What's your best tip or hack for camping?
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Any kind–drive-up camping, backpacking, RV camping, in the woods, at the beach, in a shelter, let's hear it all.
- It's not about the destination, its about the journey
2.Things will go wrong but don't let that ruin your trip, see #1
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There are some surprisingly decent instant coffees out there nowadays; a fancy third-wave roaster in my city even does instant now.
I will second this. My wife and I tried all the instant coffees on some review site and one of the mid priced ones was surprisingly good. Originally it was for camping, but it was so smooth and didn’t upset our middle-aged stomachs after we drank a lot of it, so now we drink it all the time.
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Normally I'd be on solid ground, in a tent, with a sleeping mat beneath my sleeping bag, so it would probably be safe to keep my clothes under it, probably towards the end of the bag near my feet. I've also never had any sort of ice forming on my sleeping bag before since we always had tents for every campout as needed.
Maybe I'm misremembering the advice or it's bad advice, but in general I am probably never gonna have another chance to test this advice. So I'll take your word for it.
I'd definitely agree, solid ground and a tent would make putting them in the sleeping bag a bit less important (plus then you can use them as a pillow). Having them in our bag was just something I was taught in basic training and it worked well the few times I have woken up with frost or ice on my outer shell (all Army related "camping").
In the decades since I've slowly shifted from big tents to a small travel trailer, it's so much better on my joints lol.
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Society has sunk to a level where living in your vehicle is acceptable as a valid housing option.
I'd say it depends heavily on the vehicle.
2 people and all their belongings in a Golf is pretty dire.
But if you're 1 person in a proper Van set-up it can be pretty good depending on your location.
