Organize a Camping Trip This Summer

[At Bash Bish Falls with my man]

As the weekend approaches it is time to make some plans. Last weekend we went camping right by the Delaware River. It was a great trip with 15 friends, tons of great food and drinks, water rafting down the Delaware river and LCR (possibly one of the best games to play with a group). The campsite we went to I would not recommend as the campsite were flooded with water, making it hard to pitch our tent. The showers did not have filtered water, so it smelled like sulfur (rotten eggs), and we got in trouble for being too loud?! So I can not recommend Indian Canoe Peak. I recommend Bash Bish Falls (2 hour drive from NYC).


My wonderful boyfriend loves checklists (as do i). I know perfect match! So here it is:


Gear/Clothes

• Air mattress
• Air mattress pump (& batteries)
• Bathing Suit
• Batteries
• BBQ brush
• BBQ tools
• Blanket(s)
• Boots
• Brush/comb
• Bug spray
• Camera
• Camera Charger
• Can opener
• Car chargers/adapters
• Cards
• Cell Phone
• Cell Charger
• Charcoal
• Citronella candles
• Contact lenses
• Cooler
• Corn skewers
• Cups
• Cutting board
• Fire starter
• First Aid kit
• Flashlight
• Flask
• Flip-flops
• Folding chair
• Frying pan
• Games
• Garbage bags
• Gloves
• Grill rack
• Hand Sanitizer
• Pillow Case
• Plastic cups
• Pot
• Pot holder
• Radio/Stereo/Speakers
• Shampoo
• Shorts
• Sleeping Bag
• Sneakers
• Soap
• Socks
• Spatulas
• Sunglasses
• Sunscreen
• Sweater/Hoodie
• Tent
• Tin Foil (heavy duty)
• Tools/tape
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Towel
• Utensils
• Water bottle/Nalgene
• Windbreaker/poncho
• Zip-loc Bags
• iPod
• iPod Charger
• Jacket
• Jeans
• Knife
• Koozie
• Lantern
• Lighter
• Long sleeves
• Matches
• Outdoor blanket
• Paper plates
• Paper towels
• Pillow

Food/Drinks

• Beef Jerky
• Beer (cans, not bottles)
• Brats/Sausage
• Bread sandwiches
• Cheese
• Chicken
• Chips- Doritos
• Condiments
• Cooking oil
• Corn on the Cob
• Donuts
• Eggs
• Gatorade
• Hamburgers/buns
• Hot dogs/buns
• Ice
• Instant coffee
• Liquor (ideally plastic)
• Meat for sandwiches
• Milk
• Pickles
• S’mores: chocolate, marshmallows, gram crackers.
• Soda
• Spinach dip/chips
• Splenda/ sweet’n low
• Trail Mix
• Veggies: peppers, onions, mushrooms, zucchini, etc.
• Water
• Watermelon

Stay tuned for some yummy 4th of July Recipes! And happy packing for wherever your Holiday weekend takes you!