7 Best Articles For First Time Campers

How can you make your first camping trip a success? Read the below articles for first time campers.

First-time campers often have a romantic view of how that first camping trip is going to go. They have visions of perfect weather, making the perfect s’more around the campfire, and sailing through that first camp set up as fast as a triple crown horse races to the finish line.

And while camping can be those things, oftentimes you are battling parking your RV or pitching your tent on a less than a flat surface, getting attacked by giant man-eating mosquitoes, or eating a peanut butter sandwich on soggy bread.

Not necessarily the picture-perfect camping experience you envisioned.

I’m going to help you camping newbies navigate the first time camping experience. I was there myself first being an occasional tent camper and now graduating to my very own little renovated 14-foot vintage camper called Beatrice.

I compiled a list of links to articles to help you out. While mother nature does not always play nice and you have no control over her being naughty or nice for your first camping trip, there are some things you do have control over.

Some veteran campers have their preparations down to a science. Most (including myself) learn something new each time. You learn how to pack efficiently. You learn how much food to bring along. Things that you can only learn by experience.

My suggestion is if you do not have the best time on your first outing and are listing all your newly acquired camping equipment on Facebook Marketplace before you even arrive home from that first trip, give it another chance and then maybe another. Camping is sometimes more work than what you bargained for. Trust me, the sites, sounds, and smells of the good outdoors while the crickets sing is the best thing EVER (at least to me).

I hope these articles help you, the first time camper, to have a successful camping trip.

• 10 Essential Tips For First Time Campers This article is full of useful information with tons of added links to more camping articles such as “How To Pitch Your Camping Tent”
• 10 Questions Everyone Has Before Their First Camping Trip This article is more geared toward the rugged tent camper, but still offers up some solid advice for every level camper.
• 9 Best Ways To Find A Campsite Online Most campers find and make their campsite reservations online. This article lists tons of places where you can find campsites and make reservations. For me, the thing that I love the most is the ease of making reservations online. You can most times see pictures of the campsites and get all the information you need to make a wise campsite choice.
• 16 One Pot Camping Meals You need some kind of advanced meal plan. Here are some recipes to try. One pot, so cleanup is simple. Perfect for over the campfire (which is what camp cooking is all about)
• Camping Checklist Having a checklist is a must for first-time campers and this comprehensive checklist from REI covers everything.
• REI’s Guide To Your First Campout This is a great all-around guide to everything you need and how to choose it.
• A Camper’s Guide To Sleeping Under The Stars Sleep is important even camping. This comprehensive guide will help you achieve the perfect nights sleep.

In the end, camping is all about getting out and enjoying the great outdoors. Whether you want to camp for the adventure, or tranquility, or a little of both, it’s a wonderful way to disconnect and enjoy all that nature provides. Camping is one of my favorite solo activities. There is little that makes me as happy as reading a good book, the smell of the campfire, and the sounds of the early morning loon gliding along a misty lake.

Now those are the things that make a first camping trip a success!

Are you a first time solo camper? I love going out on my own. Connection with nature, enjoy travel in a different way.

Thanks for reading and feel free to share your first time camping experience in the comments below. Please share this post!