Camping Inventory
We bring a lot of gear with us, especially on longer trips. Since we travel by car to drive-up campgrounds, this is not too big a deal.
We've organized most of our camping gear into "tribes," each in its own color-coded stuffsack:
Tribe | Stuffsack Color | Contents: |
Earth Tribe | Large Red | ground pad for the tent, guylines, clotheslines |
Feast Tribe | Black | pots, pans & skillets, dishes, cups |
Fire Tribe | Gold | Matches, lanterns, firestarters, mosquito coils |
Long Tribe | Violet | long items such as grilling tools, marshmallow sticks, fish grills, knives & cutting board |
Pow-Wow Tribe | Small Red | cards, travel scrabble, Uno, Skip-Bo, cribbage board, poker chips, Hoyle's Rules of card games, stargazing chart, hackysack ball |
Spice Tribe | Medium Red | spices, salt & pepper, cocoa, coffee/tea |
Water Tribe | Medium Blue | sponges & scrubbers, dishsoap, tablecloth, water containers |
Wind Tribe | Small Blue | stakes, rubber mallet and stake puller |
Feast Tribe—Extra-Large Black Sack, containing:
- 1 large silver Kettle containing:
- 2 dark blue Lexan cups
- 2 smoky grey Lexan cups
- 2 white metal cups
- 2 blue metal cups
- 1 silver & orange collapsing Collander
- 1 large silver kettle lid
- 4 green Lexan Plates
- 3 blue Lexan plates
- 2 red Lexan plates
- 1 small blue EMS bag containing:
- 1 Nesting Pot Set, comprised of
- 1 silver pot large
- 1 silver lid/skillet large
- 1 silver pot medium
- 1 silver lid/skillet medium
- 1 silver pot small
- 1 silver lid/skillet small
- 1 silver pot handle
- 1 small black Skillet (no handle)
- 4 blue medium metal Bowls
- 4 blue smaller metal bowls
- 1 blue Lexan Salad Bowl, large
- 1 clear Ziplock bag containing Plasticware:
- 6 grey Lexan knives
- 5 grey Lexan forks
- 6 grey Lexan teaspoons
- 4 grey Lexan tablespoons
- 2 grey Lexan "sporks"
- 3 pink Ikea bag clips large
- 1 yellow Ikea bag clips small
- 2 green Ikea bag clips small
- 6 green forks
- 11 green knives
- 8 green teaspoons
- 1 clear Ziplock bag containing Utensils:
- 1 black folding turner
- 1 black folding strainer
- 1 black folding cooking spoon
- 1 larger black turner
- 1 black peeler w/cover
- 1 grey small turner
- 1 silver grater
- 1 grey large "OR" cooking spoon
- 1 black can opener
- 4 large soup spoons
- 1 red small plastic Cutting Board
- 1 large black Skillet (with handle)
We also have a Thule Excursion Rooftop Box that adds about 13 cubic feet of space to the 16 cubic feet in our car. Things we put up there include:
- small 6x8' tarp
- A 2x4' Lifetime folding table for food prep and our stove.
- 4 Coleman folding camp chairs
- Tent (and often a Screen Hut)
- 4 Wanderstock (telescopic walking sticks)
- 2 Thermarest self-inflating pads
- 2 Campmor self-inflating pads
- Smaller Stuffsacks
In the cabin of the car, we take:
- 4 20° sleeping bags
- Dual Burner Coleman Camp Stove (uses white gasoline fuel)
- Large Blue Coleman Cooler
- Medium Red Rubbermaid Cooler
- 4 Waterpacks with daypack gear
- 4 Individual duffelbags with clothing & sundries
- Larger Stuffsacks