Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1916 — Selecting the Camp Site. [ARTICLE]

Selecting the Camp Site.

Unless you know .your country well, do not rush to make camp on arrival, but take enough time to hunt up a good comfortable location. If there are any guides to be had, ask"'their advice, and the small charge they will make to show you some of the best places will be more than repaid in extra satisfaction. The most important requirements are sufficient firewood and good drinking water. It is not a great task to go some distance for water, but the wood must be close at hand. If possible, select a location where the morning sun will sjiine directly on the tent. This is for two purposes; to keep the camp dry, and to get everyone up while the coffee and pancakes are hot. It is well to have the camp partially shaded after ten o’clock in warm weather and enough trees about to break the force of the wind, not that there is any danger of a tent blowing down when pitched in either manner described below, but continuous strong winds become very tiresome and make the keeping of food warm almost ah impossibility. Moderate breezes are most desirable for keeping away files and cooling the tent.—Field and Stream.