camping/tent stuff question

[Emo EMAW]

I've been wanting one of these:  http://www.autohomeus.com/roof-top-tent/



You could get down some nasty roads, actually turn around.  The trailer pull thing is for people who don't really want to be outside.

[kansas_troll_patrol]

I just got a small RV for my family.  This is new for us and I'm excited & nervous.  I would love any tips or ideas from fellow local RVers.  I think our first weekend or two will be somewhere local.  I'm sure we'll learn a lot then.

[star seed 7]

Great place to stick the in-laws during the holidays

[mocat]

this thread has exploded into my awareness

[Institutional Control]

I just got a small RV for my family.  This is new for us and I'm excited & nervous.  I would love any tips or ideas from fellow local RVers.  I think our first weekend or two will be somewhere local.  I'm sure we'll learn a lot then.

So, I guess you decided you don't really want to be outside. 

[star seed 7]

following classic stevedave mode i asked for advice and then ignored everyone and did what i wanted. got the coleman 8man instant tent thing. pretty nice. took it out last weekend and it survived some rain and stuff w/ no problem. caught some fish. 1 bass. 6 cat. 3 bluegill. also a caught a turtle. also you guys guess what? they make glow in the dark bobbers. mind blown. what a country!

I'm glad we got this resolution to the OP, but now I want to know what amazing camping journeys master camper daris has been keeping from us for the last 6 years.

[mocat]

one time i went camping as a kid and one of the dads rented a gorilla costume and scared the living crap out of all the kids. never been camping since.

amaze

[MakeItRain]

this thread has exploded into my awareness

Same, 9 pages and I've never seen it.

[sys]

I just got a small RV for my family.  This is new for us and I'm excited & nervous.  I would love any tips or ideas from fellow local RVers.  I think our first weekend or two will be somewhere local.  I'm sure we'll learn a lot then.

parked on a residential street outside your children or grandchildren's house in fresno seems like a popular option, but i dunno.

[Dr Rick Daris]

following classic stevedave mode i asked for advice and then ignored everyone and did what i wanted. got the coleman 8man instant tent thing. pretty nice. took it out last weekend and it survived some rain and stuff w/ no problem. caught some fish. 1 bass. 6 cat. 3 bluegill. also a caught a turtle. also you guys guess what? they make glow in the dark bobbers. mind blown. what a country!

I'm glad we got this resolution to the OP, but now I want to know what amazing camping journeys master camper daris has been keeping from us for the last 6 years.

true story alert***

since then i bought a nice backpack, lightweight tent, water filter plus other hiking stuff and have hiked eagle rock loop in arkansas twice with a couple of friends. 30 miles up over and around. did both hikes in about 2.5 days and two nights each time. some of the best days of my life.   

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arkansas/eagle-rock-loop-trail

[Dr Rick Daris]

I just got a small RV for my family.  This is new for us and I'm excited & nervous.  I would love any tips or ideas from fellow local RVers.  I think our first weekend or two will be somewhere local.  I'm sure we'll learn a lot then.

congrats ktp! looks fun.

[ben ji]

gonna be honest. no one in this thread has mentioned anything that qualifies as actual camping.

Does eating berries you found and wiping your ass with leaves qualify?  Seems like it would make the experience even less enjoyable,which always struck me as sort of the point of camping.  "That's not real camping son, you gotta punch yourself in your own face while you do it and then we can talk. It ain't camping if'n it ain't awful is what my daddy always used to say."

  We need bread back.

[mocat]

following classic stevedave mode i asked for advice and then ignored everyone and did what i wanted. got the coleman 8man instant tent thing. pretty nice. took it out last weekend and it survived some rain and stuff w/ no problem. caught some fish. 1 bass. 6 cat. 3 bluegill. also a caught a turtle. also you guys guess what? they make glow in the dark bobbers. mind blown. what a country!

I'm glad we got this resolution to the OP, but now I want to know what amazing camping journeys master camper daris has been keeping from us for the last 6 years.

true story alert***

since then i bought a nice backpack, lightweight tent, water filter plus other hiking stuff and have hiked eagle rock loop in arkansas twice with a couple of friends. 30 miles up over and around. did both hikes in about 2.5 days and two nights each time. some of the best days of my life.   

