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	<title>Comments on: Camping: The frugal family vacation</title>
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		<title>By: Linda Dobranetski</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/#comment-31220</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda Dobranetski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My husband and I go camping and we rough it a lot, we go usually 4th of July weekend. We go to an RV sales place and buy mothball flakes to use. You spread them on the grass around the campsite, this keeps down the bugs. When we pack out tent, air mattress, blankets, pillows, including clothes we go to pawn shop and buy the big army duffle bags and it all fits inside real well.

We do not precook anything, instead we preslice onions, green peppers, etc and put them in baggies, we put eggs in a gallon milk jug or a large mayo jar. We take old propane tanks the 20 pounders that you can no longer regill, cut them open and turn them into charcoal grills we take two, we put the charcoal or wood inside until we use them. The food we put in coolers.

I have made scrambled eggs, steak with onions and green peppers, etc. and it taste like you made it on the stove, but better. The idea is to let the grill get good and hot before you start cooking. wait 10 minutes. It works like a charm. 

We also take chairs, table for cooking etc. This we put on our 3 wheel motorcycles each year and drive 2 hours or more to camp. There are showers and flushing toilets, but also the outhouse type.

We pitch our tent in the shade near the water and never have any problem with bugs. We do not camp near the road because of the dust and noise, plus it is more in the sun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My husband and I go camping and we rough it a lot, we go usually 4th of July weekend. We go to an RV sales place and buy mothball flakes to use. You spread them on the grass around the campsite, this keeps down the bugs. When we pack out tent, air mattress, blankets, pillows, including clothes we go to pawn shop and buy the big army duffle bags and it all fits inside real well.</p>
<p>We do not precook anything, instead we preslice onions, green peppers, etc and put them in baggies, we put eggs in a gallon milk jug or a large mayo jar. We take old propane tanks the 20 pounders that you can no longer regill, cut them open and turn them into charcoal grills we take two, we put the charcoal or wood inside until we use them. The food we put in coolers.</p>
<p>I have made scrambled eggs, steak with onions and green peppers, etc. and it taste like you made it on the stove, but better. The idea is to let the grill get good and hot before you start cooking. wait 10 minutes. It works like a charm. </p>
<p>We also take chairs, table for cooking etc. This we put on our 3 wheel motorcycles each year and drive 2 hours or more to camp. There are showers and flushing toilets, but also the outhouse type.</p>
<p>We pitch our tent in the shade near the water and never have any problem with bugs. We do not camp near the road because of the dust and noise, plus it is more in the sun.</p>
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		<title>By: Sara Noel</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/#comment-24428</link>
		<dc:creator>Sara Noel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:26:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Debbie, That&#039;s a fabulous idea for the rolling pin. 

Charlotte, Thank you for the tips. Great idea using Crocs instead of flip flops.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Debbie, That&#8217;s a fabulous idea for the rolling pin. </p>
<p>Charlotte, Thank you for the tips. Great idea using Crocs instead of flip flops.</p>
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		<title>By: Charlotte</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/#comment-23569</link>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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&#039;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.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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. </p>
<p>If you forget a wash cloth just use a sock.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Crocs are better than flip flops.  Crocs from Dollar General do not flip dirt up on the back of your legs.</p>
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		<title>By: Ron Gibson</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/#comment-23410</link>
		<dc:creator>Ron Gibson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>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</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you were looking for tips on how to make your camping experience more of a glamping experience check out my post at: <a href="http://www.rongibson.org/blogs/index.php/2008/08/07/how-to-glamp-up-your-camping-experience" rel="nofollow">http://www.rongibson.org/blogs/index.php/2008/08/07/how-to-glamp-up-your-camping-experience</a></p>
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		<title>By: Monroe on a Budget &#187; Frugal Village: Family camping tips</title>
		<link>http://www.frugalvillage.com/2008/08/17/camping-the-frugal-family-vacation/#comment-23407</link>
		<dc:creator>Monroe on a Budget &#187; Frugal Village: Family camping tips</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Sara Noel at Frugal Village took on camping tips as her topic for her Sunday newspaper column this week. You&#8217;ll find it on page 3E of Sunday&#8217;s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News, or here at Sara&#8217;s web site. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Sara Noel at Frugal Village took on camping tips as her topic for her Sunday newspaper column this week. You&#8217;ll find it on page 3E of Sunday&#8217;s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News, or here at Sara&#8217;s web site. [...]</p>
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