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Camping is our passport to nature and the great outdoors. Provided we are well equipped and well prepared. For beginning returning and experienced campers a life. Backpack or passport. Be outdoors Marilyn Field Guide to camping explores tried and true basics as well as innovative gear all designed to keep your camping trip hassle free. And say our journey takes us from Seaside family car camping to remote mountain backpacking. Our guides are highly experienced Cantors and managers of the area's top camping gear retailers. They demonstrate the latest what to bring and what not to. It. Will also show you how to cook delectable meals on everything from open fires to ultralight backpacking stoves. There's even a recipe for the perfect some more. So hit the trail with the outdoors Marilyn Field Guide to camping. Outdoors Maryland is produced in cooperation with the Maryland Department of Natural

Resources DNR inspired by nature. Eat. Eat. Eat. You know. I got the kitchen utensils. Our trip begins with family camping with emphasis on organizing equipment.

Streamlined setup and family comfort. Asadi Guyland Marilyn's only Ocean State Park is a great place to combine camping and beach vacations. As had most family campgrounds. You'll find amenities like bath houses and a camp store but not wild land isolation. You can count on seeing plenty of the local wildlife. Let's see what. Mark Nelson a special events coordinator for our Recreational Equipment Incorporated and a nice back there. This is the first time camping for Roseanne and young Rachel. Thanks Rachel you like the spot. Well here we are. And the stuff in the car really organized. And the reason for that. And one thing you can do to make it easier is

basically take everything out. At home. And organize the basement or wherever you keep the stuff so that it's ready to go because you took care of it when you got back the last time. So we got a lantern. And we got the kitchen utensils. We got the fire grate. And we can pull the tab now we can get tents pretty smallest these days. Pretty lightweight makes it easy to get into trouble. Then we've got sleeping bags and pads some more food. More sleeping bags pads. And then. Just in case. The place to go either has no water. Or has water you really don't want to drink. You got seven gallons of water. That was a weekend for three people with no trouble at all.

One thing I always try to bring along is enough rope. You can't ever have enough rope. So we got ropes of all types and then we got the incidentals that really you never want to be without fast drying towels. Propane for the lantern. We have the really important things wipes to clean up with trash bags. Then we got the really nice stuff. Arm Chair love seat. Arm Chair captain's chair. Small incidentals pocket knives water treatment. And we've got some tools. And you want to make sure when you get here that you know all the regulations and fire water. Trash. Choose a tent site in the flooded area buffered from the wind and other campers. When you put up a family tent the first thing you want to do is spread out the ground and put something down

to hold it so the wind won't blow away. And here's what we're going to do. The next step taken is to get out your whole bag. Take the poles out. Just put them together. OK. Once you've got the poles together you want to find the sleeves or clips where they go and lay them down and thread them through. It's continuous feed all the way. Most tempos cross at the top to form the overarching root. Once the poles are threaded through the sleeves and put the ends in the grommets. Run the pole into it there. And if you want to get the end of the silver one there we can put it sand.

Right in below it. When we got the pole and securing the grommets we're ready to erect it. OK. All we have to do now is just lift the tent. Right. To Poland in the ground just like Graf. Now if you look along the scenes that parallel. The Poles you'll find little clips and if you just clip those clips. In order not to have any condensation or any rain get to us. We have a fly in outer covering for the town. We pull the fly over the tent and secure it with plastic bottles at the pool. Lastly we stake out the fly at several points to

hold the tent down in the wind here and asked him to. We use the extra long stakes because of the loose sand. Now that we've got the tent up we're ready to move in for the night. First we put down a pad because it's nice to sleep on something soft. Next we put in sleeping bag you should choose a quality bag. The children sleep over bag probably wouldn't be good for a fall evening like this. In a pillow in a furry friend. Make things all cozy. We bring along some clothing too to make sure we're prepared for anything. We've got long underwear. We've got fleece which is a great insulator. And we've got Shell garments in case it rains or it gets really heavy. As far as the wind. And we keep that in here in the duffel bag to try to keep the sand out of it. Choose an organized camping equipment set up. So that you have

plenty of time to explore. You're funny you know. This is memory making time. You're. All that fresh air will with the appetite. That's why we're going to let it run down the coals. We place the great TO good idea to bring one of our own because as you can see there's that kind of melted. So what we're going to do have some chili and we've got this that we froze at home and that's easier than cooking over this for hours at a time to get the chili the right taste we want. So you just put it in the pot. I'm going to have a wooden spoon so you don't get the metal taste of scratching metal on metal. For fire safety. It's a great idea to have a bucket of water near the fire

so that in the event you need to extinguish it you can do it fast. Sand works too but I like both. Looks like we're going to go get it off the fire here. A little odd for appearing familiar foods ensures that even the most picky eaters are satisfied. That's good of course. No camping trip is complete without some oars. Keep children safe around the campfire by securing loose hair and clothing. And always provide adult supervision. It's easy to make. Some noise. How do you. Do it. You stick a marshmallow. On. There. Then you put it over. A fire. Until it. Gets mushy you

are. Brown. Now. You put a line of graham cracker much chocolate on it and take the marshmallow. Chocolate. Then. Flush it with another grandad. And. Try not to take. Away. Patapsco Valley State Park extends along thirty two miles of the Patapsco River less than an hour's drive from the suburbs of Washington D.C. and Baltimore. With five recreational areas offering camping fishing canoeing and much more. The park is an ideal destination for quick getaways.

