Tents:
When you come home from a hard day, do you like to be warm and dry? So do we. We like our camps dry and livable. With these goals in mind we only use wall tents of high quality with minimum of five foot walls. (Most grown people stand taller than five foot.) It makes a difference. Losing a foot of wall in a 16x20 loses more than 32 square feet. You can see some of them at:
Chairs:
Okay. So sometimes we like to sit down. We are not opposed to sitting in the dirt, but as we get more grey hair we enjoy resting in a chair with a nice back rest. We stock our camps with the best chairs we have found (so far); they are the Big Chair by Slumberjack. We have a few Big Easie's left after Slumberjack stopped production, the only problem with them is that they are best suited to sleeping by the fire, stargazing, napping…Not eating or conversing with friends.
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| The Big Chair |
The Big Easy Chair |
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Showers:
Can anyone say too much about a hot shower? We are considering having this set up at the trailhead in 2013. Or it can be requested in a few of the camps with high volume springs.
Showers to go or stay?!
Stoves:
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| A well-loved solidly performing Cylinder stove |
Camp chef stove in action |
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Lanterns:
Let there be light. Coleman lanterns have stood the test of time. The added expense of this name brand gives one work and reading light for years. So little goes wrong with the dual fuel versions, and 8 hours on a tank of fuel…Simply the best camp light around.
Cots and furniture:
I love to sleep. I am not a good sleeper, and a worse person when I don't sleep well or enough. On trips or during season, we often find ourselves in a race to cots every night. For the single camper a Roll a cot with a good pad has you enjoying the "downtime" easily. It's the only cot we can find that lets you adjust the firmness, with the added bonus of watching a newbie try to put them together… (It is simple but not intuitive.) plus, another bonus of NO pinched fingers. Oh, and for the couples out there, add two good pads, two zip together sleeping bags, a small divot dug for the middle legs and wa-la, a cozy honeymoon retreat.
Sleeping Pads:
We have minimum of two thick pads on all of our cots. These are the Mercedes of pads. Yes we are proud of them.Jenny sewed them herself! If you want the Rolls Royce version: Paco pad, Paco pad, Paco pad! Is there any question that we all "need" a self-inflating sleep pad that can double as a raft?! Didn't think so. These pads are unquestionably the best. IF we charged more we could have them in all our camps; we can dream. If you want one for personal use, contact us or go to:
Thermarest offers many great light-weight travel models.
Progressive trip tents:
Quick, light and sturdy. No, we do not backpack; one does not go backpacking when you own 30 riding and pack animals. But on progressive trips we use much of the same gear backpackers use, just in the larger sizes.
