Somebody asked me for some tips for making winter camping more enjoyable ☃ …

• Bring a snow shovel and rock salt. 🥄 Both in case your vehicle gets stuck, if your campsite is icy, and to shovel out things.
• Be careful not to burn the tips off your boot on the fire, 🔥as when your feet are cold you might be tempted to stick them too close to the fire.
• Put a tarp under your tent to make it more waterproof, 💧and shovel out around the tent.
• Dry boots are important. 👢 Waterproof your boots. Consider wearing plastic bags in your boots.
• Wool socks 🧦 are very worthwhile
• Long johns and dress in layers, 🩳 it’s easy to get hot in woods while working, especially chopping wood.
• A plastic kids sled can be handy for dragging gear back, 🛷 but try to get any heavy loads in the center and low to ground to keep it from flopping around.
• I really love my Big Buddy Heater hooked to the 20 gallon tank. ♨18,000 BTU of heat on a cold morning or evening is wonderful just sitting out next to it with a hot meal or coffee.
• The heater is nice and toasty in the tent too. ⛺I do keep a hunting knife on me in case of emergencies, along with a carbon monoxide detector. I usually only need it for a few mintes on in the tent to make it very comfortable, and it’s always off before I go bed.
• I really enjoy something baked with soup or macaroni cheese in cold weather, 🧀 along with lots of hot coca.
• Colorful Christmas lights, candles, and decorations 🎄 adds color to a campsite on a long winters night.
• Good heavy sleeping bags, stacked makes it quite comfortable sleeping 🛏 in the tent even in a very cold night.