I'm going to get a new tent for camping

Pogo · 01-09-2017, 08:34 PM

I'm going to get a Eureka! Sunrise EX 6-Person Tent. Tent companies always over rate their tents for the number of people who can sleep in them.

It will be easy for me to set up by myself and have a place for my cot and everything I want to have in the tent with me.

I have a large Eureka tent that my wife and I used but it's hard for one person to set it up by themself. Eureka makes good 3 season tents.

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/produ...tabsCollection

4thIDvet · 01-09-2017, 10:20 PM

Tim's last camping trip pictures.

"Embassy Suites"

Two-Room suites
Complimentary drinks by the pool.
Complimentary full breakfast.

Pogo · 01-09-2017, 10:29 PM

You know me. I'm too old to change my ways. I enjoy being out in the bush listening to the animals at night.

I like being far away from other people

4thIDvet · 01-09-2017, 10:36 PM

I'm funning yah Pogo you know that..

I love camping myself but with this damn arthritis no way could I do it anymore. Lots of good year round camping down here in Florida but you would for sure have to bring Sam to scare away the dang bears all over the place down here.

Stoned_Oli · 01-10-2017, 07:43 AM

Eurekas are good tents. We had a river flowing under one on a rainy night and the inside stayed mostly dry.
The zipper finally went though... But we had quite a few trips out if it first.
The floor is thin so you need to lay down a tarp first.

Pogo · 01-10-2017, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoned_Oli

Eurekas are good tents. We had a river flowing under one on a rainy night and the inside stayed mostly dry.
The zipper finally went though... But we had quite a few trips out if it first.
The floor is thin so you need to lay down a tarp first.

I always lay a canvas under the tent and if I put an old piece of carpet in the areas where I walk. Agreed, you have to take care of the floor in any tent.

10 Bears · 01-10-2017, 09:31 AM

Wow, tents with floors? Well, okay, even the teepees had some floor coverings.
But there was a bit more room inside one of them.
Still, digging a runoff channel around the tent is a good idea, just in case.
Standard Boy Scout procedure.

Stoned_Oli · 01-10-2017, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by 10 Bears

Wow, tents with floors? Well, okay, even the teepees had some floor coverings.
But there was a bit more room inside one of them.
Still, digging a runoff channel around the tent is a good idea, just in case.
Standard Boy Scout procedure.

<s>Some</s> Most of our more "liberal" parks prohibit such environmentally destructive behavior...

That trip to Spring River in Arkansas, the runoff went where it wanted. We woke up to the tent bowing in enough to touch us! Good times...
We were about right here... https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3853.../data=!3m1!1e3
Great place, greedy ass campground though.
There was a picnic table attached to one of the islands right out from us, a great place to eat lunch.

Sanders · 01-10-2017, 02:42 PM

I'm getting soft in my older years.

I went from sleeping on the ground with nothing but a sleeping bag, to using a ground pad, then a 2-man tent, then a large canvas tent, and now a roof top tent. I was glad I was in it during our trip to Colorado, last fall, when a fairly large critter decided to rub up against the Xterra in the early morning hours. A big downpour washed away any tracks, but there were some indentations that looked like it could have been a bear. Normally, I'd suspect a cow, but there were no signs of cattle in the area.

Edit: The picture is at Mt. Withington in New Mexico, not Colorado.

10 Bears · 01-10-2017, 03:19 PM

That 'Roof Top Tent' is quite a system.
Does it stay attached to the roof when you repack it?
Or do you take the entire thing down and pack it on the ground.

Interesting concept, to say the least.

Sanders · 01-10-2017, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 10 Bears

That 'Roof Top Tent' is quite a system.
Does it stay attached to the roof when you repack it?
Or do you take the entire thing down and pack it on the ground.

Interesting concept, to say the least.

It just unfolds, then you hook up a couple frame components and add on the vestibule (if you want the extra space - which I put a propane heater in that radiates heat up into the tent to keep warm).

It stays bolted onto the roof rack. I leave my pillows and sleeping bags inside when I fold it up. It all tucks into a thick rubber cover.

10 Bears · 01-10-2017, 03:59 PM

Again, quite a concept. Folks create some of the greatest things that work well.
Never ceases to impress me on some of their inventions.

Pogo · 01-11-2017, 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stoned_Oli

~~Some~~ Most of our more "liberal" parks prohibit such environmentally destructive behavior...

