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Originally Posted by phone man
When I first went camping as an adult with my family we took just a tent, bedding, a cooler, and a few camping chairs. Sure we missed stuff, but as long as you you treat it as a catastrophic event then all will be fine. Each trip we went on we added more gear to our trip until we had it down to a science. Over the years we took so much stuff we had to haul a 5x8 utility trailer to carry it all. We decided at that point since we were already hauling a trailer we moved up to a popup which made packing and setting up so much easier and camping a lot more comfortable.
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Yes - I think it's best to start out simple, just the essentials and see if you even like camping and then go from there. How you camp might also be determined by how long you want to camp and of course if you have kids or not.
It's amazing how much you can store inside a popup and once you have one, you don't have to do much packing or unpacking, you can leave everything you need for camping right in the popup, including warm clothes you might need "in case", and fishing pools, all your camping utensils and tools you use for camping.
I even stored the tents in the popup -- for longer stays, I always liked to set up a tent for a changing room or just to keep the storage bins, dirty laundry, wet towels, and extra stuff.
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