Link to list of DIY preps/tools

[Wulf202]

Here's an article to get us going, post yours

http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/campin...derline-genius


liquid dish soap on the bottom/sides of pots/pans over the fire allows you to wash the black soot right off.
check out home made bee traps if you're being bothered

[Gunyaga]

thanks for posting that, couple of really good ideas in there (and some shameless plugs, but they were worht a couple of the good ones!)

[Great-Kazoo]

We use to soap the P&P with Ivory[ b4 there was "liquid] soap. many a year ago in cub & boy scouts.

[brokenscout]

I use Holiday Inn Express

[Mykidsdad]

Surgical gloves in the kitchen box for food prep. Food borne illness sucks when TP is at a premium and the latrine is behind a tree!

Resealable package of UNSCENTED baby wipes for cleaning up before bed. Getting the bug repellent, smkoke and sunscreen off of your face and neckbefore turning in will make you feel a bit more human.

Mix dry mix batters for pancakes, and similar things in zip lock bags. No nasty pot full of half dried batter to clean up after breakfast.

DALES PALE ALE !

[00tec]

The 2 person sleeping bag from Cabelas (I have the 0° version) is one of the best things I ever bought for camping.

[Special Ed]

The 2 person sleeping bag from Cabelas (I have the 0° version) is one of the best things I ever bought for camping.

How so? I'm generally curious about its benefits. I've thought about it but I thought it would let in too much cold air if using it by myself. And my wife wouldn't go for sharing it because she knows she'd get the dutch oven treatment.

[00tec]

How so? I'm generally curious about its benefits. I've thought about it but I thought it would let in too much cold air if using it by myself. And my wife wouldn't go for sharing it because she knows she'd get the dutch oven treatment.

It can be split to individual bags, in fact, it is packaged as individual bags to begin with. You simply open both bags and zip them together face to face. With her in the same bag, I warm up much faster because she usually lays down earlier than the rest of us (we stay up to "guard" the beer). Allows for extra curricular activities as well. The thing also comes with sheets that you tie into the bag so you dont have to deal with washing the bag itself. It is about the size of a queen bed.

[Special Ed]

It can be split to individual bags, in fact, it is packaged as individual bags to begin with. You simply open both bags and zip them together face to face. With her in the same bag, I warm up much faster because she usually lays down earlier than the rest of us (we stay up to "guard" the beer). Allows for extra curricular activities as well. The thing also comes with sheets that you tie into the bag so you dont have to deal with washing the bag itself. It is about the size of a queen bed.

Thanks for the info. That makes sense to me (especially helpful that it comes with sheets).

[Wulf202]

Use an old belt or shoulder strap from a duffel bag to gather fire wood by the bundle.