That trip to Spring River in Arkansas, the runoff went where it wanted. We woke up to the tent bowing in enough to touch us! Good times...
We were about right here... https://www.google.com/maps/@36.3853.../data=!3m1!1e3
Great place, greedy ass campground though.
There was a picnic table attached to one of the islands right out from us, a great place to eat lunch.

Same thing happened to me several years ago. Believe it or not, the inside of my tent was dry. If the water had gotten a couple inches higher it would have came in through the window. It kept rising so we pulled up camp and left before it got any higher.

10 Bears · 01-11-2017, 10:33 AM

Wow John, past time to break camp. Was the road out easy to find?

aviator · 01-11-2017, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4thIDvet

Tim's last camping trip pictures.

"Embassy Suites"

Two-Room suites
Complimentary drinks by the pool.
Complimentary full breakfast.

damn, you sound like me! even the shittiest Holiday Inn beats a camping tent.

Wife wants to rent a motor home and do some traveling, I tell her we fly and rent a hotel and a car. I'm too old for unexpected excitements.

01-09-2017, 08:34 PM	#1
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 77,680	I'm going to get a new tent for camping I'm going to get a Eureka! Sunrise EX 6-Person Tent. Tent companies always over rate their tents for the number of people who can sleep in them. It will be easy for me to set up by myself and have a place for my cot and everything I want to have in the tent with me. I have a large Eureka tent that my wife and I used but it's hard for one person to set it up by themself. Eureka makes good 3 season tents. http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/produ...tabsCollection __________________ .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ..............… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

01-09-2017, 10:20 PM	#2
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 31,984	Tim's last camping trip pictures. "Embassy Suites" Two-Room suites Complimentary drinks by the pool. Complimentary full breakfast. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

01-10-2017, 07:43 AM	#5
Stoned_Oli King of S'marm Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Mid-Missouri Posts: 3,435	Eurekas are good tents. We had a river flowing under one on a rainy night and the inside stayed mostly dry. The zipper finally went though... But we had quite a few trips out if it first. The floor is thin so you need to lay down a tarp first. __________________ “But rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.” ~ Thomas Jefferson to Issac Tiffany, 1816

01-10-2017, 09:31 AM	#7
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,179	Wow, tents with floors? Well, okay, even the teepees had some floor coverings. But there was a bit more room inside one of them. Still, digging a runoff channel around the tent is a good idea, just in case. Standard Boy Scout procedure. __________________ We have replaced our Constitution with political agendas and political posturing and Washington, D.C., corruption. When it comes to evil, to tolerate is to accommodate, to accommodate is to appease, and to appease is to concede defeat. "Men find all kinds of ways to believe ANY absurdity!" 3

01-10-2017, 02:42 PM	#9
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 51,605	I'm getting soft in my older years. I went from sleeping on the ground with nothing but a sleeping bag, to using a ground pad, then a 2-man tent, then a large canvas tent, and now a roof top tent. I was glad I was in it during our trip to Colorado, last fall, when a fairly large critter decided to rub up against the Xterra in the early morning hours. A big downpour washed away any tracks, but there were some indentations that looked like it could have been a bear. Normally, I'd suspect a cow, but there were no signs of cattle in the area. Edit: The picture is at Mt. Withington in New Mexico, not Colorado. __________________ Μολών Λαβέ!! WWHBD "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

01-09-2017, 10:29 PM	#3
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 77,680	You know me. I'm too old to change my ways. I enjoy being out in the bush listening to the animals at night. I like being far away from other people

01-09-2017, 10:36 PM	#4
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 31,984	I'm funning yah Pogo you know that.. I love camping myself but with this damn arthritis no way could I do it anymore. Lots of good year round camping down here in Florida but you would for sure have to bring Sam to scare away the dang bears all over the place down here.

01-10-2017, 03:19 PM	#10
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,179	That 'Roof Top Tent' is quite a system. Does it stay attached to the roof when you repack it? Or do you take the entire thing down and pack it on the ground. Interesting concept, to say the least.

01-10-2017, 03:59 PM	#12
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,179	Again, quite a concept. Folks create some of the greatest things that work well. Never ceases to impress me on some of their inventions.

01-11-2017, 10:33 AM	#14
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,179	Wow John, past time to break camp. Was the road out easy to find?

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