Tent or Camper - Page 3

gunney_m · 10-25-2007, 11:20 PM

Camper.

billy · 10-26-2007, 06:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zen900

What's the easiest, smallest, lightest setup to produce a cup of coffee when you get out of your tent in the morning? Something so simple as a cup of coffee requires many items it seems. I wascurious if anyone had perfected a system that didn't require much packing.

ive used those coffee things that look like tea bags.
it makes a decent cuppa joe.

mrbassantlers · 10-26-2007, 09:03 AM

I have a tent that's pretty nice, my wife always tells me "have fun camping, I'm not going until you get a camper!"

WolfHuntress · 10-26-2007, 12:29 PM

Tent for sure and certain. You need roads for a camper, but get the right kind of tent and you can take it anywhere.

RagdollOp · 10-29-2007, 11:14 PM

Tent! All the way!

Big Dog · 10-30-2007, 04:33 AM

I just did a roadtrip up into north Alabama, to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds. We went by motorcycle, tent camping three nights. Had a great time!
We were able to tuck ourselves into a quiet corner in each of two campgrounds, and had a nice quiet night's rest in the 'primitive camping' areas.
My little Bivytent from Sportsman's Guide did fairly well - though I did break two plastic pegs in that rocky 'Bama ground! Luckily a prior tenant in our spot kindly left a half-dozen wire pegs - saved my keister!

Did the whole trip on a C-note - try that dragging a camper for 600+ miles . . .

khahn79 · 11-15-2007, 10:48 PM

TENT! (w/ an air mattress) We have 3 little ones (ages 7, 3 and 11 months) and they beg to go camping as much as possible. My husband is a nurse, so that means working alot of weekends but we go at least once a month spring-fall. Our youngest was a born camper... she's happier at the campsite than she is at home! I keep all our gear in plastic totes so all we have to do is pack our clothes and food and hit the road. With three kids and one income, money is sometimes tight so camping is a very economical family activity. Some of our best family time is spent sitting around the camp fire at night. I love that my kids are learning the joys of camping and hiking. My husband was raised "a city slicker" so he teases me that I've brought out his inner redneck.

There's just nothing better than listening to the sounds of the forest in that tent at night. Wouldn't trade those trips for anything in the world!
And as to the "facilities"... well I caught our 3 yr old "watering a tree" in our front yard last week! His response, of course, was "that's what I do when we're camping"!

rckymtnboy · 11-16-2007, 03:13 AM

I grew up tent camping, did it for almost thirty years and LOVED it...until I bought a 23' travel trailer and realized how much more I can enjoy camping. I don't have to worry about getting there at least a couple hours before dark to allow for setting up the tent, messing with coolers and ice, packing all the cooking equipment, etc. Now, I simply park, put down the jacks, and enjoy. Spend a lot more time camping, and a lot less time setting up and tearing down. Not to mention, it takes a lot of the STRESS out of it all, like battling over how to set a tent up with your significant other! Oh yah, did I mention, FLUSHING TOILETS??? LOL. You can still enjoy the experience of camping, and IMO, more of it when it's that easy. You're still waking up to the sounds and smells of the forest, sitting around a campfire til the wee hours of the morning, you just don't wake up with a pine cone stuck in the middle of your back, or soaked from the river that developed overnight under your tent from the rain.

Big Dog · 11-16-2007, 04:29 AM

"you just don't wake up with a pine cone stuck in the middle of your back, or soaked from the river that developed overnight under your tent from the rain."

Heck, you're taking all the 'fun' out of it!

rckymtnboy · 11-16-2007, 04:51 AM

Yah, Big Dog, when I was 12, that was fun, hell it's what made it an adventure! Now...not so much. I actually went through a North Dakota tornado in a tent when I was that age, now THAT was an adventure!!!

andrew cochran · 11-21-2007, 01:02 PM

Me I don't use either!

Really it is quite simple. It don't tast just like it does at home but close. Just packe ground coffee. Put some ground coffee and water to boil. Let the granuls settle and pour off the good coffee!

billy · 11-21-2007, 06:19 PM

camper
but only if it has a fully stocked bar,complete kitchen, and all the hot water i can use.
oh yeah... and fluffy pillows.

jerry · 11-21-2007, 07:03 PM

When did you see my camper billy?

billy · 11-21-2007, 08:08 PM

hell that sounds like my house.
and i live in the woods......
hey! im campin!

Big Dog · 11-22-2007, 06:28 PM

If you ain't on the ground, you ain't "camping"!

billy · 11-22-2007, 06:32 PM

oh ok........

