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    PostHeaderIcon Several Tips to Light a Campfire

    For those who love to go for camping and enjoy the outdoors, the thing which may always be the best part is the campfire at night. Having campfire at night will be very special during the autumn evenings and the cooler spring. In order to avoid any injuries when lighting the campfire, you should know the right ways to light it. At this time, this article is going to give you some tips that will guide you to safely light the campfire.

    Firstly, if you have clothes dryer, then you will know about dryer lint. It is known as the “fuzzy” stuff which is tried by your dryer for blowing through the exhaust and also through the vent when the filter does not catch it. Since it is highly flammable, you have to always empty the lint filter after every use of the dyer. Besides, it can also be used as a good fire starter so that you do not need to throw it away.

    Secondly, a pine cone can also be a great source for fire starter. By using only a small pile of this pine cone can make your fire going in no time. So, if you have pine trees in your yard, you can pick the pine cones that dropped from the trees. These will be great fire starters when you are going to make campfire.

    Thirdly, you can consider using mass produced fire starters. These kinds of fire starters are made up of the compressed materials. Just put one in the center of the fire ring, and then place some of dry woods on the top and you can start to light the fire starter. These can also be a great way for getting a good fire going. Besides, they will be a great choice when you cannot found dry wood since these can set almost anything a blaze. However, they can cost you some money.

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    PostHeaderIcon Homemade Camping Gear

    Is the real camping experience for you?

    Now days most people practicing camping spend loads of money to get the latest camping equipment. However if you want to truly experience the real camping experience you should ask yourself what is camping after all. Real camping is about toughing it in the woods. So if you are equipped with all the most expensive, state-of-the-art camping gear that is giving you the same comfort you have at home you are not living the real thing. Of course it’s all right if that’ the way you like it, but if you really want to know what roughing is all about then read this. More and more people are talking about homemade camping gear because they want to know what real camping is all about.

    Your Three Primary Needs

    When you go on a camping trip there is only three things that you really can’t do without.

    - Food
    - Water
    - And Shelter

    For Food you can easily bring along protein bars or simple things like hot-dogs that you can prepare over the camp fire. For water you can either bring along a canteen or buy your water in plastic bottles. As for Shelter, you need a tent.

    Everything else is just extra to make your camping trip more comfortable. So if you really want to ruff it, food, water and shelter is all you really need.

    So when thinking about your homemade camping gear, you should start by looking around your house. Let’s take your shower curtain for example; it can help you in many ways. It can be used as a pack to carry your food and water and can even be your shelter by attaching it to a tree. You see all you need for your homemade camping gear is right there in your house.

    Other homemade camping gear technique you could use would be to use a bucket and a plunger as clothes washing basin. You could fill tiny paper cups with sawdust and dipping them in paraffin wax for a good fire starter. Some people use garbage bag with small holes as showers or you could just make a big hole in it as a poncho during rainy days.

    If you look carefully at all the things you have in your house and use a little imagination, you will soon find out you have pretty much all the homemade camping gear you need to experience the real camping adventure.

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