Applicable to Payson in October[65-70/45-41night], or the Rocky Mountains in July. Sedona in May [75day/52night]. Note: Oct 16 in Christopher Creek is 61/41. Need fleece hats for the night!!
[Temperature ranges of 70s-60s in the day, to 50s-40s at night]
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Prepare yourself for complaints that this was a terrible idea, from the local child population, early in the morning, and in the cold evening.
The best antidote is hot chocolate milk, a working propane camp-stove [or even better, a rocket stove] is a must-have.
And wool socks. Adult size is fine, stuck indiscriminately onto children, pulled up like medieval hosen. And hats. They all need something keeping their ears warm. And those puffy winter coats for the mornings, and the nights.
Cold Camping List [days 61-70, nights 41-46]
Chuck Bag (Personal care) Put each category into a labeled gallon ziploc bag inside of the chuck bag. It makes it very easy to quickly find things, when the call for bandaids or hair ties goes up.- Flashlights/Lanterns. Headlamps best for setting up camping the dark.
- Sunscreen & aloe vera gel
- Toothbrushes, Toothpaste, Xylitol mints
- Hairbrush & hair ties & hair oil
- Babywipes and Hand Sanitizer
- Bandaids, Ointment
- Allergy Meds, emergency benadryl
- Bugspray [and anti-itch cream]
- Duct tape (if the zipper gives out on a tent, a lifesaver)
- LED string lights
- Bible, Books for Daddy to read to us during the downtime in the camp
- car cell phone charger
- Hats, Sunglasses
- Waterbottles on belts [carabiners]
- Puffy Coats
- Polarfleece Jackets//hoodie
- Clothes
- long sleeve shirts/tunic/dress & short sleeve shirts x # of days
- leggings x # of days
- 2 x underwear x # of days
- 2 x socks x # of days
- 2 pairs of sweatpants or fleece pants [like over-pants, a MUST for night-time]
- !! Fleece Jacket [wear over long sleeved cotton jammy shirt]
- If there's a creek, double the clothes for little kids
- !!!If it gets down to 50s at night, polar fleece jacket and polar fleece pants for all the littles, to wear over their jammies
- Fleece hats to sleep!! (Or hoods)
- Rubber sandals
- BOOTS or sneakers
- Sleeping Bags and Pillows
- !!!! if night gets under 52, you NEED polarfleece lining, like a sleep sack, inside of the sleeping bag PER KID. Wrap the little ones in polarfleece coats and pants inside of their sleeping bags
- Mattress Pad for Josh, and his pillows and knee pillows
- Tarps
- Tents [make sure you pack the rain flys!]
- Shade Tent
- chairs
- 2 fold up poly picnic blankets (lying down looking at the stars)
- little broom & dustpan for breaking down camp
- 2 empty gallon jugs, 5 gallon jug
- Campstove & Propane
- Branch cutter* [if no fire restriction]
- !!Rocket stove* [if no fire restriction]
- Garlic salt, pepper, salt, sugar, tea
- Foil
- Ladle
- Wood flat spoon
- Metal cups for hot cocoa
- Disposable table-cloths
- Paper plates and Paper towels
- Trashbags
- Canopener
- Firestarter and matches
- Dutch oven [foil packets are a joke] for open fire OR pan for rocket-stove
- Pot for boiling water for tea
- Mugs for cocoa and cereal
- Forks, spoons, knives
- Cutting board
- dishpan
- Shears
- parachute cord/string
Food
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Day 1—lunch 1130am just before we hit the road |
Left-overs |
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Day 1 dinner |
Hamburgers/Hotdogs,
bell peppers,
carrot sticks |
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Day 2 Breakfast |
Milk &
cereal, apples & cheese OR Cheesy Grits,
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Day 2 Lunch |
Cold cut sandwiches Cold sausages
from last night. Boiled eggs bell peppers,
carrot sticks |
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Day 2 Dinner |
Sausages
& Potatoes and cheese [pre-cooked potatoes in Tupperware] [[Ramen noodles + eggs]] |
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Day 3
Breakfast |
Apples and
cheese |
Grocery Shopping List
- Cheese blocks x number of days
- Butter or oil
- Cooked Potatoes
- Onions, carrot,
- ketchup, mustard
- Cereal & Milk & BOWLS/CUPS
- !!!!cocoa
- Tea & sugar
- Buns
- Bread!!
- Cream cheese
- Cereal
- Marshamellows
- Peanut Butter
- Boiled eggs
- Raw Eggs? [if outside temps cold enough]
- Milk
- Lunchmeat [freeze before]
- !!Hot dogs & Sausages [freeze before]
- Carrot sticks
- Bell Peppers
- Apples
- Salt, Sugar,Garlic Powder
- Ramen noodles
- ?Grits
- Peanuts & minimarshamellows & craisins [trailmix] OR Peanuts and cinnamon toast crunch cereal, makes a nice trailmix. Basically Peanuts + sweet thing. Half unsalted and half salted peanuts makes just the right amount of salt.
- Savory trailmix---peanuts, pumpkin seeds (pepitas), savory chex, [garlic salt, parmesan]
Additional Tips
- First, make sure the van has enough gas! This loses 30/40 minutes "on the way" to get gas. [note: Mesa to Payson only takes 1/4 tank up. And Payson gas is cheaper]
- Group together things by type (e.g. first aid, teeth, skincare) in gallon zip lock bags inside the chuck bag. Kept all the essentials together for easy access
- Josh's very snug requirements
- 3 camping mats
- Egg crate
- Mattress fragment
- 2 orange Coleman sleeping bags zipped together
- 2 low quality green Ozark trail sleeping bags unzipped used on top as blankets
- Green fleece blanket
- Hat!
- H---for night clothing, loose large layers, better than tight layers!
- A night-cap [preferably a fleecy hat. Also can use a man's shirt as an improvised balaclava, face through the head-hole, arms tied around your head] It makes a world of difference.
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