Wherever and whenever you camp. Packing and cooking good food is always important for our camping chefs hail from Eastern Mountain Sports. Jay bond sack is assistant manager Chris Daniels sales associate. They'll show us how to prepare savory dishes on an open fire on a car camping stove and on a small backpacking stove to build a good open fire for cooking. Bring or gather wood of small medium and large sizes. Regulations vary widely on open fires and collecting dead wood. So check with the park before you leave home. Start with a base of quick starting kindling and larger twigs build over dry leaves work well I always have to start the fire with old fashioned safety matches a dependable lighter or a foolproof fire starter. Blowing on the fire provides essential oxygen. Gradually add

would have larger sizes in the pyramid structure and to avoid smothering the flames the last pieces fit. Already we've got a fire nice and hot. We lowered the great Have a nice ride called down they were ready to cook what you get. Have some two screws because Chris is a Middle Eastern small green pasta which cooks rapidly which is great for camping uses backpacking it's tasty. This is tomato in length and the chicken that I brought you can take this backpacking if you froze it the night before and little throughout the day and your pack and have a nice meal in the day. All right all right. First thing to do is get some water boil and little bit olive oil. And we're ready for the chicken. Smell the curry and my handy dandy spoon if you're going to have one utensil in the back country.

I always got to be a spoon. Now this is going to take a little longer to cook than on your ordinary stove may take 20 or 25 minutes. Sure looks like your chicken is well on the way and your water's already boiling. Leave a packet and cous cous. Or all that out there that's a little bit and then we want to remove it from the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes but then the next gone and presto it goes. And that's looking tasty looking good. Well the film looks like the chicken is done. Oh yeah definitely done a lot of the couscous here. Oh yeah because Chris is all set. All right. Let's go have some video. All right.

He's got stuff. To get more. All right what we have here is a variety of items that you can pick up at your supermarket that adapt well for you know car camping backpacking hiking. Things that you want to look for when you go to the supermarket or items that are going to work well in a one pot cooking situation. The prepackaged rice and sauces and pasta and sauces do quite well. Hard pepperoni will keep well without a refrigerator so it will carry well for a few days. The hard cheeses will also carry weight quite well and they do not have to worry about them really going bad. And just get a little bit oily but that's fine. You also have the good old trail mixes which is whatever you want it to be. And then you have all kinds of other things that you can make up at your house and you hydrate on your own shepherd's pie for instance which is nothing more than dehydration mixed vegetables some extra dehydrated onions some

mushrooms. Dehydrated ground beef we have spaghetti sauce we have chili. All these can be adapted to a vegetarian menu. Outdoor cooking is very conducive to vegetarian menus. The old staple of the. Best of oil spreads they keep well they never seem to go bad. And you can use them as oil in your pans or as the butter part of the recipes. All right here we have a nice two burner stove which is great for car camping. Very easy to use. The first thing you want to. Do a couple pumps to. Pressurize the fuel tank. They're mashed away here. Turn the fuel. And let. It we can adjust the flame all the way up to a nice high

boil. And your water's already boiling. On our dual burner stove now so we're going to go ahead and we're going to make our shepherd's pie. Which is nothing more than taking the dehydrated vegetables and meat. And adding them to the boiling water. So that they have a chance to reconstitute. Give them a good stir. We'll turn down our heat. And then it will be all set. We've had about 20 minutes to let this sit here and cook as take up the lid and see what we got. Oh. I will get that. All those vegetables have had a chance to. Plump back up. Get So now all that we have to do. Is add our potatoes to soak for a few minutes and our shepherd's pie will be done. All right said a couple minutes here to sit here and let's have a look at what we got. Wow. Looks pretty tasty. I went to your place and services for you. Delicious compliments to the chef.

