Let's Get Primitive: The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping Book

Contents

Acknowledgments....................ix
Chapter 1 Leaving Kittenish behind for Wildcat Why I camp, and why all smart, busy, modern, thrifty, crafty, fashionable, and fabulous urban gals should too....................1
Chapter 2 Tracking Sea Turtles and Spying Woodpeckers What is camping, anyway? Where do campers camp? And how to plan a first campy excursion....................17
Chapter 3 Squirreling Away the Nuts (and Bolts) The gear essentials, where to get them, and how to use them....................51
Chapter 4 Make Like a Snail What to bring, what to leave home, and how to squeeze it all into a backpack....................81
Chapter 5 Hungry Like a Wolf, Thirsty Like a Fish Building a traveling kitchen, stocking a primitive pantry, and preparing tasty camp feasts....................101
Chapter 6 Chill Like a Sloth, Flit Like a Hummingbird What is there to do out there?....................137
Chapter 7 Impressing the Owls Ethics, rules, instructions, diagrams, vocabulary and checklists (yes, this is the chapter on pooping)....................161
Chapter 8 When Hermit Crabs Attack Ideas for getting a primitive fix at home in the big city....................193
Resources....................214
Further Reading....................217
About the Author....................219
Index....................220