Tree limb vs Roof, Tree wins

temccarthy1 wrote:

CavemanCharlie wrote:

Doug33 wrote:
There are very few non-tree sites in the campgrounds we like to frequent.

I grew up on, and still live on the prairie. To me, it's not really camping if you are not under the trees. I go camping to get away from the sun and set in the shade by the lake. lol

After my bad experience I have learned to look up at the trees and park my TT accordingly. There is still no guarantee of course. It's just a risk I have to take to go have fun .

I just went out camping, under the trees, this Saturday. On Nov 15 in MN !!! It was 60 during the day and 50 at night. Not very many years around here that I can do that. No leaves left on the trees though. lol

I agree with Doug and Charlie that to me and my wife, we ALWAYS look for wooded campgrounds. The more trees, the better.. After 25 years of sleeping under the tree limbs in a pop up with nothing but canvas between us and the outside, we never thought of something like this happening. Never had a branch fall on us.. ever! Now, on our 2nd use of the new TT, it happened. Like you, we won't change our camping habits since I look at this the same as lightening hitting your house..... ooops.. That has happened to us twice too... 2 different houses.. one in NJ and one in Texas... Oh well...at least a TT has a solid roof which will hopefully stop any limbs from totally coming through if it ever happens again.. I know I will look up to make sure there is no evidence of dead limbs above us from now on!Safe camping to all

That brought back a memory ! I have traveled extensively by motorcycle, and have done a lot of camping in a tent while on bike trips. One night in a very nice CG outside of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, a wind storm came up, and dropped a rather large limb right next to my tent ! Needless to say, I was darned glad it missed me and the motorcycle, even if it was just by mere feet. Sometimes it pays to be lucky.