It’s the first snow of the season and I wanted to take this opportunity to show you some of the hot tent camping gear I will be using and testing this winter camping season (links in this article may be affiliate links, if you purchase an item through these links I may earn a small commission that helps support the channel).

First, I’ve purchased a new tent. I chose the Luxe Outdoor Hercules Winter Tent. It’s an eight person dome style tent with a stove jack. I used the Luxe Outdoor Megahorn tipi tent last season but needed more room. I’m really looking forward to using this tent and testing it in the field. I will be testing it in my backyard for a few weeks before taking out into the wild.

Next, a wood stove upgrade. Last season I got the Guide Gear outdoor wood stove so I could experiment with winter camping. It was a cheap, entry level stove, and I got a lot of use out of it. But, it was time for an upgrade. This season I am using the Pomoly T1 Ultra titanium stove. I put a lot of thought and research into this wood stove selection and can’t wait to try it out!

Next, I was curious about propane heat, so I will be trying out the Mr. Heater buddy propane heater! How will it compare to the wood stove? I’m really curious about this test, be sure to keep an eye out for that video in the future.

So we’ve got the stove, we’ve got the tent, now for the bedding. I am testing out the Exped sleep pad this season. It has an R value of 8.5 and should hold up to some extreme winter camping. I also got this little camp pillow from Teton sports. A good pillow is hard to find, whether at home or camping. Here’s hoping this pillow from Teton sports will do the trick!

Next, we have my winter sleeping bag. This is the REI Magma 30. I got this sleeping bag at the end of last season so I didn’t get any thorough testing in. It is rated to 29 F / -2 C degrees comfort rating and 18 F/ -8 C degrees lower limit. Paired with the sleeping pad, I should stay nice and toasty this winter camping season. We will soon find out!

Now that the snow has arrived, I can get started with some winter camping! Looking forward to this season and hope you are too. Check out my video linked above to see more details about my hot tent camping gear for 2022. Cheers!

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It was FINALLY time to head into Yellowstone! We left Cody around 1:30pm. Talk about a gloomy day! It was rainy and chilly. It took an hour and a half to drive to the eastern entrance of Yellowstone. We paid the $35 fee and entered the park. Unfortunately a couple roads were closed so we had to take the long way around to our campground. Thank god we have an easy tent setup because it was a cold day! The long drive around Yellowstone Lake ended up being pretty cool! There were geothermal features along the shoreline that we spewing plumes of steam. It made the whole scene, with the rain and the steam, look ghostly and melancholy.

We finally arrived to Canyon Campground! It was time to unpack the car. We have our camping set up down to a science. First, we like to put up the kitchen canopy. This was important because there was a possibility of rain and we could use it for shelter if we needed to.

Easy Tent Setup

Next came the tent. The tent we use is the Alps Mountaineering Extreme 3. It is super nice and allows for a really easy tent setup. There are only three poles so even one person could set it up. We lay down a very thick piece of plastic for the footprint that we custom cut (we prefer to use that over the footprint that comes with the tent because it does a better job keeping the tent dry in the rain). It has two doors and the fly provides two vestibules that we can store things in to keep dry, like our suitcase and shoes. I looked this tent up on Amazon to find you a link, but the newer versions only have one door. That is the tent that I will link below. An easy tent setup makes camping that much more user friendly.

Camp Kitchen Setup

Next, we moved on to setting up our camp kitchen. Our stove is a Coleman camp stove that is reliable and easy to use. We also have two main kitchen camp bins that hold everything we need. We put the stove on this dope little white fold up table that we scored when we were camping in Kettle Moraine State Park in June! The previous tenants of the campsite we stayed at had left it there. It’s a super solid table too! So we put that table under the canopy and put the stove on top. Underneath the table goes the two to three kitchen bins for easy access.

The final area to set up is around the fire. We LOVE our camp chairs. They have a little fold down side table and they are very sturdy. I will link them below as well. I think the only downside to the chairs is that they are heavy. That’s fine if you’re camping in a normal campsite, but if you have to hike back to a site, these can be a bit cumbersome. In addition to the camp chairs we have a tinder box that we fill with mini duraflame logs, different paper and kindling, and a couple of lighters. And we don’t go anywhere with out our handy dandy fire poker! We got this thing at a gas station in northern Wisconsin (random) and it is the best fire poker we have ever used.

Dinner and Cold Weather

Dinner on day one was burgers and grilled vegetables. We had bought premade pub burgers at a grocery store in Cody so that was easy to prep. We grilled those on our Coleman stove. After cutting up an onion and a bell pepper, we grilled those over the campfire. We fried up some bacon and an egg for each burger as well.

It was super cold the first night, probably down to about 25 degrees. We froze our butts off. We never cuddle but we were that first night! I think we are going to need to invest in some cold weather mummy style sleeping bags or maybe a down blanket.

Origin of Love for Camping

My love for camping comes from my childhood. I grew up camping because my dad and grandpa were Boy Scout leaders. I was quite the tomboy growing up and kind of wished I was a boy so I could go on all the campouts. Instead, I helped out with the pinewood derbies and went on family campouts. Goran grew up in the city and had few opportunities to camp as a kid. But, he did go camping with the Boy Scouts and really loved it. He rediscovered camping as an adult and is excited to do more camping in the future.

Since the pandemic, camping seems to provide an extra layer of needed solitude, stress relief, and calm that we both need. There is something about being out in nature that calms the soul. Actually, forest bathing is a real thing! If you’ve never heard of it, click on this link to learn more.

Check out our post about the Top 3 Places to Skip in Yellowstone. We also have a great post about making foil packs for camping!

Products Mentioned in this Post

• Alps Mountaineering Extreme 3 tent: https://amzn.to/2RLqEOg
• Great camp chairs: https://amzn.to/3hWsJ4

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We just got back from our Yellowstone road-trip in the beginning of September 2020. There are so many beautiful things to see in Yellowstone: Old Faithful geyser, Grand Prismatic Hot Spring, and Mammoth Falls (check out our posts on all three of these sites below in the notes). But there are several places that are not worth your time. Here is are the top 3 places to skip in Yellowstone National Park.

Upper Terraces Drive: Mammoth Hot Springs

While Mammoth Hot Springs’ Lower Terraces are worth a view, the Upper Terraces Drive is the first SKIP on our list. There were only two active features in the Upper Terraces. It is a one way road that is about one car length in width. It took about 10 to 15 minutes to drive the loop. While that might not seem like a lot of time, it is time better spent elsewhere.

Fountain Flat Drive

On your way to Madison there are three little side drive/loops that have various geological features. The next sight you should skip is the lamest of the three, Fountain Flat Drive. There is a little picnic area to the right when you start driving down this road. Continue on for about half a mile and you will encounter a dead end that is the beginning of a primitive bike trail. If you are not cycling or wanting to hike, you will just have to turn around.

Petrified Tree

On your way to Tower there is a road that takes you to the Petrified Tree. When I was researching stuff to do in Yellowstone National Park, I was pretty hyped when I saw this site on the map. I have never been to the petrified forest in California, but I really want to go. Anyways, we drove the quarter mile road down to the Petrified Tree in Yellowstone. Once there, you walk up a small boardwalk and come upon the tree, enclosed in a metal fence. It was about 20 feet high and had beautiful coloring. While it was cool to see a petrified tree up close, it wasnt worth the time to see it. It was small and solitary. There wasnt a lot of room to social distance. Plus, that was all there was to see! The Petrified Tree is the last place on our list of places to skip in Yellowstone.

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