As such, camping is a fun activity to do in any season. Still, there are limitations to the fun in every season. However, if you prepare properly, you can enjoy camping in any season. Today we’ll take a look at how to make camping enjoyable in the HOT DAYS of summer!

Traveling in a Camping Trailer

If you haven’t bought a camping trailer yet, consider buying one now. A camping trailer is useful especially in hot summer days because it can offer you the comfort and luxury of your own home with more space, strong walls that can protect you from wildlife and bugs that are prevalent in summer and a fan or air-conditioner that you can fit in your trailer and save yourself from the heat. You can’t get all these luxuries in a tent.

And while living in a camping trailer, you can enjoy living in a tent because you can have a tent attached to your trailer or a separate tent erected on your campsite ground and spend your time there.

Another great benefit of traveling in a camping trailer is that you don’t need to limit your adventure to your camping site, but can reach out to local hotspots such as museums, monuments, historic or archaeological sites and more. Or you can just cool down yourself by finding a nice ice cream shop and juice bar on the way. With the comfort of your own vehicle, you are free to do anything, even stop by a water body and enjoy water sports and other activities there.

A camping trailer allows you to carry more things than you would when you’ve to carry it in your backpack. Thus, you can take a number of things for your entertainment, not only for outdoor activities but also for indoor activities like playing cards, board games, carom and more. And of course, you can enjoy outdoors at the same time!

All in all, if you want to make your summer camping trip fun, upgrading to a camping trailer is always a viable option.

Clothing

It makes sense to wear clothes that will cover you up to protect your skin from sunburn and bugs, but will be light and breathable as far as possible. While cotton is considered an appropriate fabric to wear in hot weather, it also has the disadvantage of soaking sweat and start stinking quite soon. The modern alternative to cotton is merino wool! Anyone would wonder how wool can keep you cool; but this new merino wool is ultra-lightweight, keeps you dry and takes at least a week to get stinky.

You should also avoid wearing shorts unless when you land in water. Shorts can expose your legs to mosquito bites, poison oak and scraping by bushes. Pants of breathable lightweight fabric that will cover your entire legs are appropriate for camping.

If you’ll be camping for two days or more, don’t forget to take a clothesline with you, so you won’t have to face the inconvenience of wet clothes after you enjoy water activities.

You should also be careful about your footwear. Avoid wearing waterproof shoes in summer. They can make your feet sweat a lot, carry a risk of bacterial growth and may stink. Hence choose ventilated shoes or boots and light merino socks.

Foods and Drinks

Although a campfire is a major element of camping fun, cooking on fire in the middle of a hot summer day is impractical and may spoil your fun. So, consider carrying a solar cooker instead. A cooler is also a perfect addition to your belongings while you head out for camping. Carry large jugs of water turned into ice that you can drink after the ice melts. If possible, carry two separate coolers – one for foods and the other for drinks. This is because to make the cooler effectively work, it’s advisable to avoid opening it often and for drinks, you may access the cooler often. So, if you open the cooler that carries drinks often, it won’t harm your food as it will remain safe in the other cooler. Keeping yourself hydrated and therefore drinking ample water is advisable during summer camping.

Shelter

Sleeping in hot and humid conditions can indeed spoil your camping fun. Here again a trailer is a real help and you should consider having one if you haven’t yet.

But if you don’t have one or choose to sleep in the open despite having one, don’t forget to carry a foldable and lightweight mesh cot which will lift your body off the ground and let air circulate around you. Another essential thing to carry is a polyester fleece blanket or sleeping bag because it’s light enough to avoid insulation and retains a dry feel if soaked with rain, sweat or humidity.

A tarp is very useful if you get summer rain showers or thunderstorms. You can hang it between trees and get enough protection from showers or storms, while enjoying the wilderness staying in a safe environment.

Bugs

If you want to have summer camping fun beside a water body, bugs are perhaps an essential inclusion of the package. Carrying a DEET-based bug spray is therefore very important. During the last 5 decades, humans have used DEET doses over 8 billion times and there have been just 50 documented cases of adverse effects. This risk is surely overweighed by the much larger hazard of mosquito-borne infections.

The New England Journal of Medicine suggests that a 23.8 percent concentration of DEET is ideal.

Bug-repellent clothing works only with impregnation with permethrin. Permethrin really kills bugs and prevent them from landing on treated clothes, but doesn’t stop them from buzzing around you or attacking exposed skin like a DEET bug spray will.

All in all, camping in the hot days of summer can also be enjoyable if you take due precautions. So, why miss the opportunity? Get ready and head out towards warm, fragrant meadows, blue lakes and golden sunshine!