Hey, Camp Fans!

Just last week I put out a Blog post about our latest trail shoes from KEEN—specifically the Targhee Hiking Boot. I told you about their masterful construction with unmatched KEEN technology, comfort, and protection. Get a refresher on the Targhee when you click right here. Take a look at the rest of our KEEN collection!

Hiking Boot
After the Targhee Hiking Boots for kids, women, and men, there’s one more Hiking Boot that we brought on board—the Ridge Flex Mid Waterproof Hiking Boot. These Boots flex easier with KEEN.BELLOWS FLEX, requiring less energy to bend and less wear on the boot.  

Sport Shoe
Get a load of our latest Sport Shoes: the Targhee Sport Vent Shoe for kids, the Voyageur Shoe for men, and the Women's Terradora II Vent Shoe. Made with breathable mesh lining, these Sport Shoes are designed to keep you going when the going gets tough.

Sandal
Then we have incredibly versatile and amphibious hybrid sandals that can go right from being in the water to hiking a trail in no time. The Big Kid's Newport H2 Sandals, Men's Newport H2 Sandal, and Women's Whisper Sandal are all made to dry quickly and grip like mad!

On the lookout for a new pair of shoes? We carry an impressive variety of shoes, sandals, and boots from all different brands like Northside, Merrell, and more. We’ve got essential footwear for summer camp such as water shoes, sport sandals, tennis shoes, horse riding boots, and more!

We have your feet covered for the summer! Browse all of our KEEN footwear when you click right here and you can shop the rest of our footwear selection by clicking here. Enjoy finding the right footwear for you and, as always, thanks for reading, Camp Folks!

- John

Hey, Camp Fans!

Every kid needs a good pair of kicks for summer camp! Are you on the lookout for a new pair of shoes? You’ve come to the right place! We carry an impressive variety of shoes, sandals, and boots of all different, reputable brand names like Northside, Merrell, and more. We’ve got all the essential footwear for summer camp such as water shoes, sport sandals, tennis shoes, horse riding boots, and more!

And now KEEN trail shoes have arrived here at Everything Summer Camp! Masters of their craft, providing absolute comfort and protection for your feet, KEEN has their footwear construction down to a science. Let’s take a good look at the Targhee trail shoe. We offer the kid’s, women’s, and men’s versions.

The KEEN Targhee Footwear Family
KEEN’s Targhee Mid Hiking Shoes are armor for your feet when you’re looking to cover some serious ground. Utilizing 4mm lugs to really latch onto the terrain as you cross it, this hiking shoe was truly made for the trail.

• The waterproof and breathable KEEN.DRY insert keeps your feet dry for lasting comfort rain or shine.

• Dual-density and compression-molded EVA midsoles are designed for cushion and excellent shock-absorption for podiatric preservation!

• Its mid-height cut greatly reduces your risk of rolling or twisting an ankle while the heel support structure cups your heel to decrease slippage and blistering.

Take on those tough trails with total confidence when you lace up your own Targhee boots. We basically have your feet covered with any kind of footwear you might want for anything you might do this summer! Take a look at our trail shoes when you click right here and you can shop the rest of our footwear selection by clicking here. Enjoy finding the right footwear for you and, as always, thanks for reading, Camp Folks!

- John

Hey, Straw-Sippers!

At first glance, one would easily assume that straws are a frill of the modern day—something that likely came around about the same time as 1950s diners and fast food chains. But they go back much further than that! Nowadays, we’ve got straws made from a variety of materials. The most common that you’ll find here at Everything Summer Camp are plastic—but not the disposable sort, utilized within a water bottle. Otherwise, there are metal straws, paper straws, disposable plastic straws, and more.

Still I’m sure none of you have used a straw like the first ones ever made. Older than the invention of paper itself, history tells us straws were first invented 6 to 7000 years ago by the ancient Mesopotamians who crafted them out of wood and sometimes gold! The purpose came in warmer, buggier climates, making it easy to avoid any insects that may have landed in their drinks.

The 1800s brought about new methods and materials for construction as well as an increase in popularity for this ancient drinking method. 

Why Not Rye?
The Industrial Revolution in America saw straws getting made from organic elements. Popular materials were rye and wheat grains. These straws—rye especially—would lend a grass-like taste to a beverage. They’d also get soggy quickly. People were ultimately left unimpressed. While the public appreciated the concept, they saw plenty of room for improvement. At least one American inventor, Marvin Stone, did.

