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RE: age related tenting question
I'm 65 and DH is 68. We're still tent camping and canoeing. Along about when I got near 50, we got an air mattress. It made a world of difference. When we're camping in cooler climates like this past June in the Sierra Nevada, we open up a down sleeping bag under us. We had a down comforter and a fiberfill sleeping bag over us. We were toasty warm even though it was pretty nippy and there was snow on the ground.
We fly wherever we're going to camp so I try to keep the weight down. When we were much younger, we didn't have chairs and a table, but now we do and it's so much better.
Since I like to boondock camp, I got a toilet contraption from REI. That was where I was having the most difficulty as I got older. It looks kind of like a snack table with a nylon top and a hole in the middle. It even has a padded seat. Since our aluminum roll up table is heavy to put in the luggage, we started buying or acquiring a piece of plywood to put over the toilet and use as a table. It works fine and isn't too low.
I don't plan to give up tent camping any time soon and already have my next trip - to Utah - in the works.
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islandpaddler
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08/15/11 06:23pm |
Tent Camping
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RE: Where are we going wrong?
Just to add my two cents. We're still tent camping at 65 and 68, and since we live in the Caribbean we have to fly or ship our stuff to where we're going. That means we have to keep the weight down. I sleep better in my tent with the air mattress than I do in my bed at home.
We just came back from three weeks in California, where we got there just about the start of the next ice age. Only kidding, of course, but we are never cold at night using an air mattress with a sueded top. On top of that we put a fiberfill sleeping bag opened up flat with a sheet over that. On top of us, we had the queen-size down comforter with its cover and a down mummy bag opened flat. I sleep in a hat to keep my head warm.
In was really chilly in the Sierra Nevada and there was still snow on the hills, but the night sky was gorgeous and we weren't the least bit cold at night. Getting up in the morning was another matter, but that's why you have heat in the car. Actually, it was really chilly everywhere, though it warmed up the week after we left.
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islandpaddler
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07/03/11 06:26pm |
Tent Camping
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RE: Sheldon creek BLM near Hopland, CA ?
Lake Sonoma is $10 a night, but I think Golden Age cards or whatever they call them now work at Army Corps campgrounds. That would probably make it $5 then if you have a card. Here's the link.
http://www.spn.usace.army.mil/lake_sonoma/docs/libertyglen.pdf
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islandpaddler
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03/28/11 01:43pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Sheldon creek BLM near Hopland, CA ?
Hopland is also home to Real Goods Solar Living Center if you're into alternatiave energy. We're planning to stop by there when we're in the area in June, and I too was thinking of camping at Sheldon Creek. We're tenting, but I had concerns about safety given its remoteness so I'd be interested in knowing more too. There's also camping at Lake Sonoma, which is on the western side of Route 101. It's an Army Corps of Engineers campground.
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islandpaddler
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03/25/11 06:20pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: How to find BLM land?
Did you try www.publiclands.org. It's only the western states, but the maps point out which agency owns land and where.
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islandpaddler
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02/28/11 12:38pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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