I hope that when they are grown, my children will remember the camping trips themselves and not the ranting and ravings of their stressed-out Mama packing before the trips. Like most parents, packing is my least favorite part of any trip — and packing for camping is the worst. Not only do you have to gather all the things required to recreate the sleeping, bathing and eating amenities of home out in the middle of nowhere, but then you have to stuff all of them into the car. And no matter how much you bring, or how many lists you check off, you inevitably forget something.