r/camping

This was my first time camping, I was a little nervous and scared cause I was told there were wild boars nearby but I went with friends and we had a great time and it was a lot of fun, the tranquility of the place was spectacular. Although at first we stood under a wasps' nest without realizing it, and at night when we realized it we had to run and move all the tents hahaha

I can't say exactly where we went because my friends took care of everything, but it was a nature reserve in southern Spain, nearly Granada.

Last night I wrapped up my 2026 dehydrating spree. I made 17 meals at a cost of $42.84. That's $2.52 per meal!

Meals include:

• Jerk chicken with pineapple, veggies black beans and rice (3)
• Thanksgiving dinner (4)
• Cuban coconut chicken with black beans, veggies, bananas and rice (inspired by Backpacker's Pantry Cuban coconut black beans & rice) (3)
• Spanish chicken, black beans and rice (5)
• Mulligatawny (new recipe) (2)

I have a 10-night trip coming up in June, then a 9-night trip in July, so it made sense to do one mass dehydrating marathon.

These meals are seasoned and proportioned to my liking; feel free to adjust them for your palate.

This year, we decided to stay away from the state parks and stayed on the tree line of my buddy's alfalfa farm. Took a bit to set up, but was perfect. Went fishing, shot some trap, sighted in our hunting guns, ate some amazing food, dank a bit (after shooting), tried out new gear, and made some great memories. Best part, my son was able to come home from base to join us! Turned in to a father/son weekend and we got to celebrate Armed Forces Day together!

We have a 10 month old daughter who we just took on our first camping trip up to Big Trees in Calaveras. It was exhausting (trying to have her not eat dirt all day lol) but also so much fun! Overall, my husband and I are pretty experienced campers and have spent many years doing off roading and dispered camping with our jeep so we have lots of supplies! This is our first time though with having to worry about our baby getting cold at night! We brought her pack and play, her sleep sack, wool jammies as well as another set of jammies that we double layered with but she still got so chilly :(. It was a rough couple nights and ended having to have her sleep next to us to stay toasty. We have another trip in June right outside Yosemite so want to make sure she is better set up this time!

Does anyone have any good recommendations on how to keep little ones warm? We got a Kelty sleeping bag but its still wayyyyy too big for her. Almost thinking of bringing something to be able to plug in an electric blanket next time we go

Here is a basic A frame shelter using things from the local store. I used a 9x8, lighter version of this for the entire PCT. It’s very effective and adjustable.

Hi guys I don’t want to bore with my backstory but i’m homeless and want to buy a relatively cheap hammock. But I want to be able to buy a cheap hammock and be able to use it in winter. I have no idea if I will still be Where I’m at right now this winter. But, where I live can get relatively cold. This past winter it got as cold as -12F or -24C. So I want the base hammock to at least be cheap if i’m going to spend money on an underquilt and a topquilt, too. Does anyone have any experience winter hammocking AND mixing and matching different brands underquilts and base hammocks? If you do, please comment an idea to help me out?

I just did a week plus road trip from Northern California to the Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Capital Reef, Swingarm City OHV, Arches, Canyonlands, Castle Valley, Golden, and Redrocks for The Elovaters and Collie Buddz and Hip Abduction in my car. I did have to do a night of tent camping because of legality of sleeping in a car in Golden… and winds blew the tent all to hell. I took hundreds of photos and videos and panoramic but am limited to 20 pics. Subaru Ascent Onyx Edition worked great and got great mileage, and fit my 2 Plano camp boxes, AstroAI freezer, RTIC and Pelican coolers, Bluetti Elite 300&AC2L and charged via the Charger 2, and I slept in the back of the car on a Luno bed. It honestly was a pretty perfect setup. Now I have to clean it all out 🤣

Hi everyone. My sister and I were planning a trip to backpack this weekend in Seneca Creek, WV. We’ve had this planned since February but now looks like it might be bad weather. I’m not very good at reading weather reports, so I don’t know if I’m underestimating things.

We went backpacking once last August, the same trail we are doing this weekend, but that was only one night. This is our first multi day trip and it’s a few hours from where we live.

My sleeping bags are more for summer weather (I don’t remember their ratings off the top of my head, but I can get it when I get home).

I don’t mind being uncomfortable, but I don’t want us to be absolutely miserable. I still want to go, so does my sister. But since we are not super experienced (I’ve done a lot of car camping, just not a lot of backpacking), I just wanted to make sure I’m not making a huge mistake.

I’m really bummed that the start of this week has been so beautiful and of course this weekend looks gross. But I’m trying to stay positive and tell myself it doesn’t seem like much rain, and we’ve spent so much time planning and already bought our food and such for it. I just wanted to make sure I’m not being under cautious.