Let me start with a confession: when I got into camping, I bought a lot of dumb stuff. A whole garage of gadgets that promised to change my life and instead just changed the contents of my junk drawer. So consider this post my apology tour — a fun little rundown of the things new campers waste money on that they almost always regret, so you can spend your hard-earned cash on the good stuff instead (like, you know, actually going camping). I'm Joe — Squatch to most folks — and