Around The Camp Fire

If you have a truck with a tent shell of some kind, it’s possible to have a camping experience that’s a mix of regular tent camping and sleeping under the stars. What you do is back your truck up to the campfire and open the door. Set up your sleeping bags and pillows so that [...]

A buddy of mine came up with the idea of driving across country this summer. We live in California, and the current destination is either New York or Washington DC. He has a tent in the back of his pickup, and we figured we could sleep in there. At least one of us can sleep [...]

My first experience with a Family and Cabin tent is one that I will never forget. My boyfriend could be described as an avid outdoorsman. He and I planned a camping trip last summer and one of the things I was worried about was sleeping in a tent. Well I found that my worries were [...]

For a little history on the beginnings of when and where the first family and pop up tents appeared in read our new article at Frost Fire, titled The History Of Family and Pop Up Tents.

If you’ve been camping in the summer there’s a good chance you’ve run across Deer Flies or Black Flies.  Some of the most relentless biting insects around, they attack the face and head and aren’t scared of swatting.  Rather than feeding through a narrow tube like a mosquito, the fly actually cuts open the skin [...]