In this video Gary covers a few items you may not think to take along on your camping trip, but you’ll be patting yourself on the back if you do remember to take them and giving yourself a good swift kick in the read end if you forget them.

Sometimes building that campfire to do your cooking just isn’t convenient or flat out just isn’t going to work.

Breakfast is an example that’s coming to mind right now.  It usuallly doesn’t make sense to build a big fire to cook breakfast in the morning if you’re going to be leaving the campsite for the rest of the day.

Or if it’s raining, well, if you’ve ever tried building a fire in the rain you know how well that works.

Anyway, this is one of those times where the outdoor grill on your camper (or a portable propane gas grill) will come in handy… and that’s what this week’s Camping Minute is all about.

It’s not antisocial to want to go out camping and enjoy some peace and quiet.  In this video Dorrie has some tips to help you visit campgrounds when they’re going to be a little less crowded.

I know you never get bored when you go camping, but just in case the unthinkable should happen, here’s a cool game you can play (beer in hand optional for the 21+ crowd). It’s called ladder golf (some people call it Blongoball) and it can provide hours of entertainment.

Let’s face it - a campsite is usually going to have dirt on it. And keeping that dirt on the campsite and out of your camper isn’t always easy especially if you’re going in and out of the camper all day. So here are a couple tips from Dorrie that keep the amount of camper cleaning to a minimum.Give ‘em a try and let us know what you think.

One issue that you don’t always think about when you go camping is having dry towels. Sure, if you’re only gonna be camping for a day, it’s not a big deal. You can go in the suitcase, grab a towel and it doesn’t matter if it dries out.

But if you’re going to be camping for several days and swimming for all of them you’re probably going to want your towels to be dry (wet towels really kinda suck in my opinion). Here’s the solution we use when we go camping to make sure we have dry towels. It’s a little bit simpler than dragging along a dryer.

Camping and dirt kinda go together. You are outside, afterall. However, here are some tips to clean up your eating area, and the supplies we generally take with us to keep from becoming cavemen for the weekend.

Here are a few essential camping supplies you’re going to want to make sure you have if you’re going to be eating food while camping.  And we’ve even got some helpful suggestions for storing them so they stay dry and easily accessible.

In this video Gary goes over some campfire cooking tips including and shows you his new favorite toy for grilling.  It makes even cooking possible and makes it a whole lot safer to put your food over the hot coals.  It’s pretty sweet - watch the video.

Great food is one of my favorite parts of camping. However, you don’t always have a table to sit at. In fact, usually you end up sitting around a campfire with your food on your lap, and that can frequently mean you end up dumping your food on yourself.

In this camping minute Gary explains one lawn chair attachment you’re not going to want to be without - a little table. You’ll never want to camp without one again.