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Post by Niemz on Jun 22, 2009 11:42:39 GMT -6
Which do you prefer?
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Post by earthcrusher on Jun 22, 2009 14:45:47 GMT -6
Tents. I like the set up and take down and not being as limited as you are with a camper. However, as I am getting older, campers are starting to appeal to me.
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Post by Decind on Jun 22, 2009 15:56:18 GMT -6
I like the old fashioned tent camping method.
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Post by Niemz on Jun 22, 2009 20:28:59 GMT -6
I have a hard time sleeping on the ground, my back always complains...
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Post by Decind on Jun 23, 2009 0:30:45 GMT -6
Just need some cushion. I like the feeling of roughing it. I have bad luck with air beds, bed rolls are the way to go.
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Post by earthcrusher on Jun 23, 2009 17:44:35 GMT -6
I like my camping cots.
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Post by Kitty on Sept 1, 2012 0:27:02 GMT -6
Actually this camping trip will be both. My parents have a camper & I get the tent. It's really nice - kinda like having my own room. My parents & my kiddo sleep in the camper, and I get the tent all to myself. It's really nice when my 2 nieces visit for a few days as well that camper is large, but it gets crowded fast.
I'll have to get a cot, my air mattress has a leak. Cot gives you a bit of storage space too. I won't really be roughing it though. I'll have an extension cord run into my tent - mostly for school stuff, but the campground has wifi & I love getting on here to post b4 bed ^..^.
Oh, and my parents' friends also go camping with us (with their trailer). My dad & Jim have been friends since high school & now their fishing/camping buddies. I get to go fishing with them sometimes too - guess ill post more about all of that in the other threads.
So, back on topic. I do like to tent camp, but when I asked my friends if they wanted to go with . . . None of them wanted to sleep outside, in the woods, on the ground. *sigh* One of the girls I know, suggested having a "camp-in" I think she called it. Where I guess you have a sleepover-type party at a hotel. Needless to say I was perplexed by such a suggestion. My type of camping is mostly free (except food & gasoline) & she wanted to spend like $80/night just on a room (food etc. not included). I told her that really wasn't the same thing. Her response "Well yea, my idea is way funner". *rolls eyes* Didn't know funner was a word. *shakes head*. Glad to say, she is mearly an acquaintance.
Anyways. Hope that's not too much for one post. ^..^"
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Post by Niemz on Sept 1, 2012 19:17:08 GMT -6
I have a memory foam mattress on a queen sized bed. No tents for me!
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Post by Decind on Sept 2, 2012 10:41:36 GMT -6
Living large in the Dutchmen!
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Post by Kitty on Sept 5, 2012 23:48:21 GMT -6
LOL on this last camping trip with my family in June, I usually sleep in the back of the truck. Platform with a queen sized air mattress (soo comfy). However, this year the spiders took over the back & were hatching all over the inside of the camper shell. I have an intensely severe fear of spiders. So, I freaked & got out quicker than is humaly possible.
So, for the rest of the trip I slept inside my parents' trailer, on the floor, next to my munchkin (parents get the bed, Grammy gets the couch, & kiddo & I get the kitchen floor).
Oh, I should point out that normally I would sleep in my tent, but this particular campground doesn't allow tents on the same sites as campers. Tents have designated "tent spaces" (they cost quite a bit).
Anyways. This month's camping trip allows me to have my tent ;D.
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Post by Niemz on Sept 6, 2012 18:16:46 GMT -6
i am nota fan of spiders either...
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Post by Decind on Sept 10, 2012 22:12:33 GMT -6
My goal is to sleep in the back of my truck with the topper on. I did sleep in the back seat of the truck a couple of years back. Niemz watched my dog, I had one too many beers.
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Post by Kitty on Sept 12, 2012 0:29:08 GMT -6
I also have camped in the back of my car. I have a Subaru Outback. My back seats lay flat, & then I have enough room for a queen-sized air mattress LOL.
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Post by Decind on Sept 12, 2012 0:33:12 GMT -6
Cool. They make tents for trucks. But if I have a topper, what is the point? They also make an air mattress that will fit in the bed of a full-size pick-up. So many options.
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Post by Kitty on Sept 13, 2012 11:16:58 GMT -6
I always wanted a Chevy 4-full door pickup with an 8ft bed that I never had to make. Oh, and I wanted to mod it with monster truck tires or a sic lift kit LOL. That was a long time ago - now gas is waayy too pricey. $$$
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