How to Camp Out With Minimum Expense & Minimum Work

Over the past few years, I have camped out under almost all circumstances including in solo camping experiences. In this article, I will give you ideas on how to camp without spending lots of money and without spending lots of energy on unnecessary work. Read this article right after this Email and Comment box. And I would enjoy hearing all of your own comments or opinions.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Things You’ll Need:

• solo tent or
• child's tent
• hiking stick
• camera
• bike or other transportation
• fast food coupons
• basic dried food
• notebook and pencil or pen
• cellular phone (Optional)
• bandages or first aid kit

1. Nature is a wonderful experience. Have you had your nature today? Camping with minimum expense and minimum work is easy if you think about it. First assemble what you need to have a good camping experience.
   
   You might need some of these items listed in the "THINGS YOU'LL NEED" section.
   
   Carefully choose what you need to bring and leave the excess at home.
2. Solo camping is an awesome experience. Take the chance; risk it. Go camping alone at least once this year. You, believe it or not can camp indoors or in a yard. This solution is great for novice campers, people who are afraid of the wilderness, and for children's first camping experiences. Camping indoors has all the benefits of that camping feeling without the hazards that might exist. After all, there is no wildlife indoors, and the restrooms are always accessible.
   
   So, decide if you want to camp indoors our outdoors. You can set up tent indoors by putting blankets over chairs and tables or by using a small child's tent indoors.
   
   Now, outdoors, you will bring a solo tent or a good quality child's tent. I have noticed that solo tents are quite small. But I have also noticed that Eddie Bauer makes a small tent that appears to be a child's tent (has compass images all over it), yet this tent is large enough to accommodate one adult.
   
   This small Eddie Bauer tent is great for solo camping. It gives you space; it is reasonably priced and it serves the purpose.
   
   For really no-frills camping, you can bring a tarp and some cord. You can make your own tent from the tarp by tying it to trees and use the cords to anchor it to the ground. You can use rocks to hammer the stakes into the ground and you can use sticks and pieces of wood as the stakes. Yes it can be done. I did it on one trip into the wilderness, camping without a tent. That was the maximum -"minimum" expense and work on a camping trip.
3. Along a beach in New York State, mussels shell scene To make your trip even less work, get your meals at the local fast food places or at the state park refreshment stands. Or even better, use your time as a fasting time. Doing fasting while camping saves all that space in your pack that you normally would have filled with food.
   
   Other ways you can save work while camping is to cook ahead of time and use dry foods also. Cook some rice or potatoes ahead of time. Bring snacks like cookies, rice cakes, raises, millet and puffed wheat or puffed rice.
   
   RICE: If you bring dried Minute Rice, you can put that in a bowl with warm water, set it out in the sun and it will cook while you are out hiking or while you sleep. (Just do not bring food near your tent if you are camping in New Jersey or in Pennsylvania or anywhere there are bears.
   
   So that is the way you can camp without great expense. You have no need for the largest tents or tons of equipment. If you bike there, that even saves you money on gas and tolls.
   
   Questions? Email me.
   
   Please be sure to read the Tips and Warnings section as they are a very important part of this article.

Tips & Warnings

• Bring Minute Rice and you will have your meals without needing to go to the fast food place.
• Save on carrying bottles of water by finding your water in the wilderness and use iodine tablets or liquids to purify it.
• Pack light! Stop in most state park restrooms to find electricity to charge your cellular phones.
• Bring bandages and or first-aid kits on all trips.
• Bring emergency silver-colored blanket on all trips. (Folds up to pocket-size).
• Preferably have a cellular phone available. And make sure your battery is fully charged.