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

Hey, Cozy Campers!

Never left high and dry when it comes to cool ways of decorating the world around you, turn to Everything Summer Camp when you’re looking to spruce up your bunk area at summer camp as well as your bedroom at home! One of our latest additions to our bunk and bedding selection is the Twin Size Camp Quilt 2-Piece Set from Virah Bella which includes the quilt as well as a pillow sham.

Combining a great blend of patterns and natural as well as sporty images, there couldn’t be a better quilt for you to pack along for your summer camp adventure than this 2-piece Twin Size Quilt Set. Feel like changing things up in your bunk area?

The Quilt is reversible with a second great design on the other side! It comes with a matching pillow sham for your resting your head as well! But more than just an attractive piece to brighten your bunk area, this Quilt is made of half cotton and half poly fill with a microfiber shell to keep you snug as a bug on a cool summer night or these cold winter days.

Transform your camp bunk into a place that feels like home with all the comforts and charm of your bedroom and sleep tight under the quilted coziness! Campers will love spreading this over their own beds at home in the months before and after camp as well, drumming up their anticipation or calling back to a fond memory from the summer stay at camp.

Bring some outdoors fun to your bunk and pick up this 2-piece Twin Quilt Set and enjoy some nice nights. Be sure to check out all our other bunk and bedding options from mattress pads to pillowcases when you click right here. And, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Folks!

As you’ve probably already gathered—at least from our name if not a million other things—we’re all about summer camp here at Everything Summer Camp, your one-stop shop for kid’s camping gear and a wonderful assortment of other summer camp supplies! Summer camp is kind of our thing. That’s why more than 300 camps across the country work with us directly. And we love shining our camp spotlight on those camps!

We’re fixing our spotlight westward to the mountains of Prescott, Arizona. Here we find Camp Friendly Pines, situated between Groom Creek and Ponderosa Park, a family-owned and operated, private, and independent residential summer camp. It was Ms. Bebe May who founded this fantastic camp 80 years ago in 1941.

Recently having passed away in the spring of last year, our hearts here at Everything Summer Camp go out to the Brown family as well as Friendly Pines camp community. Let her memory live on among the pines.

An interesting thing about Bebe is that she her grandmother and grandfather were passengers on the famous voyage of the Mayflower in 1620! When they came to America, these pioneers helped found the town called Pine and they kept a cattle ranch. Bebe’s mother then, grew up on this ranch where she learned to rope and ride and shoot with the best of them. She passed her love of cowboy fun on to her daughter Bebe and Bebe passed it on to countless campers!

It’s a very sweet story.

There’s lots of fun stuff you can do at Friendly Pines like Archery, BB Guns, Basketball, Canoeing & Kayaking, Campcraft, Challenge, Dance, Drama, Drawing and Painting, Earth Lore, English Riding, Fencing, Fun in the Forest, Free Swim, Guitar, Handcrafts, Hiking, Improv, Jr. Adventure, Jr. Facilitators, Land Sports, Pet Care, Photography and Journalism, Podcasting, Pony Carts, Ranch Hands, Riflery, Singing, Sewing, Soccer, Tennis, Tomahawks, Ultimate Frisbee, Vaulting, Videography, Volleyball, and, of course, Western Riding!

Check out all the fun you could be having in the next camp season if you choose Camp Friendly Pines for your summer camp stay. You can get a closer look when you check out their website by clicking right here and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Camp Lovers!

Among a zillion other things, one thing you can always count on from Everything Summer Camp are our fresh, fun, and very cool designs getting introduced frequently to dress our Designer Trunks, Pillow Cases, Floor Mats, and more. Thanks to Amy, our talented graphic artist along with a product planning crew that’s determined to keep our lineup full of fresh new looks, we never run out of ideas!

These Floor Mats are made of a Microfiber Polyester Face that feels great on your toes and the flip-side is a Non-Skid SBR Rubber Bottom so stays put where you put it. The Mats measure in at 18” x 27” and really make your bunk area look your own!

Well, we’ve done it again, dropping some great new designs and patterns for our Floor Mats as well as our trunks and pillowcases. These Floor Mats make every day a great one as soon as you step out of bed, keeping your camp bunk clean and looking cool.

Just to go through a few of my favorite of our new designs, check out these great Floor Mats and catch the video after this post:

Today will be Awesome
Starting your days off with a positive and bright attitude is a giant part of what makes a day so awesome! Keep on the sunny side at camp!

Bumble Bee
This new Floor Mat design is all the buzz right in a summery print of these incredible and invaluable insects. Put this mat down at your bunk for your comb away from home.

Keep it Wild
Sure enough, summer camp is bound to be a wild ride. This Floor Mat is a nice reminder to tread that narrow path and embrace the wild side of life. It’s good to be a little wild.

Quantum
This cluster of seemingly conscious and colorful lights shine in unison to show a thinking mind at work. Artificial intelligence is real.

Check out the video below to see all our new design Bunk Floor Mats. Browse our ever-growing selection by clicking right here. Have a gander at the new designs available on our Designer Trunks and Pillowcases as well and, as always thanks for reading!

- John