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ORIGINAL: hizgeorgiapeach

(and btw, DMiCT - I figure if a tent says it sleeps 4, then it's barely adequate for 1 - but then, I camp by myself in a 15x17 that claims it sleeps 8 to 10, and it's barely adequate for myself and my gear when I go to SCA events.....  that queen size pop up camp cot and air mattress takes up half the friggin floor space, and barely leaves enough room  for my folding camp endtable that I use as a dressing table, the stool that I use with it, my clothes trunk, and the cooler that is Specifically for my booze for the event.... the cooler for Food is stored seperately, with my full camp kitchen that typically goes with me, under a 10x10 gazebo that has it's own removable walls.)

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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet

Is this a weekend ordeal or something to last over a week?

Time plays a role in what you should and shouldn't have at a beach camp out. I'm guessing you're leaving with friends who already have cooking supplies, fire/heat source, flash lights/lighting, and a food storage/cooler container.

Just about any tent should do for you. Since this is a beach camp out, it'll be important to know how high the water rises during high tide. The location of your tent will be very important. You'll want to aviod sleeping on crab homes.

Putting your tent on top of some wooden loading pallots is a good idea.

Personal items: Flash Light, first aide kit, broom, baby wipes, sun block, battery powered fan, coconut rum, and minor essentials.

I don't know how you plan on eating food. Will you be going out to eat, cooking store goods over a fire, or catching sea food? Excuse me while I compose myself. Did you say catching sea food. Not I, there will be food to buy and I will be bringing snacks and such.

Whatever your means to eat are, it wouldn't hurt to bring some can goods, bottled water, powdered milk, cereal, beef jerky, and some nuts. This way, you know you're not going to starve to death.

A cheap way to prevent clothes from getting unexpectently wet is to pack them in 2.5 gallon zip lock bags.  

Good luck on this adventure. I'm sure you'll have fun. Remember to give us all the details. 

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ORIGINAL: Rhodes85

For a tent I suggest anything made by Cabellas. You can't get higher quality in outdoors gear, though it is generally a tad bit more expensive.

Depending on where you planning to camp I also suggest bringing a capgun, as I have from personal experience, found it a good addition to my camping gear because it is an excellent way of scaring any bear or wild animal away from your tent if they should wander into your camp looking for food. On a related note, never EVER store any kind of food in the tent with you. Not even stuff as small as a chocolate bar or beef jerky

A flint firestarter is always handy to have too for starting a fire. Believe me, if you try starting one in the rain with a lighter or matches you'll have a hell of a struggle. A flint firestarter works in any weather.

one of those cheap plastic fold up ponchos is always a good idea to have with you too. Very inexpensive and easy to find, and worth its weight in gold if you get caught in a downpour

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ORIGINAL: FangsNfeet

You can't go wrong with renting an RV or Pop Up camping trailer.

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ORIGINAL: LdyyR

(and btw, DMiCT - I figure if a tent says it sleeps 4, then it's barely adequate for 1 - but then, I camp by myself in a 15x17 that claims it sleeps 8 to 10, and it's barely adequate for myself and my gear when I go to SCA events..... that queen size pop up camp cot and air mattress takes up half the friggin floor space, and barely leaves enough room for my folding camp endtable that I use as a dressing table, the stool that I use with it, my clothes trunk, and the cooler that is Specifically for my booze for the event.... the cooler for Food is stored seperately, with my full camp kitchen that typically goes with me, under a 10x10 gazebo that has it's own removable walls.)



Though, I'm begining to think I have ADD, as I scrolled back through your post to copy and paste, I was stuck on the words D batteries. . I think my list is getting a bit long as well, I've been trying to think where to get those butane curling irons, a large enough mirror to view full face. If I keep this up, I might as well stay at a hotel.

• 2 tents (my 15x17 to sleep in, and my 8x10 as a secure storage space/spare in case someone needs sleeping space)...
  
• the camp kitchen 10x10 gazebo....
  
• queen size pop up camp cot & air mattress, sheets, at least 2 blankets (even though the camp cot stands tall enough that the air mattress is 3 feet off the floor of the tent), queen size egg crate mattress topper, queen size memory foam mattress topper, 4 pillows (2 for me, 2 in case I decide to have "company" for one of the nights that I'm at an event) and the battery operated air pump for the mattress.....
  
• my sheep skin fluffy floor rug to lay at the end of the camp cot (so it's the first thing my feet touch when I get up in the morning)....
  
• an endtable sized folding, metal camp table and a backless wooden stool (which get set up just past the end of the bed - the table is convenient for my ashtray, mug, jewelry box - remember, this is for SCA events, when I'm going to be spending the whole weekend in renfaire costuming - brush and any hair ties, double sided tabletop mirror, etc)....
  
• the trunk filled with my costuming, which is generally enough for 3 changes for each day I'm going to be there - day wear, something for High Court/Feast in the evening, and my belly dance stuff for the late night party..... (the trunk also doubles as extra seating)
  
• 2 Large ice chests (1 strictly for alcohol which is closely guarded inside my tent, 1 for food both of the snackage type and for actual full 3 to 6 course meals for dinner each night I'm there)...
  
• my smoker/grill, a coleman tabletop stove, my folding camp kitchen multi-level table (designed specifically as a camp kitchen), the coleman "oven" that fits on top of the stove to bake in, my camp kitchen utensils and cookware (which are dedicated strictly for camping - I keep them packed in their own LARGE tupperware type box with a lid, that all of it and the cans of gas for the stove store in, along with my dishes), dishes and silverware for 4 (plus I typically keep a package of paperplates and a box of plastic dinnerware as well, in case extra people show up in camp to eat), my portable/colapsable camp sink, coleman camping hot water heater (and the stuff like my herbs, soap for washing dishes, paper towels, etc.)
  
• the 3x4x7 cabana tent for my camp shower, my electric (battery powered) camp shower water heater, a hanging 5 gal. solar shower (in case my batteries aren't charged enough to run the electric shower heater), bath toiletries, several towels, 2x3 cedar planked shower "floor" to stand on (so my feet don't get muddy from the shower soaking the ground under me, of course)
  
• the 3x4x7 cabana tent for my chemical camp toilet (so I don't have to make a late night or first thing in the morning Hike to go to the site porta-johns or toilets) and of course the chemical that goes with it, and biodegradable RV toilet paper
  
• 3 or 4 folding camp chairs, plus my pair of slot together wooden "period" throne type chairs (and the over stuffed pillows I made to go in the seats of those so they're well padded and actually more comfortable than modern outdoor folding chairs)
  
• folding table, table cloth, and generally a couple of small iron candelabra (found at a garage sale) and/or a pair of oil burning hurricane lamps
  
• 4 person Houka and the shesha to smoke in it (which generally ends up either on the folding table, or on a spare folding endtable with the camp chairs around it lol)
  
• 2 large persian style rugs to set in front of my tent
  
• my portable fire pit that normally resides in my back yard (so I don't have to dig a fire pit for the evenings) along with 4 or 5 tiki torchs and the citronella oil to burn in them to keep them lit (and camp relatively mosquito free)

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ORIGINAL: PyrotheClown

Tents are for Pussy's the only gear you really need is a coomfy worn coat fit nuff to die in ,a working zippo, some booze and maybe some water for chaser, and a really really large knife