Tent And Car Camper's Handbook: Advice for Families & First-timers (Backpacker Magazine)

From Backpacker magazine: the lowdown on family car camping and tent camping?no experience necessary! ? Easy-to-use guide for families and first-time campers: how to do it, what to buy, best places to go, and what to do when you get there ? Visual, user-friendly design provides quick-access information ? Tips on keeping kids happy, healthy, and motivated during the trip plus how to engage them in the natural world Buck Tilton has set up camp with his family too many times to remember. Whether you?re headed for the desert, the seashore, or the mountains, he?ll help you minimize the fuss and maximize the fun?no prior camping experience needed! You?ll learn about picking the best spot, setting up camp, cooking on a camp stove or campfire, enjoying family activities in and around camp, providing first aid, and more.

This friendly guide looks at various areas of your campsite like they are important rooms in your home?the bedroom, the kitchen, the bathroom. Tilton considers factors such as time of year, how many people you?ll bring along, how much you want to spend on gear (it doesn?t have to be much), and how technological you want to be (or not). He addresses the special needs and concerns of camping with children but also the joys of introducing them to the outdoors. Additional topics include packing the car, the characteristics of a good tent, sleeping warm, camp hygiene, and camp fun and games.

A contributing editor for Backpacker magazine, BUCK TILTON, M.S., is director of curriculum for the Wilderness Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School. He is the author of sixteen books, including Trekker?s Handbook and Don?t Get Bitten: The Dangers of Things that Bite or Sting. KRISTIN HOSTETTER is Backpacker?s Gear Editor and the author of Don?t Forget the Duct Tape: Tips and Tricks for Repairing Outdoor Gear. more

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3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-02-2009; Tent and Car Camper's Handbook; This was such a good little book. I've just started tent camping. This was much better than most of the other books as it was geared to tent campers and not RVers. It gives all the "if you're a beginner" details: what to buy, how to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-28-2008; Disappointing for non-first timers; Disappointing text for those of us who appear to have a base knowledge of how to go camping, what to pack, what type of gear we need, etc. Great book for those who have not a clue how to go camping. Unfortunately, this book hit my...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-03-2006; Good Way to Get Started and More; I've been camping for forty plus years. Obviously a simple little book like this had nothing to teach me. Then I picked it up. The first thing I saw when I picked up this book was a small sentence on the back cover. It said: 'Tip: You...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-31-2006; Great resource for those new to camping; As an avid camper who enjoys any excuse to get out into the wilderness from the mountains of the Rockies to the Boundary Waters canoe area to the wilds of the Everglades. So, a book on camping needs to come up to a certain level of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Nov-03-2006; Good Way to Get Started and More; I've been camping for forty plus years. Obviously a simple little book like this had nothing to teach me. Then I picked it up. The first thing I saw when I picked up this book was a small sentence on the back cover. It said: 'Tip: You...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-02-2009; Tent and Car Camper's Handbook; This was such a good little book. I've just started tent camping. This was much better than most of the other books as it was geared to tent campers and not RVers. It gives all the "if you're a beginner" details: what to buy, how to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

2/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-28-2008; Disappointing for non-first timers; Disappointing text for those of us who appear to have a base knowledge of how to go camping, what to pack, what type of gear we need, etc. Great book for those who have not a clue how to go camping. Unfortunately, this book hit my...; read full review | report as inappropriate