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Re: Tent camping Sitka deer #11669667 12/18/16
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,864 Cedar Rapids, IA B bigfish9684 Campfire Tracker
bigfish9684 Campfire Tracker B Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 6,864 Cedar Rapids, IA	Originally Posted by Sitka deer Originally Posted by bigfish9684 Originally Posted by huntsman22 roll-a-cot and a cut-down walmart memory foam mattress to fit.... old bedsheets and blankets from home with a piece of canvas for a spread. heck with airmattresses or inflateables. And the cot should be high enuff to sit on and still be able to stand up unassisted....grin This. No matter how hydrated I am I get cramps getting out of my cot. Hamstring and groin cramps. No matter how carefully I get out of it. I need a higher cot I think. Never have this problem in a bed. Take a Benadryl at bedtime with a big shot of water. Your cramps will not happen. I'll give it a shot... ZING! (Thanks) Originally Posted by Bristoe It's about like this: "Do you puff peters?" "Hell no!" "NAZI!!!"

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Re: Tent camping lvmiker #11669687 12/18/16
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger
FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	Originally Posted by lvmiker My wife and I plan on spending a good part of the spring and summer following the weather north from Az. to the Canadian border and mostly camping along the way.At our age comfort is a priority. We chose the Kingdom cots from REI after a lot of research. They are long, wide and erect in seconds. They come w/ an adequate pad but we add our xl self inflating pads and they are luxurious. They also give the ability to raise the back to your desired angle to hang out or read in bed. However, they fold easily but take a lot of space in the tent or when packing. We have decided to buy an enclosed utility trailer to accomodate all the goodies for extended camping. We use a 6 person 8'x10'tent that has an interior peak height > 6' and gives plenty of room to move around or hang out in bad weather. have fun and sleep tight. mike r You need something like this... All of my camping gear lives in there year round... I just throw some bacon beans and beer in the cooler and off we go..

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11669689 12/18/16
Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,748 Likes: 1 upstate ny R rong Campfire Outfitter
rong Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 10,748 Likes: 1 upstate ny	^^This.I used to have a little pop-up,"Camp Morning Wood" and it was very comfy.Even when the weather was in the teens it would stay 50 in there with the furnace crankin, Easy to haul and park.kinda miss it.

Re: Tent camping Tracks #11669887 12/18/16
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18,481 Likes: 2 OreGONE G GreatWaputi Campfire Ranger
GreatWaputi Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 18,481 Likes: 2 OreGONE	Originally Posted by Tracks After tenting for years, this year I had enough. The day after we got back from hunting I bought a small (21ft) trailer. Enough of cold tents and bad beds. Indoor kitchen, heater, running water, electric lighting, warm shower, comfortable bed and a couple of bunks for company, even an air conditioner which I'm not likely to ever use. Wish I had done it years ago. Figure if I run the generator an hour a day I can keep everything going. My experience has been if there's a wall tent in camp, that's where people migrate to, especially if the weather is bad. No one wants mud tracked in their fancy campers, plus there's just not the open space of a wall tent. And there's something about a crackling fire.

Re: Tent camping GreatWaputi #11669966 12/18/16
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida	Yep. Especially when it's pussy grabbin' weather. Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

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Re: Tent camping deflave #11669978 12/18/16
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,111 Likes: 8 Canyon Ferry, Montana M MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger
MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,111 Likes: 8 Canyon Ferry, Montana	The 'embassy'. Good times at the Icebreaker. It was after that evolution that we bought our Davis wall tent.

Re: Tent camping MontanaMarine #11669989 12/18/16
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida	We slept/passed out like gods. I have a spare bed room if you come up for gophers. No wood burner though. Grin... Dave Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11669992 12/18/16
Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,111 Likes: 8 Canyon Ferry, Montana M MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger
MontanaMarine Campfire Ranger M Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 19,111 Likes: 8 Canyon Ferry, Montana	You guys said I was snoring like a dirty bastard....grin

Re: Tent camping MontanaMarine #11669996 12/18/16
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida	That was Gruff. He's a dirty bearded fugk. Dave Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11670012 12/18/16
Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,420 Likes: 28 North East Urth Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana
Valsdad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 45,420 Likes: 28 North East Urth	I'll vote with the Roll-a Cot folks, mine works great. Cold weather does necessitate a barrier between sleeping bag/blankets and the cot though, I use a Thermarest and a backpacking closed cell foam. https://www.camptime.com/collections/cots But, getting older has me leaning toward an A'Liner type trailer. Good luck with your decision. Geno The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni) member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?

