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Use sage or rosemary on a campfire to repel mosquitoes

Outdoors

Toss a handful of fresh sage or rosemary on the campfire. The smoke keeps mosquitoes away for ~10 feet around the fire pit. Smells better than DEET.

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Bring a headlamp, not a flashlight

Outdoors

A headlamp keeps both hands free for cooking, fixing, setting up tents, or hiking. Flashlights are obsolete the moment you need to do anything two-handed.

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Doritos make great firestarters

Outdoors

Doritos (and Cheetos, and Fritos) light easily on a single match and burn long enough to ignite kindling. The oil and corn make them a built-in firestarter.

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Freeze water bottles to use as cooler ice

Outdoors

Frozen water bottles in your cooler last twice as long as cubed ice AND become drinking water as they thaw. No soggy sandwiches.

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Rub a dryer sheet on bug bites

Outdoors

An unused dryer sheet rubbed on a fresh mosquito bite stops the itch in 30 seconds. Something about the surfactants neutralizing the histamine.

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Use a fitted crib sheet on outdoor blanket

Parenting

A fitted crib sheet stretched corner-to-corner over a beach blanket turns it into a "no sand allowed" baby zone. Toys stay clean.

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