Coachella camping advice

[leshphilen]

Spring for a chair, it will be the best $15 you've ever spent.

not even $15....unfortunately, no chairs allowed in the concert area....Saturday is going to be a long day.....a seat would be nice, especially for my pregnant wife....oh well...

You may want to check into the camp creek cozy chairs, they are like a sling chair that sit on the ground. They basically two flat sides like a thermarest pad but have two buckles so you have so she can sit and have some back support. They are a little awkward getting into at first, but her back will appreciate it...

And get some real chairs for the campground.

[Caravan2001]

yeah, the crazy creek chairs are better than nothing...

[nab]

1.  If you don't have the space to bring a pillow, bring a pillow case.  That way you can stuff soft articles, like said towel or clothes, into the pillow case and have a soft spot to rest your head.

2.  There is no substitute for having light in your sleeping area.  Any small flashlight will make you a happy man.

3.  Warm. soft, clothes will help make up for a cheap sleeping bag; especially where you are going to be camping.

4.  If you need to buy a tent, get one with a rain fly that goes down as far to the ground and as far away from the tent structure as possible.  Ones that only cover the top of the tent are almost worthless in sustained downpours.  If you already have a tent that doesn't conform to this, bring along a tarp and tie it down so that it covers your tent in a way that it has minimal contact with the main fabric of the tent as possible.

5.  Bring along more water than you think you need if you have the space for it.

6.  Portable alarm clocks that run on batteries are cheap if you are concerned about time.

7.  Bring enough beer.

[mistercharlie]

1.  If you don't have the space to bring a pillow, bring a pillow case.  That way you can stuff soft articles, like said towel or clothes, into the pillow case and have a soft spot to rest your head.

2.  There is no substitute for having light in your sleeping area.  Any small flashlight will make you a happy man.

3.  Warm. soft, clothes will help make up for a cheap sleeping bag; especially where you are going to be camping.

4.  If you need to buy a tent, get one with a rain fly that goes down as far to the ground and as far away from the tent structure as possible.  Ones that only cover the top of the tent are almost worthless in sustained downpours.  If you already have a tent that doesn't conform to this, bring along a tarp and tie it down so that it covers your tent in a way that it has minimal contact with the main fabric of the tent as possible.

5.  Bring along more water than you think you need if you have the space for it.

6.  Portable alarm clocks that run on batteries are cheap if you are concerned about time.

7.  Bring enough beer.

All of the above are great suggestions!!

[postjack]

Gold Bond Medicated Powder.

[kellerb]

Gold Bond Medicated Powder.

its like having midgets with altoids blow on your nuts

[WhatstheUse?]

Forget the Gold Bond.

Just bring a bunch of midgets with altoids to blow on your nuts.

[postjack]

Forget the Gold Bond.

Just bring a bunch of midgets with altoids to blow on your nuts.

i had to stop doing this once airlines started charging extra baggage fees. :|

[McGrupp]

Forget the Gold Bond.

Just bring a bunch of midgets with altoids to blow on your nuts.

i had to stop doing this once airlines started charging extra baggage fees. :|

:lol:

[WhatstheUse?]

Forget the Gold Bond.

Just bring a bunch of midgets with altoids to blow on your nuts.

i had to stop doing this once airlines started charging extra baggage fees. :|

Fair enough.  I will admit, the gold Bond is much easier to fly with.

[justjezmund]

Forget the Gold Bond.

Just bring a bunch of midgets with altoids to blow on your nuts.

i had to stop doing this once airlines started charging extra baggage fees. :|

Fair enough.  I will admit, the gold Bond is much easier to fly with.

ya considering the midgets have to be less than 3oz per bottle to get on the plane

[leshphilen]

Have a pooping strategy. If you here the sound of a didjeridu in the early a.m get up ad go while the Port-O-Potty is clean. I spent the whole night at Big Cypress feeling like i needed to let loose on an anaconda.

But by that time it just wasn't going to happen... Candy flipping and needing to poop is not a good feeling...
:-o

[mbw]

Have a pooping strategy. If you here the sound of a didjeridu in the early a.m get up ad go while the Port-O-Potty is clean. I spent the whole night at Big Cypress feeling like i needed to let loose on an anaconda.

But by that time it just wasn't going to happen... Candy flipping and needing to poop is not a good feeling...
:-o

ser

[leshphilen]

Works great until coffee and Donuts start kicking in...  :|

[mbw]

i dont think i ate the whole weekend of clifford ball, except beer, which was not uncommon with me then.
found a brand new port-o-john sunday morning and sat on that thing for an hour.

at cypress i used my above strategy and didnt have to go the whole weekend, till we got to a motel on the way home.

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