{"id":121,"date":"2010-07-30T03:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/30\/spreadsheet-travel-camping-checklist\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:29:46","slug":"spreadsheet-travel-camping-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/30\/spreadsheet-travel-camping-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Spreadsheet Travel: Camping Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"d942c2121bfbd137a3b44056a000f09c\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Top -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9531091850463532\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"6574318169\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; display: inline; border: 0px;\" title=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/image4.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"164\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/>Do you ever go camping? My family had camping vacations every summer, when I was growing up, and Dad always had everything meticulously organized.<\/p>\n<p>However, those were the dark ages, before spreadsheets had been invented, so Dad probably had our supply lists written on graph paper, or something equally high tech.<\/p>\n<h3>Excel Checklist for Camping<\/h3>\n<p>When our kids were younger, we went camping many times too. And now, both of them are carrying on the tradition with their own kids!<\/p>\n<p>My daughter went camping with friends this weekend, and I was impressed to learn that she planned the whole thing with an Excel checklist.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s great to know that a love of spreadsheets (and camping) runs in our family!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a blurry shot of the dining tent that we brought long on our camping trips, back in the olden days. It was a pain to set it up, but worth the effort, because we escaped most of the mosquitoes!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"dining tent for our camping trips\" src=\"https:\/\/spreadsheet-day.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/camping_maine.jpg\" alt=\"dining tent for our camping trips\" width=\"400\" height=\"284\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dining tent for our camping trips<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Excel Camping Checklist Template<\/h3>\n<p>Perhaps you have your own camping checklist, in Excel, or another program. If not, there&#8217;s a free camping trip planner, in Excel, available for download on the Microsoft Office Templates site: <a title=\"Camping Checklist\" href=\"https:\/\/templates.office.com\/en-ca\/Camping-trip-planner-TM04038909\">Camping Planner<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A Few Camping Tips<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, here&#8217;s a short checklist for you, while you plan your camping trip.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t make the mistake that we made one summer &#8211; we left home without the tent stakes! Dad had to make some at the campsite, using a bundle of firewood.<\/p>\n<h4>My Camping Tips<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan easy meals for your camping trip &#8211; simple recipes and ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Bring extra matches<\/li>\n<li>Do meal planning and prep work before you leave<\/li>\n<li>Bring extra towels and cleaning cloths<\/li>\n<li>Bring plenty of bags for laundry and garbage<\/li>\n<li>Fill your cooler with ice blocks &#8211; they lasts longer<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re cooking over the campfire, bring scrubbers to clean your pots and pans (whatever the manufacturer recommends)<\/li>\n<li>Bring oven mitts for cooking over the fire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___________<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever go camping? My family had camping vacations every summer, when I was growing up, and Dad always had everything meticulously organized. 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