The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, June 7, 1962, page 43 (of 64)

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Simple life OUTDOORS | SUMMER CAMPERS | veteran woodsman's advice

BY BILL RIVIERE Director of the Maine School of Camping, author of "The Camper's Bible" Never build a larger fire than you need. Always clear away pine needles, twigs, and litter from the fire area, and when the fire is built never leave it untended. When you've finished with your fire, put it out completely. Stoves: While it's true that no stove can replace a campfire for cheeriness and warmth, a modern camp stove is as efficient and almost as easy to use as a new kitchen range, and it's essential for bad weather. Probably more gasoline-burning stoves are sold than any other kind. Next in popularity are stoves burning pressurized LP (liquid petroleum) or propane gas. For general camping, the two- and three-burner models are ideal. Cooking in camp: On a car camping trip your choice of foods is limited only by your ability as a cook around a campfire or a camp stove. Preparing a list of supplies for a week's camping trip is not much different from doing a week's shopping at your local supermarket. There's no good reason why meals shouldn't be as good in camp as at home. If you keep your menus simple, you'll find food served out-of-doors takes on a new flavor. There are many good cookbooks for campers available at most local libraries. New campers often make the mistake of bringing into camp household utensils that aren't suitable for cooking outside the house. After a couple of weeks in camp they're no longer fit for use. Thin aluminum gets dented, wooden handles are charred, pots are blackened, glass units are cracked and chipped. It's better, and more economical, to buy utensils designed especially for camp use. Wide-bottomed coffeepots, camp broilers, cast-iron Dutch ovens, long-handled griddles and frying pans are usually carried in stock by your local camping-equipment dealer or hardware store. Sleeping gear: The camp cot is a basic item of sleeping gear. It should be collapsible, of course, but don't buy a cheap one lest it collapse when it shouldn't. In buying a cot, be sure that all the joints and hinges are well-reinforced and that all rivets are tight. Cots are luxuries, but if there's room in your car or trailer take one along for each camper. It makes camping more pleasant if you don't have to sleep on the ground. A camp cot is a cold bed unless you have as much insulation under you as above. Worn-out blankets discarded from home use are never "good enough for camping." If your budget won't allow for a summer sleeping bag remember that a worn blanket won't provide you with much insulation. If you must take blankets from home, take the best you own, even at the risk of soiling them. They can always be dry cleaned. A final bit of advice: Don't expect perfection of yourself as a camper. Take it easy and you'll have a great time. Some lumber-company woodlands, as well as national and state parks, provide camp sites. Wayne Miller from Magnum Photos Inc. Suburbia Today, June 1962 19

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