Big Dog · 11-23-2007, 06:36 PM

I josh with y'all, but my experiences with Campers has been less than satisfactory. When you stand 6'4", the camper's bunks tend to be too cramped. Those tight bathroom facilities aren't to my liking either.
I tend to like to go places that make a camper not a good choice too.
Last time I spent a night in one, the glare of other vehicle's headlights, and the rush as they went past, conspired to give me a less than optimum night's sleep . . .

So I'm understandably biased.

SueMe · 12-04-2007, 08:01 PM

My husband and I have camped with tents, slide in truck campers, trailers and now we have a 1991 Journey 35' motorhome. We take all the motorcycle and occasionally the Jeep to go places we can't with our motorhome. The ground has gotten much too hard over the years. I prefer not to be on the ground anymore.

LiveToShoot · 12-04-2007, 08:13 PM

I grew up camping nearly every weekend in the late spring through early fall.

At first it was in a slide-in camper when really young, then on the ground with blankets, back in a camper again, in a very small trailer, a motor home for a month, then a longer 32' trailer (an eleven month outing), then back to tenting in a double-wall mountaineering tent.

We've been wind swept where it almost carried us away, rained on very hard and I thought we'd be washed into the river (pitched next to the river on a dirt bank), snowed on in the middle of winter, early spring and then late fall, and even got fried in a tent during an outing in Texas heat one summer.

My wife and I would like to get another trailer, so everything is already loaded up and we can just take off...and use the tent as a backup for hiking campouts.

We're starting to notice how the ground keeps getting harder as we get older, even with a nice sleeping bag mattress.

OldTimer · 12-09-2007, 07:44 PM

I prefer my Apex-2. My other-1/2 prefers the Marriot but compromised with a Space Star "pop-up". Guess which I use more often?

(Hint: the camper has been in mothballs for 3 years). Yep, I only camp with my son's Boy Scouts now.

10-26-2007, 09:03 AM	#43
mrbassantlers Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: north central Oklahoma Posts: 84	I have a tent that's pretty nice, my wife always tells me "have fun camping, I'm not going until you get a camper!" __________________ Never try to teach a pig to sing.... it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

10-26-2007, 12:29 PM	#44
WolfHuntress Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: PA Posts: 59	Tent for sure and certain. You need roads for a camper, but get the right kind of tent and you can take it anywhere. __________________ "Everyone feels benevolent if nothing happens to be annoying him at the moment." (C.S. Lewis)

10-30-2007, 04:33 AM	#46
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	I just did a roadtrip up into north Alabama, to the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum in Leeds. We went by motorcycle, tent camping three nights. Had a great time! We were able to tuck ourselves into a quiet corner in each of two campgrounds, and had a nice quiet night's rest in the 'primitive camping' areas. My little Bivytent from Sportsman's Guide did fairly well - though I did break two plastic pegs in that rocky 'Bama ground! Luckily a prior tenant in our spot kindly left a half-dozen wire pegs - saved my keister! Did the whole trip on a C-note - try that dragging a camper for 600+ miles . . . __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

11-16-2007, 03:13 AM	#48
rckymtnboy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I am a dual resident. Posts: 340 Images: 20	I grew up tent camping, did it for almost thirty years and LOVED it...until I bought a 23' travel trailer and realized how much more I can enjoy camping. I don't have to worry about getting there at least a couple hours before dark to allow for setting up the tent, messing with coolers and ice, packing all the cooking equipment, etc. Now, I simply park, put down the jacks, and enjoy. Spend a lot more time camping, and a lot less time setting up and tearing down. Not to mention, it takes a lot of the STRESS out of it all, like battling over how to set a tent up with your significant other! Oh yah, did I mention, FLUSHING TOILETS??? LOL. You can still enjoy the experience of camping, and IMO, more of it when it's that easy. You're still waking up to the sounds and smells of the forest, sitting around a campfire til the wee hours of the morning, you just don't wake up with a pine cone stuck in the middle of your back, or soaked from the river that developed overnight under your tent from the rain. __________________ When they come for my guns, I'll give 'em the bullets first!

11-16-2007, 04:29 AM	#49
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	"you just don't wake up with a pine cone stuck in the middle of your back, or soaked from the river that developed overnight under your tent from the rain." Heck, you're taking all the 'fun' out of it! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

10-25-2007, 11:20 PM	#41
gunney_m Banned Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Muskogee,Ok Posts: 1,931	Camper.

10-29-2007, 11:14 PM	#45
RagdollOp Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 26	Tent! All the way!

