Wall Tent / Car Camping Creature Comforts

[Clovis]

Me too, and the soft hissing, and the heat. I guess it's a little nostalgic

I don't know how old you guys are, but am in my 50s and love the old Coleman white gas stoves and lanterns. They remind me of good times when I was a kid and are really functional for a heavy camp. The old ones are overbuilt and last forever, more efficient and convenient on fuel for a long trip, and will always feel just somehow awesome to me. Seems like my younger compadres don't feel the same.

 

[4th_point]

Would definitely want a tarp. Not a creature comfort but I had a storm dump a ton of wet snow on a Kodiak and am glad I had a tarp to help it slide off!

There's a 10x14 Kodiak under the tarps in the pics below.

Got a freak snowstorm one year on October 5. It went from hot and miserable, to drizzle, then to wet snow in one day. The wet snow stuck to the canvas like a magnet, so I put a big green tarp and smaller brown tarp to protect three sides. The side near the trees, I left unprotected, as I ran out of tarps.

The pics were from the next day, with drier snow. It was worse the day before.

Since the awning was not usable, I extended the green tarp a bit.

In front of one door, you can see:

• water jug
• 5-gal bucket with seat (I use compostable trash liners and cat litter)
• 2-gal garden sprayer, modified for shower

That tent must have weighed an extra 20 pounds when I packed up camp. The snow and tent were fine, but getting out of there was a nightmare with gumbo mud under the snow!

 

[mountainman406]

Thank you. Do you have a recommendation on the lantern? Pour over coffee is a good idea.

I've had good luck with this one, although the gas ones that have been recommended would be nice as well. I just hate wearing a headlamp around camp when I could use the battery out in the field when I need it.

Lantern: https://www.basspro.com/p/fenix-cl3...3p.ds&gad_source=7&gad_campaignid=14596387140

 

[mountainman406]

Another addition, a couple 5gal water bottles with an electric pump. These are nice to have for refilling bottles/jetboils/cleaning pans and butchering knives (optimistic). A cheap one like this has worked fine for me: https://www.amazon.com/Dispenser-Au...msclkid=705a330cfb4d18f6e17a5bd703c734f7&th=1

 

[wyosteve]

One of the frames with a toilet seat on it. Beats squatting!

 

[Wheels]

I take a Honda EU2200 generator and a single serve Keurig coffee maker, works good for making coffee and also just heating water for MRE's. Solar shower for heating shower water, works great as long as it gets a few hours of sunlight.
Also look into the Springbar Stormfly for the top of your tent, it covers quite a bit of the tent and is well worth it.

 

[AlabamaMountainMan]

Not sure how good your chair is, but I just upgraded to a much more comfortable chair. I was using the cheapo $10.00 chairs you pick up at wal-mart but just got one of the XL padded chairs from bass pro. Having "hot spots" from the chair digging in sucks after a while.

 

[Fever Buck]

Would definitely want a tarp. Not a creature comfort but I had a storm dump a ton of wet snow on a Kodiak and am glad I had a tarp to help it slide off!

Is the purpose of the tarp to help snow slide off on its own?

 

[4th_point]

Is the purpose of the tarp to help snow slide off on its own?

That's right. The wet snow piled up fast. And I wasn't going to have a stove running 24/7.

 

[wpeach1912]

Amazon has some lag bolt stakes that were cheaper than lag bolts as far as I could tell. I have a small two burner nexgrill I got at Home Depot that goes on every camping trip with me. A red baron frozen pizza fits perfectly on it. Cots and good sleeping pads are always nice. I keep a big rubber maid bin of camping stuff that is pretty much grab and go. Coleman stove, propane, metal and pale tic utensils, paper plates, small cutting board, cheap knife, can opener, dish scrubber and soap, salt and pepper, olive oil, aluminum foil, trash bags, ziploc bags etc. a folding plastic table is nice too. Maybe a table cloth or plastic cover if you bone out an animal on it