Comments on: Camping: The frugal family vacation http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sara Noel http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-24428 Sara Noel Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:26:05 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=330#comment-24428 Debbie, That's a fabulous idea for the rolling pin. Charlotte, Thank you for the tips. Great idea using Crocs instead of flip flops. Debbie, That’s a fabulous idea for the rolling pin.

Charlotte, Thank you for the tips. Great idea using Crocs instead of flip flops.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-23569 Charlotte Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:07:48 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=330#comment-23569 Everyone gets a blob of shampoo on the top of their head before heading to the showers. The shampoo serves as body wash too. You can leave the bars of soap and shampoo at the campsite. If you forget a wash cloth just use a sock. I can't cook at a campsite without an electric skillet. I plug it into site hookup. We cook bacon, hamburgers, weinies, pancakes, potatoes, french toast. Scrub the skillet with a wad of foil. Walmart sacks are great too. They keep trash around the campsite to a minimum. Fill one without holes with water and wash the picnic table. During walks, everyone gets a sack and polices the area. They are great for dirty clothes from the bathhouse. Listerine keeps the bugs away. It is an astringent. Everyone takes a paper towel dampened with Listerine when they go to the restroom to wipe the toilet seat. Brush your teeth outside. Swish your mouth with Listerine before brushing and again after brushing. Leave the toothpaste at home. Crocs are better than flip flops. Crocs from Dollar General do not flip dirt up on the back of your legs. Everyone gets a blob of shampoo on the top of their head before heading to the showers. The shampoo serves as body wash too. You can leave the bars of soap and shampoo at the campsite.

If you forget a wash cloth just use a sock.

I can’t cook at a campsite without an electric skillet. I plug it into site hookup. We cook bacon, hamburgers, weinies, pancakes, potatoes, french toast. Scrub the skillet with a wad of foil.

Walmart sacks are great too. They keep trash around the campsite to a minimum. Fill one without holes with water and wash the picnic table. During walks, everyone gets a sack and polices the area. They are great for dirty clothes from the bathhouse.

Listerine keeps the bugs away. It is an astringent. Everyone takes a paper towel dampened with Listerine when they go to the restroom to wipe the toilet seat. Brush your teeth outside. Swish your mouth with Listerine before brushing and again after brushing. Leave the toothpaste at home.

Crocs are better than flip flops. Crocs from Dollar General do not flip dirt up on the back of your legs.

]]> By: Ron Gibson http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-23410 Ron Gibson Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:29:25 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=330#comment-23410 If you were looking for tips on how to make your camping experience more of a glamping experience check out my post at: http://www.rongibson.org/blogs/index.php/2008/08/07/how-to-glamp-up-your-camping-experience If you were looking for tips on how to make your camping experience more of a glamping experience check out my post at: http://www.rongibson.org/blogs/index.php/2008/08/07/how-to-glamp-up-your-camping-experience

]]> By: Monroe on a Budget » Frugal Village: Family camping tips http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/comment-page-1/#comment-23407 Monroe on a Budget » Frugal Village: Family camping tips Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:30 +0000 http://www.frugalvillage.com/?p=330#comment-23407 [...] Sara Noel at Frugal Village took on camping tips as her topic for her Sunday newspaper column this week. You’ll find it on page 3E of Sunday’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News, or here at Sara’s web site. [...] [...] Sara Noel at Frugal Village took on camping tips as her topic for her Sunday newspaper column this week. You’ll find it on page 3E of Sunday’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News, or here at Sara’s web site. [...]

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