An RV is a great way to travel and camp We have a great guest blogger for you this week! Shelley Trupert is a self-confessed fan of Camping and Hiking Ideas who contacted us a little while ago with an idea. She works for a company called Outdoorsy, an online RV rental marketplace that connects RV owners with potential renters to provide a new way to travel, and a new source of income for RV owners. ( you can find them at www.outdoorsy.com). She suggested that an article on 4 major reasons for renting an RV for your next vacation might be a good idea. We thought so too, since we haven’t ..read more

We have a great guest writer for you today! He’s going to tell you about some clever camping ideas I know you’re going to use often. But first, a bit about our guest: Luke is a fitness, health and travel blogger. He is editor-in-chief at  the blog Ripped.me and one of the contributors at blogs Traveltalk and Fitness Food & Travel.  He follows the trends in fitness, gym and healthy living and loves to share his knowledge through useful and informative articles. You can access Luke with these links:  https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015143056445 https://twitter.com/mrlukeidouglas ..read more

Thanks to everyone who subscribed to Camping and Hiking Ideas, and who were then automatically entered into the free draw for a free Campnab app scan! Check out the Free Draw Winners listed below. If your name is there, you will be notified by email. Take a look and see if you won! The five winners are: Raymond.Ruby Leagurtin Cunwdw Michelle, Roaming Miles For Smiles Msberlin These five subscribers will be notified by email of their win.  If any should decide they don’t want to try the free Campnab app scan (crazy talk, but just in case), we will post the opportunity to win that unclaimed app ..read more

Eric Shelkie and his family (pictured here at Kettle Valley) love camping. Frustration with camping reservations led to Campnab, a camping app that lets you snag cancellations at sold-out campsites.There is nothing more frustrating than deciding to go on a camping trip for the long weekend, only to find that all the sites have been taken already.  Everywhere.  You then find yourself faced with two choices—forget camping at a proper campsite, or sit in front of your computer refreshing the page of your campsite’s reservation page over and over again in the hopes that there will be a cancellatio ..read more

Which blogs are best for you? Check out our Top 10 Camping Blogs 2018 List to help you decide.(If you just want the Top Ten Camping Blogs 2018 list, click here.) Our last top camping blogs list, compiled about six months back in October of 2017, was so successful we decided to make it an annual event.  Plus we pushed it to April, since for us that is the start of good weather camping season. It benefits you because it gives you time to check out the sites, maybe file some recommendations away for use on your upcoming camping trip, and if you’re in the market for some gear, you can read the rev ..read more

Campers have their favorite things to take with them, to make setup and break down of the camp site easier. These 10 unusual tools to take camping,  and why, will give you some options for your campsite that you may have never considered before. 1. A pick mattock. A mattock comes in handy for all sorts of things when you’re camping.You would be surprised how often you use a pick mattock when you’re out camping–especially when you want to make your own outdoor toilet. A mattock breaks down through heavy root and rocks.  You can use it to make a fire pit and to pry big rocks out of the way when ..read more

Notice all the cooking gear to the left–pots, pans and utensils are hung above the stove, propane tank and tree. The picture has been taken standing beside the camp fire; the cooking areas are close enough together that it’s easy to put food on a rack by the fire to keep warm.When you go camping you quickly discover that when it comes to preparing meals, you need an organized area.  If you’re trying to fry eggs and bacon and the pans, prep space and stove are far apart from one another, the food is going to get cold and you are going to keep bumping into people who follow you in to the tent to ..read more

Rekindle that campfire the next day using the tips and ideas in this post.Rekindling your campfire the next day will never be a huge problem for some people. They have the skills/supplies/money to get the job done.  For the rest of us, though, starting up the campfire the next day can be like rolling the dice. Sometimes it works like a dream, sometimes it doesn’t. It rained overnight, or all the wood was used up, or the wind keeps blowing the little bit of flame we create, out! Maddening. So here are a few hints, tips, ideas, and gear you can think about for starting up your campfire again. th ..read more

One of the most perfect camp comfort foods is fried chicken!One of the greatest comfort foods of all time, fried chicken is a meal that many home cooks–and most campers–shy away from. They feel it’s too complicated to make, takes too much time, and is a dish best obtained by bringing it home in a big red-and-white cardboard container. While this may indeed be the most convenient, fried chicken can be made at home and at the campsite without too much trouble. Just follow the directions, step-by-step.  All of the steps are easy, and you won’t believe what a hit it is at the campsite! The recipe ..read more

There are a lot of things you can keep out of your cooler that you might not have thought of.Things you don’t need to pack in your cooler is something I wish I’d had when I started camping in earnest.  I had started doing most, if not all, of the cooking for our family and friends. The number of people I cooked for on a long weekend camping trip ranged from five to fifteen people on a regular basis. We had three coolers, and no matter how I tried I could never get everything packed in! I knew canned goods were fine outside the coolers, and stuff like sugar, teabags and flour.  But it took a go ..read more