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Nice story, enjoyed reading the comments. My wife takes Flamingos with us when camping,
5twins <snip> God bless the bungee cord I say <snip> [/QUOTE said:Yes sir, I agree 100%.
Now as promised we'll yak a bit about bedding. Back when I had more hair on my head and less on my ears I would just sleep on the ground with a sleeping bag. Then I tried one of those foam roll up deals for a pad under the bag....and then I tried an air mattress and I haven't turned back since.
Most of my cheap gear is made by this company but to tell the truth.....all of it IMO is about the same as far as price and quality.
I use a "twin" sized bed and it fits peferctly inside even my smallest tent
Be sure to get and keep a repair kit with the mattress. (note after a few years replace the glue because it doesn't last forever)
You also need a way ot inflate it. I have both of these kinds. Hand pump and battery powered. I find that the battery pump is fine for getting it started while you do something else (it can also be used to deflate) but they never seem to pressure up the mattress as much as I like so I have a hand pump too. This last trip I took on the XS650 I only took the hand pump and it worked fine and really didn't take long at all to inflate the mattress.
When I take the battery pump I share the batteries with one of these lights.
When it's going to be really cold (in the low 40s-30s) I use a sleeping bag but if it's going to be warmer than that I use sheets. Sheets roll ( more about that later) up really tight and small. Takes up a LOT less space than a sleeping bag.
to be continued..............
FLEA<snip> the hammock you found looks a bit bigger and more expensive then the ones I use said:Could be FLEA, I didn't have much to choose from but I thought it was a good idea and wanted to give it a try. It cost less than $25 and the stuff bag is about the size of my hand. I pulled it out to see how it was made.....cheap stuff from China all looks the same but I can't afford to buy Americian made stuff. The cost of everything went up over the past three decades.....but my wages haven't.
I'll report back as soon as I'm able to try it. I've NEVER tried sleeping in a hammock so this "could" go bad. The only reason I sleep in a tent is in an attempt to keep the creepy crawly stuff off of me at night.....down side of living/camping on the East Coast of our beautiful country is.... we have plenty of creepy crawly stuff out there. Sleeping on the ground unprotected isn't any fun. I used to reinact our Civil War (both sides)....it was my son's hobby and I went along to keep an eye on him since he started at around 10 years old. Some of the events we attended were pretty rough, they only allowed you to bring one blanket and an oil cloth for a ground sheet. You could hang the oil cloth over you if you wanted....but it was a lot smaller/shorter than the average pard. When the order was given to "camp in place"......and you were in formation (100 men to a company) where your feet were....is were you spent the night, wet or dry. I was a happy man when my son went off to college and gave up THAT hobby!!!!!
to be continued............................
Hey Mick. Congrats on your 23 yrs. We have always had at least one bike around. Still have #2 but it hasn't run in years. I'm sure I should have parted it years ago but I look at it and see this in my head. That Honda was his 2nd also.
Kinda going sideways with this thread though. . . . .
I use a "twin" sized bed and it fits peferctly inside even my smallest tent
How do you fit her in Gordon?
What do you do if you want to go for a ride exploring around your camping location ?. Do you leave all your camping gear and stuff where it is ? or do you have to strike camp and reload all of it on the bike every time you want to take a ride .
we find that too... when we take a break in our RV at various campsites but we are careful to choose sites that have adults only and are away from Towns and Cities .The campground was/is maybe the last bastion for respect for others.
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When I was a kid, back in the sixties, we used to load the family of six into the station wagon and go off someplace for a week tent camping. I remember that big canvas tent well. Nobody ever bothered our stuff. I did the same with my kids. Sometimes we went to campgrounds and sometimes we set up in The National Forest. Nobody ever bothered our stuff. Yes, there were usually other campers about. Anymore, I usually camp at motorcycle resorts. Losing stuff to thieves has never been a consideration. The first time I went to the Barber Vintage Festival, I asked as I walked away from my bike with all my stuff on it. "Nobody is going to touch your stuff. There are 50,000 motorcyclists here!" was the response. I was embarrassed for asking.
Dogwood07 051 by jetmechmarty, on Flickr
XS650 group camping at TWO, Dogwood Rally. I don't know the year.
How do you fit her in Gordon?