On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:51:17 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
On Saturday, 28 September 2013 10:45:26 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 18:53:52 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
"keeps your on the team"??
Queens English please, Ditzy.
As to your tenting question:
Do not set the tent up behind the Highlander and use the Highlander exhaust to heat your tent. This
may weaken the seams.
Do buy a gas lantern. One of these will keep your tent nice and warm.
http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-One-Mantle-Compact-Propane-Lantern/dp/B0009PUR54/ref=sr_1_3?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1380375473&sr=1-3&keywords=gas+lantern
For dryness, use a good ground cover. Make sure the edges are folded under so water can't come over.
I personally think you'd be happier with a good size tent (six man) separate from the Highlander.
Use the Highlander as storage while you're camping. Don't ever think that a three-man tent will be
sizeable enough for two.
Oh, one of these is great for cooking:
http://www.amazon.com/Coleman-2000004124-PefectFlow-1-Burner-Stove/dp/B0009PUR5E/ref=pd_sim_sg_2
My wife and I spent an awful lot of time motorcycle camping in Europe. Both of those items take up
little room and are quite efficient. Buy plenty of mantles, although you probably won't break them
as often in a car as I did on a motorcycle.
--
John H.
I was thinking something that didn't throw too much light while I slept.
I still have an old Coleman naptha gas lantern that uses mantles...plenty of heat but way too much light.
Also have my old naptha gas 2 burner camp stove but a friend gave me a new butane model when I travelled to the Muskoka Region of Ontario for a sailboat rendezvous in 2007.
If the campground supplies electric power, I can bring along a household space heater or even a heat lamp.
I used to suffer from mild asthma and don't want to take the chance of it flaring up in a cold damp tent.
If you go to a campground, you've usually got the choice of a 'tent' site (no amenities) or an RV
site which would have electricity, water, and sewage (about half the time). You'd never need sewage
with a tent, but water and electricity are nice to have on cold and hot days. A little office heater
will do you nicely in a big tent. We never had an electric heater while tenting, even in Europe with
snow on the tent. The lantern gets it warm, and sleeping bags keep you warm.
Here's a nice place. Charges $5 more for water and electricity (well worth it). Even has a launch
ramp to the ocean, so you could take the boat.
http://www.waysidecampground.com/Home_Page.php
If we ever drag the 5er to Nova Scotia, we'd stay there.
--
John H.
Hope you're having a great day!