Team Brown visited from EMS today with some very useful additions to my camping kit.
To replace my rusty one:
No more douche bag! (except when primitive camping):
MSR groundhogs to replace the thoroughly disappointing shepard hooks that Eureka sent with spkldoe’s new tent:
And speaking of the new tent...Eureka Mountain Pass 3XTE is the snitz for 2-up motocamping (but the OEM stakes are the pits, plan on replacing them). Her and His entries and vestibules, that taken together cover more square footage than the tent body itself, means easy in and out (esp. during midnight journeys) plus no gear need be left exposed to the elements or remain visible when you go out riding. However, all this area does mean a large ground cloth is required.
On our recent camping excursion, I strung a polyurethane coated nylon tarp over the tent as the weather was projected to be more than a little rainy so I cannot speak directly to how waterproof it may be. I have however closely inspected both the tent floor (bathtub type) and the rain fly and the factory taping on the seams is very well done. I foresee no problems with rain getting in.
I will still carry my tarp, but next time I will rig it over just one entrance to create a dining fly and dry access to the tent during inclement weather.
I did not have presence of mind to take a pic of the tent once I had it set up at Jennings Randolph Lake, but here are a couple of photos from the neenernet.
‘Bout time to go camping!
To replace my rusty one:
No more douche bag! (except when primitive camping):
MSR groundhogs to replace the thoroughly disappointing shepard hooks that Eureka sent with spkldoe’s new tent:
And speaking of the new tent...Eureka Mountain Pass 3XTE is the snitz for 2-up motocamping (but the OEM stakes are the pits, plan on replacing them). Her and His entries and vestibules, that taken together cover more square footage than the tent body itself, means easy in and out (esp. during midnight journeys) plus no gear need be left exposed to the elements or remain visible when you go out riding. However, all this area does mean a large ground cloth is required.
On our recent camping excursion, I strung a polyurethane coated nylon tarp over the tent as the weather was projected to be more than a little rainy so I cannot speak directly to how waterproof it may be. I have however closely inspected both the tent floor (bathtub type) and the rain fly and the factory taping on the seams is very well done. I foresee no problems with rain getting in.
I will still carry my tarp, but next time I will rig it over just one entrance to create a dining fly and dry access to the tent during inclement weather.
I did not have presence of mind to take a pic of the tent once I had it set up at Jennings Randolph Lake, but here are a couple of photos from the neenernet.
‘Bout time to go camping!
