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.