11-15-2007, 10:48 PM	#47
khahn79 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 179	TENT! (w/ an air mattress) We have 3 little ones (ages 7, 3 and 11 months) and they beg to go camping as much as possible. My husband is a nurse, so that means working alot of weekends but we go at least once a month spring-fall. Our youngest was a born camper... she's happier at the campsite than she is at home! I keep all our gear in plastic totes so all we have to do is pack our clothes and food and hit the road. With three kids and one income, money is sometimes tight so camping is a very economical family activity. Some of our best family time is spent sitting around the camp fire at night. I love that my kids are learning the joys of camping and hiking. My husband was raised "a city slicker" so he teases me that I've brought out his inner redneck. There's just nothing better than listening to the sounds of the forest in that tent at night. Wouldn't trade those trips for anything in the world! And as to the "facilities"... well I caught our 3 yr old "watering a tree" in our front yard last week! His response, of course, was "that's what I do when we're camping"!

11-16-2007, 04:51 AM	#50
rckymtnboy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: I am a dual resident. Posts: 340 Images: 20	Yah, Big Dog, when I was 12, that was fun, hell it's what made it an adventure! Now...not so much. I actually went through a North Dakota tornado in a tent when I was that age, now THAT was an adventure!!! __________________ When they come for my guns, I'll give 'em the bullets first!

11-21-2007, 01:02 PM	#51
andrew cochran Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Little town in ARKANSAW! Posts: 2,161	Me I don't use either! Really it is quite simple. It don't tast just like it does at home but close. Just packe ground coffee. Put some ground coffee and water to boil. Let the granuls settle and pour off the good coffee! Last edited by andrew cochran; 11-21-2007 at 01:06 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

11-21-2007, 06:19 PM	#52
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,203 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	camper but only if it has a fully stocked bar,complete kitchen, and all the hot water i can use. oh yeah... and fluffy pillows. __________________

11-21-2007, 07:03 PM	#53
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,899 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	When did you see my camper billy?

11-21-2007, 08:08 PM	#54
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,203 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	hell that sounds like my house. and i live in the woods...... hey! im campin! __________________

11-22-2007, 06:28 PM	#55
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	If you ain't on the ground, you ain't "camping"! __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

11-22-2007, 06:32 PM	#56
billy spiritual counselor Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: a secret lab on the shores of lake titicaca Posts: 12,203 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 146	oh ok........ __________________

11-23-2007, 06:36 PM	#57
Big Dog Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tallahassee, Florida Posts: 10,219	I josh with y'all, but my experiences with Campers has been less than satisfactory. When you stand 6'4", the camper's bunks tend to be too cramped. Those tight bathroom facilities aren't to my liking either. I tend to like to go places that make a camper not a good choice too. Last time I spent a night in one, the glare of other vehicle's headlights, and the rush as they went past, conspired to give me a less than optimum night's sleep . . . So I'm understandably biased. __________________ Moderator of: AR15/M16, M14/M1A, New/Beginning Shooters and Militaria/Collectables.

12-04-2007, 08:01 PM	#58
SueMe Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Pine River ,Minnesota Posts: 34	My husband and I have camped with tents, slide in truck campers, trailers and now we have a 1991 Journey 35' motorhome. We take all the motorcycle and occasionally the Jeep to go places we can't with our motorhome. The ground has gotten much too hard over the years. I prefer not to be on the ground anymore.

12-04-2007, 08:13 PM	#59
LiveToShoot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Northwest USA Posts: 2,071	I grew up camping nearly every weekend in the late spring through early fall. At first it was in a slide-in camper when really young, then on the ground with blankets, back in a camper again, in a very small trailer, a motor home for a month, then a longer 32' trailer (an eleven month outing), then back to tenting in a double-wall mountaineering tent. We've been wind swept where it almost carried us away, rained on very hard and I thought we'd be washed into the river (pitched next to the river on a dirt bank), snowed on in the middle of winter, early spring and then late fall, and even got fried in a tent during an outing in Texas heat one summer. My wife and I would like to get another trailer, so everything is already loaded up and we can just take off...and use the tent as a backup for hiking campouts. We're starting to notice how the ground keeps getting harder as we get older, even with a nice sleeping bag mattress. __________________ "Happiness is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." -Unknown

12-09-2007, 07:44 PM	#60
OldTimer Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 135	I prefer my Apex-2. My other-1/2 prefers the Marriot but compromised with a Space Star "pop-up". Guess which I use more often? (Hint: the camper has been in mothballs for 3 years). Yep, I only camp with my son's Boy Scouts now. __________________ I support PETA: People Eating Tasty Animals George...