Mistakes
Camping Plans Delayed Another Couple of Weeks
The past couple of years, I have gotten out camping either the last weekend of March, or the first or second weekend of April. Now it looks like I won’t be camping for a couple more weeks, waiting for my truck cap to be installed.
It’s really not a big deal, I guess. I can go tent camping during the weekend of April 12-15th, at least for part of the time if the weather cooperates. But I really want to go truck camping.
I’m hopeful that next week I can get my truck wired. Then at least I will have relaible power for the campsite, so I don’t have to worry about my starting battery going dead. But once I do my cap, I will be pretty much ready to travel and explore — that is once I get the “shoes” for the kayak to sit in.
But so be it. The summer is certainly not even underway, and not over. And with the new cap, the reliable electric system and 4×4 drive, I expect to be camping well into December this year.
Bring Those Longjohns
Probably the number one thing I forget to pack when fall, winter, and spring camping (and hiking) is my longjohns. I literally have like 10 pairs of longjohns, because I’ve had to go out and buy more pairs when I forget them and I’m a long ways from home.
Longjohns may seem silly. But they really do much to keep you warm. Yet, they aren’t something that’s normally visible to the public, and as such they are out of site and out of mind.
Yet, as soon as you get out in the woods, and start to have cold legs, you realize how nice it would be to pack your longjohns. Sure, one can get another cheap pair of cotton longjohns at any Walmart, but one would be better of it they just remembered to pack longjohns from the get go.
It’s always a good idea not to forget your longjohns!