Bug Spray: Don't Leave Home Without It!

by ErinK
(Cleveland, Ohio)

Bug spray is by far the most important item on my camping checklist. It is not even the fact that bug bites are annoying, but it is that I have a fear of a repeat of a previous camping trip.

The first time that I ever went camping, I was not familiar with what I should or should not bring. Being the typical, "girly girl", I brought along make up, a portable cd player, and perfume. Not thinking that the perfume would most likely attract the bugs!

So, halfway through the trip, I was swarmed with bugs who seemed to be interested in only me. When I got home, I was laid up in bed with a few hundred mosquito bites (or so it felt like!) and had to take oatmeal baths every few hours to try and stop the itching.

I have gotten more used to camping now and can appreciate it's wonders, but I NEVER leave home without two FULL bottles of bug spray, now!