The Comprehensive Packing List - Because I'm getting senile, but you might like it too.

 

Camp Packing List

I created this mainly for new campers.  I don't actually pack all of this myself, but I thought a good, thorough check list was in order for everyone.

Don't overcomplicate it with silly words and phrases like "sleep system." You're not going off on a jaunt with Elon to Mars. You're going to the Humble Squirrels State Park. Forget all the bullshit jargon that everyone else is throwing around. They think it makes them sound smarter than they are. They are no smarter than you. Believe me, I've met them. And most of them will freeze at the first sign of a bear, I assure you. They are also the same people that even though they take their cell phone, and their Garmin GPS, and their macbook, they still can't seem to make it out of the parking lot without stopping for mushroom coffee and a wheatgrass sandwich.

In short, you're going camping. At that means roughing it and rolling with it,

Step 1: Make lists. Like these.

• Need to buy   
•  Have To Do
• Check all gear and treat with permethrin/waterproofing if needed 
• arrange house-sitter/pet sitter
• File travel plan

Step 2: Pack.

Camp Kitchen

• Coolers/ice packs

• Food in bins:  canned chicken/roast beef/sauces/rice/cookies/junk/b-fast, etc.

• milk/creamer

• teapot/cup

• tea/coffee/hot chocolate/sugar in canisters

• Spices, olive oil, and butter

• large freezer bags

• Water jugs and WATER

• Mess kits

• Utensils, sporks, knife,can opener, bottle opener

• Pots/pans/tea kettle

• Sponge/loofah for scrubbing

• Camp soap

• trash bins, buckets, etc.

• Trash bags

• Camp stoves and fuel: butane and iso mix

• Table cloth 

Step 2.1 A - have a beer.

Step 2.2 A- Pack some more.

Tent site:

• Tent

• Tarp

• Footprint

• Stakes

• mallet

• Tent lantern

• Other stuff:  Cat litter/bags/pool noodle for camp toilet

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Sleeping

• Sleeping pad 

• Fleece liner

• Fleece blanket

• sleeping bag

• Pillow

• Lantern

• Broom

• Dustpan

• Dry bags

Step 2.7 C

    Have another beer. Add a dash of turpentine for flavor.

Step 2.4.cd -- going backward.

Ta pek sommore. (did I just write that?)

Special Gear

• Air pumps

• Life straw and water tabs

• Sawyer gear spray

• Headlamp

• First aid kit

• Rope

• Camp Stove cover for heat

• Fire /folding camp stove for emergency

• bungee cords

• Scissors / knife

• Bear spray

• Fire pit

• Fireproof mat

• Waterproof matches/lighters

• Firestarter/sterno etc.

• Fleece Jacket/wraps

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Bath/Toiletries, etc.

• TP

• Shovel

• Towel, shampoo/body wash (or wipes)

• Deo

• Toothbrush & toothpaste

• Hair brush, hair ties

• Medications and OTC

Step 3F - Oh my God, how much of this stuff am I going to use?  Have a rum and coke this time.  That way it will only be "one." 

Step 15 A:  Pack some more.  The rum sobered me right up!  (Hide the guns.)

Electronics

• Power banks, solar powerbanks

• Charging cables - Universal, C, Micro, and others

• Rig the dash cam/rear cam

• Rig the home cameras

• Batteries for lantern, flashlights, etc.  AA and AAA

Misc.

• Kindle/book - load up a few days prior

• Gun and ammo/ CCW permit

• Audio files - youtube downloads

• Clothes

• Pj’s

• Moccasins

• Steel toe shoes

• bathing suit

• Glasses/ sunglasses

• Side table

• Chairs

• Extra bin for bedside
  
  

Step "12" - unpack. It was all so much fun, you need to go another round.

To buy on the way/ etc

• Gas and quart of oil

• Snack for the drive

• Cash

• Firewood

• Ice

• Other:  lead rounds and snake loads

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