Organization: A key for Camping

[renodesertfox]

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Thanks GH:D for your vote! Camping is to be Enjoyed not struggled through or endured!:cool:

[Johnny Test]

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Here is an idea I am trying. I ordered this hanging travel organizer. I intend to hang it inside the tent so I have access to bug spray, etc, and don't have to dig.

[beemerchef]

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Because we have 14 bags/compartments/saddle bags/tank bags (Spirit only has 1...) I have a "map" for each bag since my memory after reaching 104 started failing.
Example" R ft Yellow, xxxx and on and on
I have a pretty good idea sometimes where something is, but I like to refer to the map.
I am thinking this winter, having down time for sure, to "cross-reference" by items!!!
All is in my little leather bound black book which hangs on me 24/7 (except for showers!) which also contains all my passwords and some ready available fortune in Cash... :D right!
Even with a Smart Phone a NetBook and a Laptop, I had the bad experience one time to loose all my passwords. I like to rely on the old "black book" method. Actually, thinking about it, maybe Spirit is the one that should carry it...
Anyhow, I think the mapping idea also works for cars/trucks and whatever... down to batteries, razor, everything!!!
Be well.... Ara and Spirit



This is Spirit... I have never removed the key or GPS or Spot off the bike... You understand why!!!

[Oudoorsman]

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As most of the camping I do is in High Sierra with bear boxes. I have a set of plastic bins with everything I need that fit well into a bear box. I am trying to make a shelving system out of pipes to make it easier to take each bin in and out. It is so much nicer this way as I do not have to run around the night before trying to stock up and pack. Everything is ready to go. I have to get them out of the closet for my trip in a couple of weeks. Can't wait. I know summer is here after my first trip.

[arturo7]

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Nice rig, beemerchef! Is that an Ural?

[jason]

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Proper knowledge of the campground is very important.

[Awtted]

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It would be foolish to believe that the amount of preparation and organization involved in a camping trip is directly related to the amount of time you will be spending on said camping trip. plan ahead and go beyond that

[rose]

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I use a rubber maid bin and my Charles Chips can for all my kitchen stuff. I pack clothesline, fuel for the campstove, and odds and end stuff in the cooler. (I head to the nearest town to shop and get ice after I set up camp) Tent and bed are in their own bags. Towels and bedding go in duffle bags. Then, I confess, I do use suitcases for clothes ~ but I pack for a straight 7 week camping trip each summer!!

[Mike]

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btw: White Horse Lake Campground, Arizona.

Most of all, I like the bicycles in this pic. I especially like the upright bike in the back with the nice saddle. WHat an absolutely perfect camping scene - campsite on the lake. Well outfitted campers. Good weather. Oh man, who wouldn't love that. I bet it could even turn Dick Cheney's frown upside down.

[renodesertfox]

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Thank you Mike, your compliment is greatly appreciated!

[NYCgrrl]

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Or, when life gets too hectic, just give up and fill up that brand new cooler of yours and head outdoors.

Hehehehehe. Apparently you know a somebody I camp with...3 coolers and he still feels the need to buy a styrofoam number for beer<insert head slapping emoticon>.

How did the hanging toiletry organizer work, J.Test? I tried it last year and it worked fine for the adults but ahem a lil grrlie kept leaving her's in the bathhouse. Maybe this year will be different because her fellow camping grrlie is officially a tweener complete with several tubes of fruit flavved lip gloss. Can't let the important stuff get lost yanno :rolleyes:. Let the nanosecond mood swings begin!

I like that Charles Chips container and will think on whether this will work for me, Rose. Kinda obsessed with square storage containers. Maybe not in the kitchen though.

A 7 week camping trip?! My idea of nirvana.....:cool:

[rose]

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NYCgrrl, that Charles Chips can has been camping with me since I was a little girl. It's tradition ~ I couldn't leave it behind!