Hey, Backpackers!

Backpacks are important to us at Everything Summer Camp. We carry a diverse selection because we know how the things that you need from your backpack will vary by the longevity and intensity of your camp stay and we want to make sure we can supply a backpack to a camper of every kind of need! We’ve recently brought on several new backpacks from the quality brand name of Under Armour. Take a look at what we have:

Hustle
With lots of space inside, the Hustle is lined with soft fabric for all-purpose carrying—secure for laptops, photography equipment, etc. And, while its interior is protective, the exterior is an impenetrable fortress! Storm technology is Under Armour’s signature performance fabric—water and snow-resistant so its safe in all conditions. Gifted with a strong bottom, its tough panel is a shock absorber to eliminate damage to contents from being thrown down or dropped. Provided you with Under Armour’s Adjustable HeatGear® shoulder straps to give added carrying comfort, this pack is complete with a gusseted front laundry pocket, another front pocket that’s water-repellent, and two mesh side pockets for water bottles.

Scrimmage
Featuring a soft-lined laptop sleeve in one of the two zip-shut main compartments, a quick-stash pocket in the front, and mesh pockets for water bottles on either side, this backpack offers excellent space for packing. Receive full comfort with its padded back panel and adjustable straps—also given Under Armour’s HeatGear® technology! You can always grab it by the top grip handle as well.

Undeniable Sackpack
A compact cinch sack such as this belongs at summer camp. Get the Undeniable Sackpack from Under Armour. Complete with cording that’s easy to adjust and cinch shut, pockets in the front to give you organizational storage room, and a sternum clip. The perfect thing for all the wilderness adventures and beach trips you’ll go on at camp.

You can order any one of these backpacks by clicking the links above. Be prepared for whatever summer camp has in store for you and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Happy Mother’s Day!

Mothers are honored the world over on this day for the unconditional faith, hope, and love that they exhibit for their children every day. In a past Blog post, I discussed the history of this holiday. In another post, I disclosed what some of us at Everything Summer Camp had planned for our Mother’s Day celebrations. This year, I want to focus on gift ideas. It may already be Mother’s Day, but it’s not too late to create a heartfelt gift to present to your mother.If a low budget (or lack of one) has kept you from preparing a Mother’s Day gift for your mom, then this is the Blog post for you! The following ideas are simple and require materials that you can likely find around-the-house. And you shouldn’t feel bad about not purchasing your Mother’s Day present; nothing says ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ quite like a homemade project!

Make Your Mom a Card
Making your own card for Mother’s Day is a simple gesture that gives you the space to let your mother know exactly how you feel (not how a greeting card company supposes you do). An 8½” x 11” sheet of paper folded in half by its length transforms into a greeting card with a cover, an inside, and a back.

Mother’s Day Message in Finger Paint
Creativity has the tendency to get a little messy from time to time. But, make no mistake about it, the more fun you have creating your Mother’s Day gift, the more your mother is sure to appreciate it (as long as you don’t leave a mess behind for her to clean up!). See what message you can send your mother through your own artistic expression!

Create a Picture
Tap into the visual artist inside yourself and create an image to express how your mother makes you feel. You don’t have to be Michelangelo in order to create a work of art. The artist of the pictured example created a work of mixed-media art which uses a blend of techniques—in this case, a two-dimensional colored pencil sketch along with the placement of actual flower heads.

Make Decorations
And last, you can make three-dimensional art for your mother to use as home décor. Plastic foam, straws, glue/double sided tape, ribbon, and buttons are a great means to mock flowers—an art project that’s growing in popularity. Arrange them so they ‘stand’ in a cloth within a vase and, if you’re good, your decorations might actual fool people from a distance. And your mother won’t have to worry aboutlwatering them!

These are just a few ideas that you’re more than likely to put to use for your own Mother’s Day gift. Otherwise, maybe they’ve inspired you to come up with a gift idea of your own. In any case, have fun in the creative process and make your mothers proud! Happy Mother’s Day to mothers everywhere and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Hey, Adventurers!

Backpacks are essential to any fun expedition into the wilderness; after all, the fun will come to a stop pretty quickly once you find yourself in a situation that you aren’t prepared for. That’s why every camper needs a reliable backpack that will be able to fit everything they’ll need for those fun woodsy adventures.

