RE: Going camping around the US in a tent!!!

[chasd60]

 birol

 

ORIGINAL:  birol
 
 Chasd60,
 
 Are we going to see some pictures of this exciting adventure ? And what happened to your website ?  I can t find your nature pictures anymore ......
 

Hi Birol,
 I will have tons of pics when we get back. The pictures on my web page were never linked. They are here
 http://userpages.prexar.com/chasd/camden.html
 http://userpages.prexar.com/chasd/camden2.html
 
 And the pics I took when I went to Manhattan to volunteer on 9/11/01
 http://userpages.prexar.com/chasd/manhattan.htm
 
 That is the same tent I am taking on this trip!!

[birol]

 chasd60
I am going to steal that  Camden one with your permission. What kind of a camera do you have ? The panoramic pics are fantastic looking ! My digital camera allows it but I need a stand , otherwise things get tilted and it shows ...

[chasd60]

 birol

 

ORIGINAL:  birol
 
 I am going to steal that  Camden one with your permission. What kind of a camera do you have ? The panoramic pics are fantastic looking ! My digital camera allows it but I need a stand , otherwise things get tilted and it shows ...
 

I have an Olympus D450Z, the software I am using (which I can t recall what it is at the moment) allows you to take several pictures and stitch them together for a panoramic photo. Should have a few panoramic photos when I get back also.

[sandykayak]

 chasd60
thank goodnes for KOA Kampin  Kabins...it was too cold to tent camp in New Mexico (the altitude and wind were wild), so we spend 3 nights in a Kabin.

[vjm1639]

 chasd60
That sounds like a WONDERFUL trip!!!   A little hint from a LONG time tent camper...a twin size egg crate pad over a thermarest or air mattress makes sleeping wonderful!  I know that hip ache you talk about!  ;>    Enjoy!!!

[AustinBoston]

 chasd60

ORIGINAL:  chasd60
 We are tenting instead of taking the camper due to the short nature of the trip, the combined distance and quick setup and takedowns, especially if it is raining and we have to get a cabin[].

 Are you sure???  When we took our long trip, we originally planned on tenting (we had been tenters for 15+ years), but bought a pop-up because of it s faster setup and takedown.  We got to where we could do it (either direction) in 20 minutes.
 
 Doing the same tenting is not impossible, but rolling sleeping bags (not neccessary w/pop-up), setting up (or taking down) cots, and of course pulling all the needed stuff out of the truck and putting it all back again can kill you time wise.  Stuff gets left in the pop-up and so doesn t need to be repacked.
 
 Austin
 

[NightOwl]

 chasd60
Chasd, I hope you have a super time--you ve got a marvelous itinerary lined up; some of my favorite places.  We did 4,00 mi one summer going west from Michigan to Alberta and Wyoming and Montana for 4 weeks in a tent with 2 kids and 2 Yorkshire terriers.  I look back and am not exactly sure how we did it, but we had  marvelous time our kids still talk and joke about and I hope  you and your kids will feel the same--although I cant help but think you will need a lot of rest when you get back! []