cutlery, the knife even at first glance looks well manufactured and has all the appearance

Travel & Places: Camping MacGuyver Style

Camping MacGuyver Style

This is for those creative campers, did you ever sit there and think about how it would be to go camping with just some of the basics or discuss this with your buddies and say hey I know I could go camping without all the fancy stuff that makes camping like being at a resort? But if what I told you,

Travel & Places: 10 Facts You Should Know About AGM Batteries

10 Facts You Should Know About AGM Batteries

AGM when referring to batteries stands for Absorbed Glass Mat. This best describes their construction. AGM batteries still have lead plates within them, but the difference lies in the construction of the plates and the way the electrolyte is exposed to the plates.

Travel & Places: Importance of an All-Around Backpack in Hiking

Importance of an All-Around Backpack in Hiking

More and more people enjoy hiking to wilderness campsites, usually on places that has established trails, they say camping is their way of escaping from the hassle and stressful life in the city that going to the wilderness is a sort of hobby that would revitalize the body. Camping includes carrying

Travel & Places: Things To Be Mindful Of When Searching For New Caravans

Things To Be Mindful Of When Searching For New Caravans

When taking a look at a traveling caravan there are a number of fairly alternative designs to consider. For households with 2 or more kids, fixed bunks are extensively talked-about, particularly if kids wish to bring friends alongside. Smaller households or couples that now and again take grandchild

Travel & Places: Improved Camping Toilets Could Help

Improved Camping Toilets Could Help

Are you tired of turning up at a campsite and finding that the bathroom facilities are unspeakably bad? There are few things worse and few things better designed to ruin a perfectly good camping trip. So is there a solution to this ongoing problem?

Travel & Places: Camping Gear - What You Will Need For Your Trip

Camping Gear - What You Will Need For Your Trip

Camping is a fun activity, but do you have the proper gear for a great trip? Read more to find out what you will need to take with you while you enjoy the great outdoors!