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By Brent Avery · TST Avery’s Adventures · Top Shop Treasures™
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Pull up a chair. Coffee’s on the grate.
A few months back, I released The Family Camping Adventure Playbook™ — every checklist, recipe, and safety drill my family field-tested over hundreds of nights outside, printed and organized so YOUR trip runs smooth. And you all showed up for it in a way that genuinely humbled me.
But then the messages started rolling in.
“Brent, love the family book — got anything for just me and my wife?”
“What about solo trips? I’ve been wanting to try one for years.”
“My daughter carries the family playbook around like it’s HER book. Can she have her own?”
“Asking for a friend… is there a version with string lights and a cheese board?”
Message received. All of it.
So Lindsay and I got to work, and today I get to say the thing I’ve been sitting on all season: the Avery’s Adventures Camping Series is here. Five playbooks. Five kinds of campers. One rule that runs through all of them: disconnect to reconnect.
Get off the couch. Get off the screen. Get outside. Here’s the full lineup — with a few insider tips straight out of the pages, and the gear I’d pack for each one.
🏕️ The Family Camping Adventure Playbook™ — The One That Started It All
Plan together. Prepare together. Explore together.
This is the command center: trip planners, the Family Master Packing Checklist, 8 field-tested campfire recipes, a Kids’ Adventure Zone, and the safety drills every parent should run once.
The most forgotten item in camping history is the can opener. Not the tent. Not the rainfly. The can opener. It’s ON the checklist, in caps, because I’ve eaten cold chili through a hole punched with a pocketknife and I don’t recommend the experience.
There’s a 10-minute drill in Part 5 called “Lost-Proof Your Kids” — a whistle code and a boundary walk you run on Day 1. Parents tell me it’s the most valuable page in the whole book. It’s also the reason my kids think three whistle blasts is a family heirloom.
⛺ Family Trip Gear Must-Haves: a lantern for the picnic table (one per kid tent if you’re smart), a proper camp griddle for pancake morning, and headlamps for every single person — yes, even the four-year-old, ESPECIALLY the four-year-old. Shop our Adventure gear picks on Amazon →
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🌟 The Junior Adventurer’s Playbook & Journal™ — Their Book. Their Badges. Their Adventures.
Built for young explorers. Big dreams. Wild adventures.
Here’s the secret nobody tells new camping parents: kids don’t get bored outside because nature is boring. They get bored because they’re passengers. This book makes them crew. It’s a journal that belongs to THEM — an Adventurer ID with a trail name they invent, a pack-it-myself checklist, nature detective missions, and 12 badges to earn, from Fire Helper to Camp Hero.
Badge ceremonies happen at the campfire, out loud, with dramatic announcement voices. This is not optional. A badge mumbled at the minivan is worth nothing. A badge PROCLAIMED by firelight? That kid will hike four more miles tomorrow.
Earn all 12 badges and you’re officially Camp Crew — which means you help plan the next trip. Real power. My youngest negotiated our entire Labor Day destination with that clause.
⛺ Junior Explorer Gear Must-Haves: a kid-sized headlamp of their own, a whistle on a lanyard (it’s the safety system AND the badge prop), and a bug-catching kit for the Wildlife Spotter badge. Shop kid-approved gear in our Adventure section →
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🧭 The Solo Adventurer’s Camping Playbook™ — Just You, the Wild, and Everything You’re Capable Of
Adventure alone. Grow stronger. Discover more about you.
Everyone who camps alone learns the same secret: you’re better company than you thought. But nobody should go without a system — so the whole first half of this book IS the system. The first-solo site picker. The Leave-A-Plan sheet you photograph to two people before you roll out. The truth about night one.
About that first night — it’s LOUD out there. Here’s the field data: 95% of scary night sounds are wind, falling acorns, and raccoons auditioning for horror films. Your brain will invent bears. That’s its job. Name the sound, check your zipper, go back to sleep. By night two the forest is white noise.
There’s a confidence drill list — one per trip. The hardest one on it isn’t the one-match fire. It’s “sit for 20 minutes doing absolutely nothing.” Undefeated champion of that list.
⛺ Solo Kit Must-Haves: a quality multi-tool, a power bank that keeps your phone above 50%, and a compact camp chair — because comfort is staying power when it’s just you and the fire. Shop the solo kit picks →
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🔥 The Couples Camping Adventure Playbook™ — Two Packs. One Fire. Zero Distractions.
Date nights. Deeper connections. Unforgettable adventures.
Quick question: when’s the last time you two talked for an hour — no phones, just a fire? That’s what this one’s for. Team packing (with initials, so “I thought YOU packed it” retires forever), a sealed Date-Night Bin you don’t open until sunset, and the 20-question Campfire Conversation Deck.
The Surprise Rule — each of you packs one small surprise under $10 the other doesn’t know about, revealed night one. Lindsay and I have been doing this for years. I’ve received a moon-phase keychain, hot sauce, and once, inexplicably, a kazoo. It was a great night. That’s the point.
Question No. 3 on the Conversation Deck is “What did you think the first time you saw me?” Fair warning: budget a full hour for that one.
⛺ Date-Night Bin Must-Haves: battery fairy lights, two insulated enamel mugs, and a double sleeping bag or two-person hammock. Shop the couples campout picks →
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✨ The Glamping Guide & Playbook™ — The Wild — With Better Lighting
Style meets nature. Glamp in comfort. Make the wild feel like home.
Before the purists come for me: glamping isn’t cheating at camping. It’s proof the outdoors meets you wherever you are — sometimes in wool socks with a cocktail. This one covers the glamp-site research system, the Glamp Kit packing list (fairy lights to the robe — yes, a robe, trust the process), a 15-minute setup styling sequence, and recipes including a fireside baked brie that has ended conversations mid-sentence.
When booking a glamp stay, read the 3-star reviews FIRST. Five-star reviews tell you the view is nice. Three-star reviews tell you the mattress is from 1987. This one tip has saved more anniversary trips than I can count.
The chargecuterie board has its own build order, its own golden-hour timing, and its own rule: photograph immediately, devour slowly. It is, and I quote the book, “not optional.”
⛺ Glamp Kit Must-Haves: battery string lights (always battery), a portable pour-over coffee setup with the good beans, and insulated wine tumblers. Shop the glamping picks →
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💰 Or Do What the Smart Campers Do: Grab the Whole Series
Here’s the math, campfire-simple: bought separately, these five run over $47. The Complete Avery’s Adventures Camping Series Bundle is $29.99 — under six bucks a playbook, printable forever, for every trip you’ll ever take.
The family trip. The date night. The solo reset. The kid’s first badge. The anniversary glamp. One bundle covers every camper you love — and the launch price won’t sit around waiting.
Get the Complete Series Bundle at Top Shop Treasures on Payhip →
And if you want a taste before you commit, every playbook has a free companion checklist — grab any of them through the links in our bio and see how the TST system feels on YOUR fridge.
Because here’s the thing I believe more every season: the gear wears out. The tents get replaced. But a binder full of filled-in trip pages — the badge boards, the quote walls, the “funniest moment” lines in your kid’s handwriting — that becomes the story of your family. Your marriage. Your own quiet courage.
Real life. Real connection. Real adventure. That’s the TST Way.
Make memories. Live adventurously. And I’ll see you out there. 🏕️
— Brent Avery
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