Camping Journals - Preserve Your Camping Experiences
By Rick Chapo, Fri Dec 9th

Camping is a great way to escape the rat race and be one withnature. Alas, your experiences can fade with time. Thebest way to prevent this is to keep a journal for youradventures.

Camping Journals

Take a minute to give some consideration to your most recentcamping experience. What sticks out in your mind? Now thinkabout the first time you ever went camping. Undoubtedly, youremember few things about the geography, people you went with,particular routes and spectacular views. The experiencesyou’ve forgotten are lost to time. If you keep a campingjournal, this won’t be the case.

There are famous instances of people keeping journals throughouttime. Of course, Anne Frank’s Diary is the best example. In herdiary, Anne kept a running commentary of the two years herfamily spent hiding from the Nazis. While your campingexperiences better be more lighthearted, keeping a journal willlet you remember them as the years pass.

A good journal combines a number of characteristics.First, it should be compact so you don’t have to take upunnecessary space for other things. Second, it should have acase to protect it from rain, spills and so on. Third,

thejournal should contain blank areas to write your notes. Fourth,the journal should contain cue spaces to remind you to keepnotes on specific things. Cues should include:

1. Who you went with,

2. Where you camped and if you enjoyed it,

3. Who you met and contact information for them,

4. The geographic and weather conditions, and

5. Any unique things that occurred while camping.

At the end of the trip, you should be able to get thefollowing from your journal:

1. Contact information for other campers and people you met,

2. Enough detail to provide you or a friend with a guide if youcamp in the location a second time.

3. Memories to reflect upon years later, and

4. Something to pass on to your friends, children andgrandchildren.

To get the most out of your journal, you should write init during while you’re camping. Every trip is special, even ifyou just go out for a weekend.

Camping is a great way to commune with nature. Make sure topreserve the experience.

About the author:Rick Chapo is with NomadJournals - Preserve the experience with writing journals foryour travels. Read more articles and travelogues on NomadJournalTrips.com.