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AJR
Dec 21, 2017Explorer
A couple that did a lot of tent camping talked the wife & I into a camping weekend. The last time we had camped was with the father-in-laws heavy canvas pole tent on the sand. On a beach in southern Oregon. What a beautiful evening that was watching the sun set shine through the tent door.
Well we did not have a tent this time. I think the Father-in-laws tent rotted out because of the way we folded it. So we went to a “surplus” store and bought what I thought was a nice light nylon tent. I am sure we had a wonderful meal and talk that evening evening at the heavily wooded campground. But at sunset it started to rain. And rain it did. With thunder and lightening. More rain and thunder and lightening. At some point we decided the new tent had a leak. So we moved around trying to avoid it. That did not work. Finally I pointed the flashlight straight up and all you could see was mist coming through the tent top everywhere!
We then moved the sleeping bags, now soaked, to the Chevy Citation hatchback (remember those?) and tried to get some sleep while it rained and rained all night.
The wife did not want to “camp” again until we glamped in a 30” Class C many years later when the kids were ten & seven.
Today I know IF the tent had a fly things would have been much different.
Well we did not have a tent this time. I think the Father-in-laws tent rotted out because of the way we folded it. So we went to a “surplus” store and bought what I thought was a nice light nylon tent. I am sure we had a wonderful meal and talk that evening evening at the heavily wooded campground. But at sunset it started to rain. And rain it did. With thunder and lightening. More rain and thunder and lightening. At some point we decided the new tent had a leak. So we moved around trying to avoid it. That did not work. Finally I pointed the flashlight straight up and all you could see was mist coming through the tent top everywhere!
We then moved the sleeping bags, now soaked, to the Chevy Citation hatchback (remember those?) and tried to get some sleep while it rained and rained all night.
The wife did not want to “camp” again until we glamped in a 30” Class C many years later when the kids were ten & seven.
Today I know IF the tent had a fly things would have been much different.
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