Now the stoves we have here would be considered. Backpacking stoves. You could use these stoves in a situation where you can have an open fire as well the two here both burn multi-fuel. Coleman fuel or white gas is probably the most commonly used. The major difference between these two and this one has a flame control so you can simmer to a very low simmer on that one. This one is more like a blowtorch and it's going to boil water like a champ. Never going to have the sort of flame control that you will with this one. Nice thing about these is that you can reuse the fuel canisters over and over again. This one here is they. Has a disposable fuel canister a propane butane mix. Very simple to use you just turn and put a match to it. Away you go. And lastly we have good old fashioned wood burning backpack instead. As a fan and each year the old double a battery

pack. You can place a kindling in there and leave. The coals from camp fire. You light it. Turn your fan on. Passes all the oxygen through there and. Creates a nice. Name. You can master pot right on top. Here we have some of our light weight backpacking meals. You have a variety of flavors anything from spicy Thai chicken to the French a lot of. Very light weight. They're very tasty. Some of the disadvantages might be that they're a little pricey. One of these is supposed to serve two whereas the hungry hiker is probably going to be able to eat one of these very easily by them so. And here we have a nice self-heating meal which might take on an overnight where when you don't want to really take your stuff and Susie is pulling a string.

To heat it up. And we just laid them. And couldn't wait 20 minutes and be ready. All right I'm going go ahead and light our stove here. I have already primed it. To turn this on. Has some water gone. With one of the stove will boil water and boil leader in about two or three minutes. That doesn't take too long to get the water ready to be beat and see me soon. So we're going to. Try the spicy Thai chicken. We take the pouch. And just tear off the top of it and remove the pouches at that. And all the contents. So that's really last about this is no mask. If you hold that the water. Now stirred up. A.

Seal that up. And then let it set for about 10 minutes. I'll come back and I'm dinner. It's been about 10 minutes my chickens had a chance to soak up everything here. I don't open it up Stir it up. I started it and I. Think this says stop steaming steam subside a little bit. Bring this over. I think it's good OK. They get my meal pots and my spork. All self-contained. Yeah. The Appalachian Trail is part of America's mythic landscape. Nearly

40 miles of its 14 state journey traverses central Maryland. One need not hike the entire trail to enjoy its breathtaking vistas. And Trail rituals like the hiker logs at each shelter. Great. Line the johns leads our overnight backpacking trek along the Appalachian Trail. She is the owner of Appalachian Outfitters. Husband Wolf is also an avid camper. When you're looking for a campsite you want to look for a relatively flat area. Make sure you have enough room for your tent. Also check for some rocks. Even you might want to lie down on the area that you think you're going to put the tent on to determine if it's comfortable for you before you start setting up the tent. Also make sure there's not a lot of fragile vegetation. They are because you really don't want any impact on the environment. The area we've selected here

has just some leaves from the fall so it's clear that when we leave it will look just the same as when we found it. And that's important also. Choosing the right campsite is important so is choosing the right backpack. And when you put in it. There are many good backpacks on the market. I chose this one because the fit and comfort. The suspension distributes the weight onto the hips very effectively. And it's also got excellent padding for the shoulder area. In addition it's got a separate pocket on the bottom that I'd put my sleeping bag in and also has some pockets on the side for items you need quick access to for example the hiking map that I carry with me. And it also has some areas in the front that you can attach your pad to or whatever little items that you wish. When I go backpacking I really try to consider how much everything weigh

so I'm just going on an overnight so I'm not taking tons of clothes and some other items that I normally take if I went for a week or two. If you're going for a week or so you may want to take maybe two or three outfits and also assume that you have the option to rinse out some clothing. Just think of everything before you put it in there and make sure you need it and that it's the lightest weight option that you have available. So how do you eat when you're backpacking. Here's an example of a backpacking Cookson very lightweight and a fry pan. Now for dinner tonight I've picked a freeze dried meal to keep the weight down again. We freeze dried. And dried chocolate cake for dinner. For tomorrow morning we've got pancakes with freeze dried syrup and cinnamon apple crisp. We also brought along some oil which will not spoil. Also a

couple of cups for coffee. There are many lightweight stoves on the market and this is an example of a cartridge. Consider bringing a stove because in many areas you are not allowed to have open fires due to the incredible overuse. This stove fit in the bag right here so it's very compact and lightweight. A very important consideration in your backpack. To lighted it is incredibly simple. Like an old fashioned gas. Light your match and turn on the gas. But the water on it and in just a few minutes will have a cup of coffee. So how do we go to the bathroom in the woods. And still maintain that ethic of having a no trace left when you leave. Use your biodegradable toilet paper go away from the trail away from your campsite and bury as much as you can. And for personal cleanliness. Use your biodegradable so and a handy

light weight backpacking towel again away from the trail away from your campsite. It's really important to put all of your food. Even the Snickers wrappers in the bag and get it up in the treat at night. All of your dirty dishes knives forks spoons everything and get it up away from it that might be able to climb up the tree or get to it. Common sense planning can eliminate most problems that may arise in the outdoors. Investigate hunting seasons. No park regulations and never hike or camp alone let authorities know where you are headed. Be prepared for inclement weather. Leave No Trace. Most importantly let camping expand your horizons. Try fly fishing rock climbing kayaking. The adventure has just begun.

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