The drain plug is in the boat. Probably. Let's make sure! Every boat owner has a version of the story. Maybe it's the drain plug. Maybe it's the bow line you left on the dock. Maybe it's the moment you got to the ramp, got the boat in the water, pulled the truck around, and realized the plug was still sitting on the dashboard where you put it so you'd "definitely remember it." Maybe it's all three. Maybe it happened on the same trip. Maybe that trip was last summer and you've

An honest accounting of our best decisions and our worst 1 a.m. impulses. There is a specific kind of shopping that happens in the weeks before a camping trip. It starts innocently. You're looking up campfire recipes and somehow end up in the outdoor gear section of Amazon at 12:47 a.m., reading reviews for a collapsible solar-powered lantern with a built-in mosquito zapper and a USB charging port and 4.3 stars from people named things like "OutdoorDad2009." You read the Q&A

A formal acknowledgment of the items that never make it to the campsite no matter how many times you tell yourself they will. We need to talk about the can opener. Not in passing. Not as a footnote at the bottom of a checklist. Not as a quick joke at the end of a post about something else. Formally. Deliberately. With the gravity this topic deserves. Because if you have been reading this blog for any length of time, you have noticed something. The can opener keeps showing up.

Dehumidifiers, DampRid, and Cheap Tricks That Actually Work It's not a glamerous topic but with winter in full swing, I would be lying if I said the moisture inside our stored camper isn’t always in the back of my mind . Because when your camper is parked, closed up, and minding its own business all winter, moisture has one job : to sneak in quietly and make itself comfortable. No one wants to open their camper in spring and be greeted by: Fogged windows Musty smells Cushions

When you’re storing your camper, trailer, or boat for the season, it’s tempting to toss on a tarp and call it a day. Tarps are quick. They’re cheap. They’re everywhere. But tarps also do one thing really, really well: They trap moisture. And when moisture gets trapped… that’s when the mildew party starts. Tarps = Moisture Trap Tarps don’t allow airflow. Moisture gets in (humidity, frost, condensation), but it has no way to escape. Within weeks, you can end up with: Mildew Mus