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Re: Tent camping FieldGrade #11670847 12/19/16
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 9,408 Likes: 2 las vegas, Nv. L lvmiker Campfire Outfitter
lvmiker Campfire Outfitter L Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 9,408 Likes: 2 las vegas, Nv.	That's the idea Fieldgrade. I like to avoid campgrounds and some of the places I like to go would beat the crap out of a travel trailer or popup. I have a freestanding tent that the wife and I can put up in 10 minutes. I will start looking for an enclosed utility trailer after the New Year. mike r Don't wish it were easier Wish you were better Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that. Craig Douglas ECQC

Re: Tent camping lvmiker #11671928 12/19/16
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger
FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho	Originally Posted by lvmiker That's the idea Fieldgrade. I like to avoid campgrounds and some of the places I like to go would beat the crap out of a travel trailer or popup. I have a freestanding tent that the wife and I can put up in 10 minutes. I will start looking for an enclosed utility trailer after the New Year. mike r You'll like it.....mine might be a little small for your needs but it's built like a safe.....I've had it since 1977....love it.... BTW....if I had a dollar for every time someone's tried to buy it from me I could buy an Airstream....

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11672309 12/19/16
Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,751 Likes: 1 North Carolina C colodog Campfire Tracker
colodog Campfire Tracker C Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 5,751 Likes: 1 North Carolina	In my tent I like a mil. surplus cot with a foam pad on top so my butt don't get cold. The foam is held in place by a "single" size fitted sheet (fits a mil surplus cot) and the sleeping bag on top of course. "Camping places fix themselves in your mind as if you had spent long periods of your life in them. You will remember a curve of your wagon track in the grass of the plain like the features of a friend." Isak Dinesen

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11672389 12/19/16
Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,851 South East Missouri tedthorn Campfire Outfitter
tedthorn Campfire Outfitter Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 10,851 South East Missouri	Lots of cover....and a good stove Maker of the Frankenstud Sling Keeper

Re: Tent camping tedthorn #11672560 12/19/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 26,080 Likes: 15 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger
Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 26,080 Likes: 15 West Treasure Valley, Idaho	This was our next to last tent camping trip. Not me! My hunting buddy checking out my bull. I got snow inside my hiking boots getting over to skin him out before dark. The next morning my shoes were frozen solid. I had to thaw them over a single mantle propane lantern before I could get them on. There was about eight inches of snow under the tent. Temps were not far from zero at night. I am kind of glad we had no way to know for sure. But gallon jugs of water froze solid overnight inside a cooler chest. The only thing between our sleeping bags and the snow for four nights was the sweaty, wet saddle blankets. I don't know who was more miserable, man or horse? People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11672581 12/19/16
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 26,080 Likes: 15 West Treasure Valley, Idaho I Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger
Idaho_Shooter Campfire Ranger I Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 26,080 Likes: 15 West Treasure Valley, Idaho	Conditions were a bit better the next year. Not quite so much snow on the ground. The most level place we could find, and still be out of the weather, and close to water for the horses. This was the evening of our first day in camp. About 1.5 inches of rain the day before. Three days later, we had three inches of snow in camp. Sterilizing stream water for drinking and cooking. Five miles back down the mountain was base camp People who choose to brew up their own storms bitch loudest about the rain.

Re: Tent camping 222Rem #11672594 12/19/16
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 15,624 Likes: 4 Turkey River Iowa johnw Campfire Ranger
johnw Campfire Ranger Joined: May 2002 Posts: 15,624 Likes: 4 Turkey River Iowa	Originally Posted by 222Rem I haven't compared all of the cots Cabelas sells, but have over 10yrs experience with their Outfitter XL. It's good to go IMO, and appear to have a recent update that makes attaching the end bars much easier. I place an inflatable thermarest under a rectangular bag and sleep like a baby. I used an Outfitter XL for years and loved it. Blew a disc in my lower back some years ago and cannot sleep on a cot any more. A Thermarest is as good as it gets, for me. "Chances Will Be Taken"

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11673131 12/19/16
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 152,297 Likes: 38 Texas hanco Campfire Savant
hanco Campfire Savant Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 152,297 Likes: 38 Texas	Never had a tent, built a shack or had a camper.

Re: Tent camping RickyBobby #11673145 12/19/16
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,504 Likes: 21 Filer, ID Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna
Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,504 Likes: 21 Filer, ID	A tent's better than some of the shacks I've slept in. At least the mouse population was lower. I've spent nights in shacks where the chewing and squeaking kept us awake all night. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: Tent camping lvmiker #11673668 12/20/16
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,410 B bobmn Campfire Regular
bobmn Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,410	Mike: Since you are buying a trailer anyhow, take a look at Jumping Jack. Very sturdy. It even has grease fittings on the pivot points where the beds fold out. If you move a lot it is much quicker set up than a tent.

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