Camping for Girls & Women Too

By Dr. Sharon Judlowitz

This guide will get women and girls ready to get out in the woods but do not know how or have limited experience and need assistance. I will detail everything from purchasing your tent to picking your campground. We are not men and we have different needs. We are not going to sit around the campfire and duplicate a scene from Blazing Saddles. We

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lettra Press LLC
• Release date: May 15, 2019
• ISBN: 9781645520443

Dr. Sharon Judlowitz

Dr. Sharon L. Judlowitz, AU.D. received her B.S. degree in Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped and her Doctorate in Audiology. To pay or school, she worked as a Red Cross lifeguard, Water Safety Instructor, Adapted Aquatics Swimming instructor, CPR instructor and held certificates in basic first aid, Solo wilderness Medicine, basic canoeing and sailing. After graduating, audiology became the means to fund her hobbies such as camping, hiking and long-distance backpacking. She successfully made the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, hiked Mach Picchu in Peru, hiked down the Grand Canyon in Arizona and Tuckerman's ravine to the weather observatory in New Hampshire. She was a volunteer at the Fire Island National seashore and a lighthouse keeper. She plays classical Viola, cross county skis, has been stung by jellyfish 13 times. 3 times by yellow jackets, bit by 2 ticks has never had poison ivy and hates worms.

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Camping for Girls & Women Too

Dr. Sharon Judlowitz

CAMPING FOR GIRLS & WOMEN TOO

This book is written to provide information and motivation to readers. Its purpose is not to render any type of psychological, legal, or professional advice of any kind. The content is the sole opinion and expression of the author, and not necessarily that of the publisher.

Copyright © 2019 by Dr. Sharon Judlowitz

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Contents

About the author

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction to camping

Chapter 2: How to buy a tent

Chapter 3: How to buy a sleeping bag

Chapter 4: The sleeping pad

Chapter 5: Camp clothes

Chapter 6: Cooking

Chapter 7: Basic first aid, essential gear and safety tips

Chapter 8: Wildlife

Chapter 9: Review

Reference list

About the author

Dr. Sharon Judlowitz received her BS degree in Teacher to the Speech and Hearing Handicapped and her Doctorate in Audiology. To pay for school she worked as a Red Cross lifeguard, Water safety instructor, Adapted Aquatics Swim instructor, CPR instructor and held certificates in Basic first aid, Solo wilderness medicine, basic canoeing and basic sailing. After graduating, Audiology became the means to fund her hobbies such as camping, hiking and long distance backpacking. Her first foray into camping was in the backyard with a blanket thrown over the clothes line, than at Girl Scout camp, than camping with friends and then on her own with the big mountains. She successfully made the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, hiked Machu Picchu in Peru, the Grand Canyon in Arizona and the White Mountains in New Hampshire. She plays classical viola, was a volunteer at the Fire Island National seashore and a lighthouse keeper. She has been stung by jelly fish 13 times, 3 times by yellow jackets, has been bit by two ticks, never had poison ivy and hates worms.

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Preface

This guide will get women and girls ready to get out in the woods but do not know how, or have limited experience and need assistance. I will detail everything from purchasing your tent to picking your campground. We are not men and we have different needs. We are not going to sit around the campfire and duplicate a scene from Blazing Saddles. We use Purell, eat real food and bathe! This guide will outline two basic styles of camping: Car camping with the site next to the car, and parking the car and walking into the campsite.

Chapter 1

Introduction to camping

The National Parks department, State and County parks departments and KOA: Kampgrounds of America, all have campgrounds for tents. The National parks department usually has restrictions for dogs, fire, and garbage. Some campgrounds are seasonal and have a waiting list. Others are open all year round but have more popular months than other months. The best one stop shop website for booking your camping trip is: reserveamerica.com. Look for the official site. Scroll down to the bottom of the home page and click on Camping Directory. There you will have a list of National, State, Private and choice picks of the best campgrounds. They are organized by state. Click on your state and click on family camping. There are other types of camping, but if you have never camped before, you want Family camping. Family campgrounds will have amenities and entertainment. I recommend not straying too far from familiar territory. Pick a campground in an area you have heard of before. You can even contact your local county parks department to see if there is something more local. You might get lucky and the campsites are for residents only. You also have the option of going to an outdoor store and looking at their bookshelf. There should be books by state on popular camping areas and day hikes. If you are planning on camping in the summer, I recommend a campground with water: a lake, river, pool or ocean. You will be hot and there is nothing better than getting wet while camping. Somehow all water sports are better when camping. Some campgrounds may offer canoeing, kayaking, rowing or sailing. Life jackets should be provided. If camping in the fall, look for campgrounds with fire rings. You will be cold at night. Night comes early in the outdoors. Once the sun sets, that’s all she wrote. You are finished for the night. Evenings are very long and cold. There are no lights in the woods. Sitting around the fire will be your source of entertainment. Once again, there is the benefit of longer day light in the summer. The most popular camping seasons on the east coast are May through October. Full amenities are available from Memorial Day through Labor Day. I have camped the week after Labor Day and the stores are basically empty, the concession stands have limited hours, the general stores are trying to pack up and are not well stocked and the entertainment is gone. The end of the season is a great time for experienced campers to try new things, but I recommend the height of season for neophytes.

A. The first question to ask when making a reservation or inquiring about the campground: What type of campground is it? Is this a campground for trailers or tents? We are looking campgrounds for tents.

B. The second question to ask: Do you have Family campsites? You are not deep woods camping and you need facilities. How many campsites are there? Are some better than others?

C. The third question: Do you have flush toilets? How many toilet areas do you have? Flush toilets are very important. This will determine how long you will be at that campground. Not all toilets flush. They can be outhouse toilets, or Port – O- San. There is nothing more disgusting than a full Port –O-San in the summer in a park and an outhouse toilet in the heat. When I was on vacation in the Peruvian Amazon, my group visited a campground around 150miles down the river from the nearest town. The allure