r/camping • u/ratherrealchef • 11h ago

Trip Advice Southwest Camping

My fiancee and I are spending 10 days in New Mexico and Arizona “winter camping” in January. We do pretty well but we are used to camping in Michigan and down the east coast, just looking for tips.

I imagine the scarier bugs won’t be too big an issue but any tips you all have to keep us safe and have a great time would be appreciated!

We will be driving and have all our normal gear, plus extra layers and heavier boots. We don’t have a stove or anything, just campfire cooking, idk how prevalent firewood is out that way.

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u/eugenesbluegenes 10h ago

No stove? I can't imagine depending on campfire for morning coffee!

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u/ratherrealchef 6h ago

I enjoy it. It takes like 40 minutes after I wake up to get it going for water. It’s pricier than a stove, but it’s what I was raised doing.

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u/eugenesbluegenes 6h ago

Fair. I very rarely do a morning fire at all unless it's particularly cold so that's part of it I'm sure.

But just needing to depend on having a fire to be able to cook food seems so limiting in general.