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iBoaterer wrote:
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This is our idea of "camping"

http://tinyurl.com/3gjbczn

We prefer

http://tinyurl.com/2owpr5
Harry as well.
He can respond independently, Kevin.

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iBoaterer wrote:
In article 699626978402078792.867671bmckeenospam-
, says...
wrote:
This is our idea of "camping"

http://tinyurl.com/3gjbczn

We prefer

http://tinyurl.com/2owpr5
Have a friend whose wife thinks anything less than the Clift Hotel in SF is
camping.never could see those attach to the vehicle tent. Unless it was a
truck camper. Want to drive over to another part of the area for hiking,
fishing, you have to break camp. For warmth, do not use an air mattress.
Use a foam pad, even the foam filled blowup pads are better. Keeps from
wicking the heat away from you as you try to sleep. Put an extra blanket
under the sleeping bag. 99 cent store is a great place for camping stuff.
Get the flexible plastic bowls for having oatmeal in the morning. Mix the
oatmeal, cinnamon, and crasins and put Ina ziplock bag. The. Just pour
some in the cheap bowl, add hot water. Prepare meatloaf and other parts of
the meal at home and just reheat in a skillet. Makes for much more
enjoyable trips. The tents with the outside flexible poles are really easy
to put up these days. I have a Coleman Tetragon 9' tent and takes about 5
minutes to put up. Get a trenching tool and make a small trench around the
tent if you have rain in your area. Make the water drain away from the
tent. Put a Coleman lantern inside before you enter and it will warm up
the tent. Do not run it a long time if you want to survive. If you are at
a campground with electricity, get a ceramic 1500w heater and use that.
The one I had for my SUV was really not any more useful than a decent
tent, if I were to have another SUV I wouldn't bother with one again.
For car camping, I have a (alleged) 6 person tent and use decent
inflatable mattresses.
Still have that old Jeep, Kevin?

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On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:30 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

What I go with??
I've bought a SUV type tent on a whim. Costco had the Napier brand on sale in July.

Let us know how it works, especially in the rain.
--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!

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On 9/29/2013 8:38 AM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:30 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

What I go with??
I've bought a SUV type tent on a whim. Costco had the Napier brand on sale in July.

Let us know how it works, especially in the rain.


Donny always buys stuff that doesn't quite measure up to his needs. Fer
instance. Would you use a device that produces high heat and flames to
heat a highly flammable enclosure while you sleep? An enclosure that
could drip molten material on your skin if it burned.
And a boat that isn't quite big enough to handle normal sea and wind
conditions in his native land. His Wife told him that 2 more feet might
do the trick, but Donny cheaps out and buys something not quite big
enough. Will he ever learn?

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On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:23:15 -0400, Hank© wrote:

On 9/29/2013 8:38 AM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:30 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

What I go with??
I've bought a SUV type tent on a whim. Costco had the Napier brand on sale in July.

Let us know how it works, especially in the rain.


Donny always buys stuff that doesn't quite measure up to his needs. Fer
instance. Would you use a device that produces high heat and flames to
heat a highly flammable enclosure while you sleep? An enclosure that
could drip molten material on your skin if it burned.
And a boat that isn't quite big enough to handle normal sea and wind
conditions in his native land. His Wife told him that 2 more feet might
do the trick, but Donny cheaps out and buys something not quite big
enough. Will he ever learn?

Nah, he had to settle for what he got. Just like I did.

I *needed* one of these:
http://motorhome.prevostcar.com/site...14_9629ext.jpg

But had to settle for this:
http://i1.rvusa.com/wm/showimagerv.ashx?id=14602430&t=4

--

John H.

Hope you're having a great day!

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On 9/28/13 3:25 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On 9/28/13 2:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
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On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:22:17 -0400, John H
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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.

The last time I was "camping" I was actually sleeping in my truck and
they put me at an unimproved site right next to the three with power
that my buddies had turned into a bedouin resort.
I ran a cord over to run my fan and a light

One time in Montana, on a hike I camped next to a sheepherder with his
mule drawn wagon. Great night talking to him over the campfire! I've not
had that type of experience at city hotels.



Last time I was in Banff at Lake Louise, we roughed it by camping at:

http://www.fairmont.com/lake-louise/

It had a different name back then, but it was a pretty decent place to
camp. They delivered seared Atlantic salmon and shrimp to our RV room.

Too bad you'll never experience real camping, meeting people like I
have.

I have experienced real camping.

