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[saddlesore]

Foul weather camping...Many things you can do.
It's wet & cold and DW wants a camp fire..... And the wood the campground supplied is wet..NO Prob!
Just carry a small bag of charcoal briquettes, build a small pile and teepee stack the firewood over it one match and voila!! fire is started.
It's raining and thunder & lightning...CampGround power goes out... Blew out the transformer on the power pole... gonna be several days....means no power to their well pump =: no water for cooking/showers or using bathroom.. and you forgot to top off the fresh tank.....And you have paid for several more days in advance......bummer... and the bridge out of there is iffy in high water...bummer again.. ( and yes this has happened to me)
Always carry a fold out funnel 1 or 2 foot diameter.. use your water thief thingy (for hooking up to spigots that do not have threads) attach to funnel, then screw in your water filter and hose then into the tank it goes, bungie cord the funnel to the ladder .. wallah! you have filtered rain water ..
Other items You need to carry...
A military folding shovel... it's small but it works
A good two handed axe or splitting maul, & a good hatchet
A "Bow"saw
A 2 or 3 or 5 gallon plastic water jug
A couple of those "K Mart" throw away tarps. 8x8 or 10 x 10, they fold flat and you never know when you will have a use for it
A spool or 2 of plastic twine ( real handy)