For those who are of the opinion that nature is the best place to be during those hot summer months, camping is their own personal slice of heaven. That is all fine and good but there are some pretty important tips for camping that should not been neglected, some of the most vital ones include cleaning up after yourself before you head home.
True vacationers should keep in mind that if we don’t tidy and take of everything before we leave the campground, it will soon be no longer good for that oh so special family trip. Camping safety is as important as anything else in life, so be sure to go prepared.
Here are some essential tips to clean up after your family trip to the woods:
- Recycle, recycle, recycle
Recycling is something that each and every one of us should be doing day to day. Whether it’s putting out your blue box (blue in Canada anyway) filled with your empty milk cartons, plastic containers, pop or beer bottles and newspapers, it’s a definite must when it comes to protecting the environment. If you are staying in a campground that doesn’t have recycling facilities or you plan to just pitch a tend in the middle of a forest, bring your empty recyclables with you to put out when you get home.
- Use biodegradable camp soaps
Chances are good that if you are going away for more than a night you will want to bathe and wash some of your pots and dishes. In this case, be sure that you choose biodegradable soaps and cleansers that will not harm the wilderness and the animals that call it home. Bathing in lakes and streams is something all people should experience, just make it an experience that is harmless to everyone and everything.
- Don’t leave any food on the ground
Leave no food behind. Or out in the open while you are there either for that matter. Many people, when camping in areas with bears and other wild animals who like to forage any food hoist the foodstuffs up into the trees. There is more than one reason for this.
1) Hungry animals will come calling and someone could get injured
2) People food is not healthy for animals and you don’t want to make any wildlife sick.
If they get fed once they will come back again and again, and when you have gone home and some other unsuspecting campers come by they could find themselves in a world of trouble with animals like bears, coyotes and even cougars.
- Leave no trace
Leave your campsite as clean, undisturbed and pristine as when you got there. Pick up everything you brought, even little food scraps that many tend to leave behind. Take everything!
- Proper campfire etiquette
MAKE SURE your campfire has been put out the right way. Just because it looks like it’s out doesn’t mean it is. Fire can live underground and pop out when least expected and start a forest fire. Oh, that reminds me, don’t smoke when camping unless you use a bowl or cup of water as an ashtray. Millions of fires have been caused by cigarettes.
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2 Online poker // Aug 29, 2009 at 10:54 am
We have only one world, we can produce any thing in the world, but we cant produce another world, we need to save our big home(world), so we should follow eco action by heart for us and other people.
3 pangolin // Aug 30, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Yes, very nice and if possible you can bring all/most of your produce in baskets, re-usable sacks, re-usable bottles or coolers so there is nothing that you have to recycle or throw out. Like a bucket of hearty soup/chili with some biscuits, always good for camping.
4 Internet Business // Aug 30, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I would like to add one more to the list – bring a defensive weapon with you in case of bear attacks. All the other points you’ve made are good points, especially “Don’t leave any food on the ground”. We tend to leave food on the ground when we are partying hard.
5 adult chat software // Sep 2, 2009 at 8:58 am
Very interesting tips!But sometime they do not help at all!If this animal becomes hungry or ungry, nothing can stop it!
6 Cheese Rolling // Sep 9, 2009 at 5:28 am
Aren’t you meant to run and throw a piece of clothing at a bear so that it stops to sniff and investigate that whilst you make your naked getaway?
7 admin // Sep 10, 2009 at 1:49 am
LOL
8 Jewellery Auctions // Sep 26, 2009 at 5:38 am
I like this guide “Don’t leave any food on the ground” its attract Hungry animals as many times i see this on discovery and nat Geo on tv so always keep it in mind other one also quality guidelines….. Thanks alot for such important tips for camping..
9 Craig from Annuity // Oct 8, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Would suck so bad to get eaten by bears. Some great tips to survive bears attacks though, glad there are no bears where I live.
10 admin // Oct 13, 2009 at 3:13 pm
Craig- Yep, I think it is safe to say it would really suck to get eaten by a bear. It’s definitely something that is not on my bucket list
11 owners corporation // Oct 19, 2009 at 11:10 am
Thanks for the tips…at least now i can go camping without the fear of bears.
12 Bernard Painting Inc // Oct 27, 2009 at 10:20 am
Ugh, I am so scared of bears..I hope my fate is not to end up as food for bear…thanks for the post.
13 Painter Portland // Oct 28, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thanks for the article…I will be careful not to become dinner for a bear.
14 Korean Drama // Oct 29, 2009 at 5:51 am
Thanks a lot for your tips. I will do it when I’m camping.
15 Amée // Nov 7, 2009 at 8:23 am
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16 Cafe Franchise // Dec 3, 2009 at 12:17 am
I think the best one, not be eaten by bears when camping is wearing iron jacket.
17 speedmax85 // Dec 21, 2009 at 3:15 pm
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18 cura emorroidi // Mar 5, 2010 at 9:34 am
It is kind of typical that when people go on vacation they just stop doing those things, like if it is better not to recycle at another place.
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