by matagi » Fri 04 Oct, 2013 7:50 pm
My understanding of car camping was that you set up camp next to your car, which meant you could carry a few more "luxuries" with you.
This is the setup hubby and I take for car camping:
* 4 man standing head room dome tent with vestibule
* fold-up camp kitchen, which has room for camp stove and zipup mesh food storage shelves
* camp stove, gas bottle
* beach chair for sitting on (I like to sit with my legs straight out, so the beach chair style works for me)
* folding camp stretcher
* sleeping mat
* sleeping bag and liner
* pillow
* rig a clothes line inside the tent for hanging up stuff, clothes pegs
* basin or collapsible bucket for washing up, tea towel, washing up liquid, scourer, sponge
* cutlery, crockery for eating
* pot, frypan, good knife, wooden spoon,
* a couple of serving bowls
* toiletries, loo paper
* towel
* lantern or head torch for reading
* radio/some form of music for entertainment
* food
* clothes
Looks like a lot but most of it folds down to a fairly compact size. The beach chairs are awkward to stow - but I am following the chair thread with keen interest.
All the above fits into the boot of a Subaru WRX, with the overflow on the back seat (my car does not have fold down seat backs)
This makes me the first man to climb Mount Everest backwards, without oxygen...or even a jumper.