Doubtful by the way you put it and those who enjoy it down. It does take
a special type of person, one who isn't afraid of a little inconvenience
to be able to discover fascinating places, flora and fauna. And trust
me, no one out camping wants someone at their campsite whining and
moaning about not having a heated toilet seat.

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In article ,
says...

On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:30 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

What I go with??
I've bought a SUV type tent on a whim. Costco had the Napier brand on sale in July.

Let us know how it works, especially in the rain.

My tent works just fantastic in the rain.

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On 9/29/13 10:06 AM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 9/28/13 3:25 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...

On 9/28/13 2:05 PM, iBoaterer wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 12:22:17 -0400, John H
wrote:


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.

The last time I was "camping" I was actually sleeping in my truck and
they put me at an unimproved site right next to the three with power
that my buddies had turned into a bedouin resort.
I ran a cord over to run my fan and a light

One time in Montana, on a hike I camped next to a sheepherder with his
mule drawn wagon. Great night talking to him over the campfire! I've not
had that type of experience at city hotels.



Last time I was in Banff at Lake Louise, we roughed it by camping at:

http://www.fairmont.com/lake-louise/

It had a different name back then, but it was a pretty decent place to
camp. They delivered seared Atlantic salmon and shrimp to our RV room.

Too bad you'll never experience real camping, meeting people like I
have.

I have experienced real camping.

Doubtful by the way you put it and those who enjoy it down. It does take
a special type of person, one who isn't afraid of a little inconvenience
to be able to discover fascinating places, flora and fauna. And trust
me, no one out camping wants someone at their campsite whining and
moaning about not having a heated toilet seat.


A few years ago, I "camped" for four days and nights with a few buddies
out on the banks of the Shenandoah. Slept in a boy scout pup tent in a
sleeping bag. Pooped in a latrine. Cooked over wood fires. We did bring
water and keep perishable food in a couple of Igloo coolers. Rained one
night, but stayed reasonably dry because of the plastic tarp I brought
to plop over the tent. Saw lots of critters, flora, hiked all over the
place. Shot lots of empty sodapop cans. Fished, canoed, got a few bug bites.

I'd call that real camping.

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On 9/29/2013 9:54 AM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:23:15 -0400, Hank© wrote:

On 9/29/2013 8:38 AM, John H wrote:
On Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:34:30 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

What I go with??
I've bought a SUV type tent on a whim. Costco had the Napier brand on sale in July.

Let us know how it works, especially in the rain.


Donny always buys stuff that doesn't quite measure up to his needs. Fer
instance. Would you use a device that produces high heat and flames to
heat a highly flammable enclosure while you sleep? An enclosure that
could drip molten material on your skin if it burned.
And a boat that isn't quite big enough to handle normal sea and wind
conditions in his native land. His Wife told him that 2 more feet might
do the trick, but Donny cheaps out and buys something not quite big
enough. Will he ever learn?

Nah, he had to settle for what he got. Just like I did.

I *needed* one of these:
http://motorhome.prevostcar.com/site...14_9629ext.jpg

But had to settle for this:
http://i1.rvusa.com/wm/showimagerv.ashx?id=14602430&t=4

You didn't settle. If I recall you made a substantial upgrade from your
prior trailer.
I looked at a few of those at the Hershey show a couple of weeks ago.
Some were, in fact, equally as desirable as a a Prevost,,, without the
big ticket. The 5ers seem to have a more homey feel to them.

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On 9/29/13 11:16 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:23:20 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

A few years ago, I "camped" for four days and nights with a few buddies
out on the banks of the Shenandoah

The Guys used to camp on the Keys during mini season and I went along,
just to be a guy but one year I had my family coming down for the week
after and I rented "The Octagon" at Rainbow Bend for $126 a night
(1985 or so). The boys stopped by on their way out of town and really
started liking A/C, hot showers, comfortable chairs and TV.
We started adding up all of the camping bills, 3 camp sites, parking
for the trucks, dock fee for 3 boats, ramp fee, ice and all the other
ways they nickel dime you around.
We figured out camping was not all that cheap.
A little looking around found us a 4 bedroom rental house on Big Pine
with dockage, lots of parking and a commercial ice machine for $450 a
week. We had an easy out to the Atlantic and Gulf side by boat and a
free ramp right up the road. We never camped again.


Rainbow Bend motel? Stayed there. Kind of a funky place, but the little
Whalers were fun, and you could catch some decent fish on the reef right
offshore. When we were there, the chef was quite accomplished.

I'm not a camping out fan. Tried it a few times.