Can You Use a Hot Tent When It’s Hot Outside?
Short answer, yes. Slightly longer answer, yes but there are a few trips where I’ve regretted bringing mine, so it’s worth talking about when it works and when you’re better off with something else. The reason people assume hot tents are winter-only...
How to Keep Kids Warm, Dry, and Not Miserable in Fall Camp
Summer camping with kids is forgiving. If someone gets wet, they dry off. If bedtime slides two hours late, nobody freezes. Fall takes most of that slack away. Bigger temperature swings, shorter days, and wet clothing that stays wet. That doesn’t make fall a bad...
One Pot Is Enough: Simplifying Your Camp Kitchen
I used to bring way too much cooking gear. Two pots, a pan, a cutting board, a full set of utensils, the whole thing. Most of it came home unused, and I still spent longer cleaning up than I did eating. Sometimes I didn’t even clean and just wiped it down....
Why You Can’t Sleep the First Night at Camp (And What Actually Fixes It)
You know the feeling. You’ve set up a good site, the gear is dialled, you’re actually tired, and you still lie there half awake listening to every sound outside the tent. Then night two comes along and you sleep like a rock. Same site, same gear, same...
What to Do If a Coyote or Wolf Approaches Your Camp!
Bears get all the attention in camping safety content, and coyotes and wolves barely get a mention. That always struck me as a bit backwards, cause depending on where you’re camping in Ontario, you’re honestly more likely to hear a coyote yipping near your...
How Long Can You Actually Keep Food Cold Without a Fridge?
Every camper eventually runs into this problem. You are a few days into a trip, the cooler ice melted faster than expected, and you are staring at a block of cheese wondering if it is still good. I have been there more times than I would like to admit, and over the...
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