The Girl’s Guide To Camping

Listen, I like a good hike. I enjoy laying at the beach. I’ll go driving in the Razr and get caked in mud. But spending a few days in the woods without my usual creature-comforts is a whole other animal.

I don’t need a full face of makeup and a blowout but if pictures are being taken to document, I at least want to look like said camping adventure isn’t killing me. So when I was hiking the Grand Canyon in the spring and then camping with my family last month, I knew I was going to make some beauty and comfort sacrifices.

Don’t get me wrong – I love being clean. I love showering. And I love going to the bathroom sitting on something that flushes, made of pristine white porcelain. Girls like me are the reason they created the term “glamping.”

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Even with said sacrifices, I did still have a blast becoming one with nature alongside my family.

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The kids spent their time on the lake, making s’mores, and playing together in between meals. I don’t know that you can count Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans as a proper meal, but it does have flavors like grass and earwax so maybe half a meal?

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CAMPING CHAIR | HAT | ZIP-OFF PANTS

We also got quite a few #BraunSleeps moments while camping, but to be fair, we all had our moments when we dozed off midday!

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But as any good experience does, my adventures this summer helped shape me, taught me a thing or 2 about how tough I am and lucky for you, helped me curate the list of all lists: The Perfect Girl’s Guide to Camping. This guide is a thorough and nuanced list of must-haves that will get you through the long days, the cold nights, and have fun along the way.