Of course, you could always go with an alternative option like the Tokopah 3 Liter Lumbar Pack from High Sierra. It’s more than sufficient for a simple day hike or it can be used as excellent accessory to a backpack to add a little extra packing space for an extended outdoors excursion.
Just one look and you know that High Sierra designed the Tokopah Pack to stand its ground against the elements you’re likely to encounter when you’re roughin’ it ing the great outdoors. And, with a large main compartment and secondary zippered accessory pocket, this Lumbar Pack offers the packing space you need when you hit the trail.

The Tokopah Pack shows up prepared with preloaded dual side pockets that carry two 500 ml, soft-touch, BPA-free water bottles because High Sierra knows that the most important part of being prepared means being hydrated. Water is absolutely the most important thing that you’ll pack for your hiking adventures.

This convenient Lumbar Pack wears comfortably as it’s made of high quality Ripstop polyester material. And it also promotes safety with reflective accent piping to give yourself easy visibility in the dark. It’s got a top web grab handle so you can snatch it up quickly when you’re excited to get on with the hike. And its waist belt is adjustable for hands-free carrying.

Check out the Tokopah 3 Liter Lumbar Pack right here at Everything Summer Camp and order one for your hiking preparedness. Check out our excellent selection of backpacks while you’re at it and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John

Howdy, Camp Folks!

We’re proud to carry such excellent brand names as Burt’s Bees, Coghlan’s, and VioLife. Today, we’re spotlighting our latest addition of brands to our Toiletries Department—Clean Trek—a brand dedicated to personal hygiene products that create some convenience for summer campers during their wilderness adventures.

Fans of the outdoors themselves, the folks that built Clean Trek from the ground up—their passion for outdoor adventures is what led them to founding their brand. They loved spending entire days outside. But they didn’t like smelling as though they had. And so they were inspired to devise a solution for taking care of your body odor when you’re trekking the wilderness and there’s no shower available.

Introducing a line of products that tend to one’s cleanliness as well as skin nutrition, Clean Trek went into business when they created their solution. With a line-up of gear spray, body wash, body wipes, and more, Clean Trek has built their products on eco-friendliness and lasting odor elimination.

Found on the Everything Summer Camp online store, we offer the Odor Control Body Wipes 24 Pack. These wonderful little wipes are durable and effective! Giving campers and adventurers of all different walks of life the ability to make themselves clean without requiring running water—or any water, for that matter—Clean Trek Body Wipes are certainly a must-have for campers who plan on multi-day hikes.

Leaving your skin feeling fresh and smooth, each wipe contains Clean Trek’s proven formula that acts to get rid of body odor and keep unpleasant odors from returning. While removing body and other odors, the wipes will soothe the skin with Aloe Vera and Vitamin E. We’re proud to represent the Clean Trek brand, offering their innovative hygienic products. Order a pack for your camper and, as always, thanks for reading.

- John

Hey, Travelers!

Ideal for summer camp, duffel bags are absolutely the perfect alternative to a traditional steel camp trunk. Being your one-stop shop for everything you need for summer camp, Everything Summer Camp has an excellent selection of soft trunk alternatives and we’re always adding to it! Our most recent additions come from High Sierra—the Ultimate Access 2.0 Wheeled Duffels. We carry the 26” and 30” duffel bags.

Guaranteed to roll smoothly and silently on oversized skate-style wheels, these Ultimate Access 2.0 Wheeled Duffels make travel easy no matter how rocky the terrain may get at summer camp. These duffels also feature a recessed telescoping handle system for your rolling ease.

And, while these duffels are experts at rolling along, you can also carry it by the webbed handle so you can carry it up or down stairs with ease OR carry it in the style of a backpack using the comfortably padded shoulder straps that are hidden behind the zippered padded bottom panel.

Packing couldn’t be any easier when you have an Ultimate Access 2.0 Duffel Bag. Load the main compartment on these duffels through the easy-access U-shaped opening to pack the majority of your camping gear. You can pack other camp supplies in the two top-loading compartments on either end of these duffels and there’s a zippered front accessory pocket for quick access

Travel in style with your camp gear when you make your way to summer camp. Grab the 26” Ultimate Access 2.0 Duffel or the 30” Duffel if you think you might need some more packing space for your upcoming summer stay. Make the right choice for you summer visit and order the duffel best suited for your camper today! Get ultimate access when you arrive at camp and, as always, thanks for reading!

- John