Six Tips to Prep for Camp

1. Go thru your Goodwill bag to resurrect shirts for Tie-Dye. Tie-Dye hides a LOT of sins – spots and yellow underarms seem to disappear. 100% cotton is best. Patti is going to try dying her well-worn white Keds, while we’re at it.
2. Patti says down sleeping bags are washable, she’s done it! Hot weather is the best time. Unzip the bag to open completely. Stuff it into your washing machine and run on delicate with a teensy bit of soap in warm water. Open the lid once or twice and shove it all under water if it’s poofing up. Once spun dry, it will still be pretty drippy. Hang outside in the heat of the day (on a clothesline, over chairs or some way for air to circulate), turn it a couple of times during the day. If still damp by sundown, bring inside and re-hang outside tomorrow. It will smell incredibly fresh.
3. Order “Skin So Soft” lotion from Avon – sunscreen, moisturizer and bug repellant in one really good product.
4. Clear out your camera memory card to not run out of space. The mountains are beautiful, and when friends are relaxed and refreshed, photos really reflect it. You’ll get the best shots if you shoot everything and delete at leisure.
5. When was the last time you READ a good book? Ask friends for a loaner, then grant yourself “me time” to gobble up a wonderful story.
6. Bag up magazines to bring. We have a “bring one, take one” table – once you’re done pouring thru yours, feel free to take a whole pile back home at the end of the weekend. Or rip them up right there on-site if you want that article or recipe… we ENCOURAGE it (how many times have you been at the doctor’s office and oh-so-quietly tore out a page? At Camp, let ‘er rip).