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[MaryB]

Those air mattresses kill my back! I was at Walmart about a month ago and they had heavy duty cots on clearance for 20 bucks. I always wanted one so I picked it up to try. It’s pretty nice. I think it’s 6 1/2 feet long and holds up to 350 pounds. Sure beats sleeping on the ground when I was a Cub Scout. If it lasts one outing it paid for itself! I remember we at least got cots at week camp during Boy Scouts. I tried sleeping on the ground on a sandbar a couple years ago. I ended up “trying” to sleep in a folding chair.

I bought a pull behind Aristocrat 22 foot camper for 400 bucks the last time I got drawn for bear hunting. That thing was worth its weight in gold. The first night we pulled up it poured rain like somebody was beating on a tin shed. Glad I picked that up and got rid of my $150 pop-up camper that I sold for 400 to pay for this one. I ended up selling it for $1200 a few years after bear hunting.

Camped on a sandbar in the river... we always took 3-4 small boats. All of the women slept in a boat after I talked to them... guys ignored the weather forecast and tossed a sleeping bag on the sand... river came up 2 feet overnight and they all woke up soaking wet. They listened to me after that... could sleep 2 to a boat by packing gear between the bench style seats to make a platform. Or we pulled up on the bank where we had 6' of rise to be above any flash flooding. Those low sandbar islands were only 1 foot above the water. Great to catfish off of but bad for sleeping!

[waksupi]

I've lived in tipis, wall tents, and wedge tents for extended periods. Longest stretch was 18 months in a tipi.
Wall tents are the most comfortable camps. I had to give up tents, and went to a small camper. Setting up a tent would absolutely exhaust me, and would have to lay down for an hour to recover.
Getting old sucks.

[jreidthompson1]

Camco olympian wave catalytic heaters may be of interest. Comes in 3 sizes. Runs a long time on 20lbs based on what I've read.

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[SSGOldfart]

It's CO that gets you not CO2.

Yes Sir my bad. thanks for the correction

[MaryB]

Yes Sir my bad. thanks for the correction

Actually CO2 in to high of a concentration is bad too...

[MightyThor]

Tents are terrific except in bear country. Not even talking grizzly here, Had a black bear go through a tent once, what a mess. No Food or drink, but the darn thing went in after the Wife's lotion. I still tent camp occasionally but the wife is a hard side girl now.

[waksupi]

Tents are terrific except in bear country. Not even talking grizzly here, Had a black bear go through a tent once, what a mess. No Food or drink, but the darn thing went in after the Wife's lotion. I still tent camp occasionally but the wife is a hard side girl now.

A friend was logging on the south fork of the Flathead, and staying in a trailer. A bear peeled the camper like a banana and helped it's self.

[GregLaROCHE]

I used to sleep out on gravel bars and wake up with a certain part of my anatomy stiff. Now when I wake up, it’s the only part that’s not stiff. I think I’ve gotten past the point of enjoying sleeping on the ground. When I think about all the stuff I would like to have to be comfortable in a tent, I think a small travel trailer would make the most sense for me.

[alfadan]

I used to sleep out on gravel bars and wake up with a certain part of my anatomy stiff. Now when I wake up, it’s the only part that’s not stiff. I think I’ve gotten past the point of enjoying sleeping on the ground. When I think about all the stuff I would like to have to be comfortable in a tent, I think a small travel trailer would make the most sense for me.

Eh, keeps you from rolling in the water!

[Frank V]

A friend was logging on the south fork of the Flathead, and staying in a trailer. A bear peeled the camper like a banana and helped it's self.

Bears are becoming more of a problem these days.
One of the best times I had tent camping was archery elk hunting with a friend in his wall tent. He had a pellet stove & we stayed nice & warm.

[Omega]

I never camped out for the camping part, just as a means to somethig else, usually fishing or hunting. I have a travel trailer parked at my hunting spot where I would spend the night but would go home for dinner, a shower and return in the evening. I bought a new property that is 2.5 hours away, so I have to camp out there all the way through my fishing or hunting excursion. I planned on getting another travel trailer to leave out there but it's in a conservation area and you can't leave anything there, besides, my other trailer was broken into and they stole a bunch of my hunting gear so am not leaving anything out there anyway. I usually hunt/fish alone, so it's just me to take care of so I have a few small tents, and a larger one that I can take. I threw one in the truck when I went to meet the conservation guys out there so they could approve my hunting camp site.

It was much too small, as I can't sleep on a bed roll anymore so I have an air mattress, had to let out a bunch of air so I could close the opening, you can see it pushing on the back wall.


Had to start a fire, it dropped down to 30 degrees after being in the 70s all day.


The second time I went up there, to prep a camp site (plant grass), I brought my truck tent, much, much better and don't have to worry about any critters getting into the tent when I am not looking.


These tents are great, it rained for about three hours and not a drop of water got in, or under the tent, it goes right outside the truck bed.


This time I planned to stay for a couple days, so setup the kitchen, these BlackStone grills are great, highly recommend them, but a bit much for just me, I think I will just use the campfire next time.

[MightyThor]

A friend was logging on the south fork of the Flathead, and staying in a trailer. A bear peeled the camper like a banana and helped it's self.

yep, seen a couple of cars with the doors nearly pulled off too. Youtube has videos.

[Idaho45guy]

The second time I went up there, to prep a camp site (plant grass), I brought my truck tent, much, much better and don't have to worry about any critters getting into the tent when I am not looking.


These tents are great, it rained for about three hours and not a drop of water got in, or under the tent, it goes right outside the truck bed.


This time I planned to stay for a couple days, so setup the kitchen, these BlackStone grills are great, highly recommend them, but a bit much for just me, I think I will just use the campfire next time.

I have the same tent. But, I don't have a pickup. I bought it for my utility trailer and it works great...

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