*Storage of Camping Gear*

One important part of properly caring for your gear is the way it is stored when not in use. So how do you store your gear properly? After using it, make sure you take care of it when you get back home.

Here are the tips...!!!!
1. Sleeping bags and tents: These you will want to store clean, dry, and loose. After making sure they are clean and dry, store them loosely in large laundry bags, rubbermaid tubs or something similar to them.

2. Self-inflating sleeping pads: After cleaning them, store them unrolled with the inflating valve open, under a bed is a good place to store these. If stored rolled up, it will collapse the foam inside of them and they will not inflate fully.

3. Stoves and lanterns: These should be stored clean and dry to prevent rusting and also with no fuel in the tanks so they did not get clogged up. Check to make sure the mantles on the lanterns are still in good shape so they will be ready for the next trip.