Whether you grew up camping or are just learning how to stake a tent, Office has some templates will help you organize your foray into the Great Outdoors. Below are some examples and then you can head over to Office templates and customize a search for your needs.

  1. First we have the Camping checklist. This OneNote template is comprised of a group of separate lists with room to check off each item within that list:
    • Shelter and sleeping: Sleeping bags, tent, pillows
    • Cooking stuff: stove, utensils, can opener, tongs (because no one goes camping without a good set of tongs; multiple uses, I can tell you that)
    • Personal items: Clothing, toiletries, sunglasses
  2. Next is the Camping trip planner. This is an Excel spreadsheet that gives you room to list possible campgrounds (names, location, distance, cost, reservations), details of the campgrounds (Fishing? Hunting? Hiking? Dogs allowed? Free-roaming jackals?), and a place for resources (guidebooks, stores, maps, Internet sites, GPS systems).
  3. My final favorite is the Kids Summer Camp or Vacation Journal. The pages in this Word template are for Monday through Friday, with spaces to write about what the kid did each day. It also includes pages for the name of their cabin, space for friends' names and addresses for keeping in touch (or forgetting about after two days at home), and for autographs of all their new friends.

Bear peeking into tentHappy camper or not, check out these templates and more on Office.com. And oh: Don't forget your can of mace for those bears.

"Camping was a tradition in everyone's family 'til we came up with the house." — Jim Gaffigan

— Crabby