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arkansas/eagle-rock-loop-trail

Sounds amazing! Tell us about your gear

[cfbandyman]

That lil RV looks great. It's amazing how expensive even the little guys are 

My friends and I did a ton of camping last summer (typical covid move) and it was quite a lot of fun. Mostly local stuff around the KC area (Jocomo, Hillsdale, Clinton) and a time out a Tuttle, but still, was good to get out. We all used tents, which wasn't too bad. We just got sites in the RV areas and partied it up, Days we went out to lots of Kansas history sites (like Osawatomie, Lecompton) and the like. Was fun, we hope to push further into KS like Council Grove, Kanopolis, etc.

[ben ji]

Cross post from the farm thread but this beautiful masterpiece from meade kansas has been sitting in a barn on our farm without use for about 30 years.

My dad has been talking about buying a full bed pickup to haul it around since I was a kid but has yet to pull the trigger.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Cross post from the farm thread but this beautiful masterpiece from meade kansas has been sitting in a barn on our farm without use for about 30 years.

My dad has been talking about buying a full bed pickup to haul it around since I was a kid but has yet to pull the trigger.

That might be a super valuable antique. Very interesting.

[Institutional Control]

I wanted to buy a camper that fit in the bed of my truck but my wife vetoed it.  Sad.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

following classic stevedave mode i asked for advice and then ignored everyone and did what i wanted. got the coleman 8man instant tent thing. pretty nice. took it out last weekend and it survived some rain and stuff w/ no problem. caught some fish. 1 bass. 6 cat. 3 bluegill. also a caught a turtle. also you guys guess what? they make glow in the dark bobbers. mind blown. what a country!

I'm glad we got this resolution to the OP, but now I want to know what amazing camping journeys master camper daris has been keeping from us for the last 6 years.

true story alert***

since then i bought a nice backpack, lightweight tent, water filter plus other hiking stuff and have hiked eagle rock loop in arkansas twice with a couple of friends. 30 miles up over and around. did both hikes in about 2.5 days and two nights each time. some of the best days of my life.   

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/arkansas/eagle-rock-loop-trail

Sounds amazing! Tell us about your gear

pls post pics where you lay out all of the gear that you use for a trip like this. would love to do through hiking like the Colorado Trail sometime. Mrs SSOC likes to hike but prefers to sleep inside an actual building at night.

[saracd112]

recommend the most comfortable air/tent mattress thing you can think of along with one that is not as good but costs half as much.

I have Big Agnes air mattress right now, which is super comfortable, pretty easy to blow up even after a day of backpacking (but I would spring for self inflating if I was still doing this a lot) and folds up to the size of a Nalgene bottle. 

It's great, but I wish I had known about this one before I bought it:

http://www.klymit.com/index.php/products-1/sleeping-pads/static-v.html

Would love to have this chamber pattern, so you don't slip around.

They don't get a whole lot cheaper than $60, but there are always end-of-year sales, Sierra Trading Post, Steep and Cheap, The Clymb, etc.

Actually this sounds like a hell of deal (half the price of original recommendation as requested) and has great reviews, and Sierra Trading Post has 35% off promo codes on the reg.

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/hyalite-equipment-classic-sleeping-pad-regular-air-channel~p~5825k/?filterString=sleeping-pads~d~210%2F&colorFamily=01

i have a couple of twin sized air mattresses in my basement that i never use. maybe strap one to my sled and then take it out and load it up in the tent. thoughts? will park rangers cuss me out or other campers make fun of me though? that worries me.

Totally acceptable.

For car camping/cuddling, I bought this: http://www.sierratradingpost.com/alps-mountaineering-air-bed-queen-rechargeable-pump~p~4195f/?filterString=sleeping-pads~d~210%2F S'ok, I dunno. Rechargeable battery lasts forever. Seems to hold air reasonably well, but it will still be relatively soft in the morning.

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