Stone’s Straws
Marvin Stone came up with the paper straw which proved to be far superior to the grain straws, both in sustainability and consumer-friendliness. Marvin’s family was already in the business of tubular products such as pencil sharpeners, giving him an edge on straw manufacturing of a large scale. He determined the perfect straw length and width—8.5 inches by 21.5 centimeters. And he developed his manufacturing process: wrap pencils in paper, glue the paper, remove the pencil.

Drastic Plastic
A sudden boom of fast-food restaurants in the 20^th Century brought a great demand for disposable plastics such as cutlery and straws. Novelty straws only upped the plastic game with patents like Slurpee Straws and Crazy Straws. For whatever reason, plastic straws were pushed and normalized for over 60 years, kicking paper straws aside despite their obvious benefit to the environment over plastic.

The fight against disposable plastic straws is being fought with reusable water bottles as well as reusable straws. Do your part and shop our selection when you click right here. And, as always, thanks for reading, Camp Folks! Till next time.

- John

Hey, Hydrators!

Make way for the latest updated water bottles from the one and only Hydro Flask! Standing alongside other top brand names like Nalgene and Klean Kanteen, Hydro Flask has just introduced a couple of their latest designs of their Standard Water Bottle and Tumbler and they’re now available here at Everything Summer Camp! Check out our new Hydro Flask bottles right here!

24 oz Standard Flex Cap Water Bottle
Pack your water along when you head out on your adventures with the Hydro Flask 24 oz Standard Flex Cap Water Bottle. This BPA and Phthalate-free water bottle is constructed with Hydro Flask's TempShield™ insulation to eliminate condensation and keep your beverages cold for up to 24 hours and hot for up to 12. The pro-grade stainless steel retains no flavors from previous drinks, delivering a pure taste every time you go back for more! And the outside coating provides you with an easy-to-grip and sweat-free hold. This bottle comes with the Hydro Flask's Flex Cap which offers flexibility despite its tough stainless steel construction. An easy-to-carry strap swings on pivots in the stainless steel cap which is also insulated using Honeycomb Insulation™. Go Hydro and enjoy the Standard Water Bottle with Flex Cap for all your adventures to come.

22 oz. Tumbler
Keep your drinks at the temperature you want—whether you're enjoying a creamy hot chocolate, a fruit smoothie, or anything else ranging from your essential ice-cold water to piping hot tea. The 22 oz Tumbler from Hydro Flask is up to the task with its TempShield™ double wall vacuum insulation, keeping cold drinks cold for 24 hours and hot drinks hot for up to 6. Its narrow design is a perfect fit in your hand and fits snug in most cupholders. And, the cherry on top: this Tumbler comes with the Press-in Lid, also made with Honeycomb Insulation™ for additional temperature control, an opening for easy sips, and a splash-proof and worry-free way to carry your beverage all day!

No matter how you choose to fill your days at camp and all the days until then, it's important you keep your water bottle filled and stay hydrated. Peruse our excellent hydration products from Hydro Flask by clicking right here. And, as always, thanks for reading, Camp Fans!

- John

Hey, Temperature-Takers!

No matter the season, people are constantly checking the temperature in order to know how to dress as well as what to expect from the weather. A valuable technology for camping, Lewis N. Clark Digital Flashlight Alarm Clock features the calendar day and date and, of course, the temperature!

Checking the temperature is such an everyday habit for us, it might be hard to imagine a time when we couldn’t. But it was just less than 500 years ago that there were no thermometers and no unit of measurement either such as the Fahrenheit or Celsius scales we use today.

Over 400 years ago in the late 1600s, Galileo and a few others rigged up what they called a thermoscope. Thermoscopes worked using tools in water to measure buoyancy and, thus, were able to detect changes in temperature. The degree scale had yet to be developed, which meant that thermoscopes couldn’t actually pinpoint a specific temperature just the rising or falling of heat.

It was 1654 when the Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinand II, got wise and used alcohol enclosed in a glass tube. The alcohol would expand and contract when heated and cooled—the very phenomenon at work in our modern mercury thermometers. This was essentially the first thermometer, however, there still was no standardized scale for measuring temperature.

It was Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit—a German physicist who developed our standardized Fahrenheit scale and invented the modern mercury thermometer in 1714. Of course, even the mercury thermometer is a bit outdated as we now have digital thermometers like our Lewis N. Clark Digital Flashlight Alarm Clock.

Digital thermometers work a whole different way. Inside them, there is a resistor as well as a tiny computing mechanism. Changes in temperature register a change in the amount of resistance applied by the resistor and the computing piece converts the difference in resistance into temperature and offers a digital readout.

Stay warm through these chilly winter days and check out the Lewis N. Clark Digital Flashlight Clock as well as our entire Lewis N Clark collection right here. As always, thanks for reading, Folks! Till next time.

- John