Sailing and Camping

People have been camping in a tent ever since Biblical times. Canvass was the primary material used for these tents. Roman soldiers were housed in canvass tents. During the middle ages, the knights were camping in a tent during their campaigns against the Arabs.

Tents are convenient shelters for the outdoors. Especially if you have some kind of water-resistant material to make them out from. Camping in a tent will keep you from burning up in the noon day sun, will keep away flies and other insects that are out there in the open fields and forests, ready to scavenge your food. Shooing these little creatures away wont work as they will just come flying back in. In side a tent, you can keep your cooking implements and unconsumed food safely.

And when it rains, and if your tent is made of water-proof or water-resistant material, and you have made that important ditch all around your tent, you will be dry inside. One thing you should know about camping in a tent is that you have to pick a more or less elevated portion of ground for a tent if you are in the rainy season. Then with your pick, make a ditch all the way around your tent about 5 inches deep and and 5 inches wide, all the way around it and trailing off to a distance from it.

The tent is your home in the big outdoors. So please make sure your tent is made of durable and quality materials. Remember when camping in a tent you are going to sleep in it, work on your computer in it, eat in it and have fun in it. Oh, you don't need to make a Mongolian tent from animal fur or an American Indian teepee. But it has to be strong enough to withstand some rain and even snowfall.

Nowadays, with the financial inflation, camping in a tent has become popular again and camping outside is no longer done for recreation but as a matter of necessity by many people. It is time that we should all be tent-aware.

If you are planning of camping in a tent, here is a list of tents for you:

1. Backpackers - This is a compact tent that hikers can carry in their back packs.

2. Pop-up tents -These tents spring open by themselves but are a little difficult to carry on the back.

3. Screen tent - These are insect-proofed tents made for use in forests and swampy areas

4. Shower tent - This is really a small tent big enough for you to take a shower in and change your clothes.

5. Marquees - These are the tents used by nobility. Marquees can host large formal gatherings or weddings.

There are tents made for one or two persons only and tents that can accommodate a whole medium-sized family.

The right tent for anyone is one in which he will be reasonably comfortable doing the things he does in his house. This means that if you have to stay in the tent due to unfriendly climatic conditions outside, you shouldn't be afraid of freaking out or feeling suffocated. Get a tent with some elbow room. This will make sure everyone is comfortable and enjoying themselves when you are camping in a tent.