Car Camping Made Easy
Anyone up for frostbite, starvation, and boredom? No? Pick up these items to mitigate the misery of car camping.
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Most of us roll off a sleeping pad like Oprah eats cookies: quickly and repeatedly. This oversize sleeping bag lets you tuck your mattress right into an integrated sleeve. [$240; bigagnes.com]
Instructions: 1. Light ’er up. 2. Boil water in less than two minutes. 3. Chuck in ramen. 4. Eat directly from pot and avoid searing your lips off. (You can also buy the fitted French press for easy coffee.) [$100; jetboil.com]
Metallica once sang, “Darkness/Imprisoning me/All that I see/Absolute horror.” They should’ve got one of these. This three-watt LED lights up a Chevy Astro and stores under your seat. [$50; bdel.com]
Being careful to ignore their copy of The Joy of Sex, raid your parents’ bookshelf for this classic pulp novel. Reading about feudal Japan will make you forget about your poverty…for a while. [$0; call your mother. She misses you.]
