Arizona republican., 1921-08-14

Within the last three or four years there has been growing up among motor car owners what amounts to a cult. which we might call fratern- ity of the motor car gypsies. This simply means that an increasing number of motorists are discovering the delights of combining motoring with camping. The freedom from convention that such life brings. the opportunity to travel as far and stay as long as one may happen to desire, satisfies the wanderlust that lies in each of us. But to be com fortable while camping is difficult unless one is an experienced camp CT, and when the equipment must be carried by motor car additional prob lems must be solved. A few words on motor camping and the equip ment needed may be helpful to those who desire to enjoy this year this most exhilarating of all sports.
 The first consideration will be sleeping quarters and here the. man. ufacturers have done very well by the automobile camper. There is al most no limit to the variety of tents and so forth that are available Spe- cial automobile tents designed for attachment to one side of the raised top are on the market. In this way the tent may be erected, the car used as a dressing room, after which the tourists step down into the beds Trailers are, now offered so designed that tent is erected over the body of this auxiliary vehicle and the sides are let down to form single beds. This trailer equipment has many ad- vantages for the motor camper at a cost running from less than one hun dred dollars to several hundred
 With the shelter provided for the next thought will be where to sleep and a number of solutions of this problem are available. There are the folding camp cots, which are so made as to fold and roll up into small compass. Ae pneumatic bed is an admirable thing to sleep on. It is simply rubber mattress which is blown up with the tire pump and is truly more luxurious than your bed at home. The cost is on the average somewhat less than S25.00. Special automobile beds utilizing one of the running boards as the head of the bed and firmly implanted sticks at the foot are on the market in maay varieties. The motor camper may, | in. the matter of this bed be as much of a sybarite as his pocket book may allow.
 With sleeping accommodations provided for, the next thought will be the method of providing food and the first question here is cooking it. Camp kitchen kits are available in endless variety. There are stoves made of sheets of cast iron whlcf fold up when not in use into thin | package that takes up little room and weighs less. Yet the most ela- l borate cooking may be carried out on these camping stoves, even the baking of bread and the roasting oi fowls It Is a good plan 10 carry ir addition to the regular camp stoves which, by the way, burns wood, ar auxiliary in the shape of a spirit oi 1 kerosene stove. These latter may bs had in a number of varieties ana they are extremely practical, u eil ultimate value appearing on th' rainy night when you havs to I,itcl camp without single stick of ar, wood in view
 The question of oots and pam with which you prepare the 'ood f. solved by ingeniously designed | tt n. sils that are made with reraovabl' handles, so that they may be nestet to take the smallest possible arlol n of space. A typical cooking k comes in a small keg, which oocu
 pies little space on the car anS 1 weighs only ten or twelve pounds
 Having provided for the food. tn,
 next thing is how to serve it. Cam 1 table kits furnish the answer. Thes may be had in any degree of ella
 borateness.
 They include knives, forks an,
 spoons. plates, cups and saucers
 these latter in white enamel ware
 with thermost bottles, salt and pep
 per shakers, etc, and usually the.
 are packed in hamper, which make
 for easier packing when camp is be
 ing broken. The prices of thes
 luncheon kits range from S5 up t
 almost any figure, according to tn
 number of people provided for am
 the material of which .he utensil
 are made.
 The question of what to carry i
 one that the newcomer m cauipini
 circles finds difficulty n solving
 The temptation is to load the ca | with provisions and supplies tha
 could really be more advanta geo isl
 bought en route. The staples, salt
 pepper, coffee, tea, packed in glass
 with about a pound of butter in
 tight jar, are about the only supple
 needed for the ordinary campini
 tour in thickly settled districts Tn ordinary supplies, meat, vegetables