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Various Non-Bald Discussions => Autos,Toys and Hobbies => Topic started by: GASlick on April 18, 2009, 01:21:16 AM
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One of the great things we like to do as a family is go camping. We are packing up the trailer for our first trip of the year. We are heading over to one of our favorite state parks here in Georgia.
Are there any other SLY Campers out there?
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Yep, I go camping every year. Though, it's typically in the winter because that's when I'm allowed to shoot the elk while I'm camping.
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Camping is something I do now to accomplish smething else like I like as fishing, rafting, etc. I enjoyed camping as a kid but sleeping out with the elements got old over the years from being in the Army. Admittedly, civilian camping is far different than tactical sleeping, eating, etc .
Kids have a blast camping though. It's fun watching them have a great time.
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Yes. I am just about to try pitching my new 3 bedroom tent for the first time. I should be ready for season 2010
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We tent camped for 10 years. The tents got progressively larger. Then last May we found a used trailer (2004) that was in great condition. The guy didn't want it anymore so we took the plunge! We love the air conditioning most of all. There is no TV in it so we still "camp", we just get to sleep inside now.
I am so excited!
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Wow, I'm impressed with how many of you guys camp! We love it but heah in Maine we just lost the snow so it's a few more weeks for the season to open. But, we're all set to go for the week prior to Memorial Day.We have a vintage Coleman Colorado. lt has a bed and a dinette but that's it. No stove or fridge or anything like that. We both absolutely love it! We usually go for a week early in the season and another in the fall. There's a possibility we'll go for a weekend here and there.
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I opened the camper this AM for it's annual Spring clean and pre sesson check.
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Now what I want to know is what everyone does about the dome and the bugs. We go through a spell here where they are reallly bad! I don't like loading the bug dope on my head so I just tend to wear a cap the entire time. Spray the had then put it on. Works pretty well.
This the only time I get to see what my head really looks like. 8 or 9 days without a shave, it get's pretty long!
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I love camping. When I was younger I used to do it all the time but the last couple years I was so busy with work I didnt have time. I slept on the trampoline one night last summer which was fun.
This summer I plan on camping alot. Even at the lake cabin we have a tent platform up at the top of the mountain and we also have a sleeping deck under the cabin where we just roll out the sleeping bags and make a small fire.
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I'm usually nowhere near hot water or an electrical outlet when I camp, so I usually forget about shaving.
My family and I are supposed to go camping with my wife's hula group, but we found out that we have a timeshare down the street and opted for that since it would be hard to camp with our 18 month old.
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Some buddies from high school and I go camping every winter around Christmas. The colder the better (it's usually in Arkansas, but still pretty cold). It's the only time you'll be drinking beer and it gets colder as you drink it.
No such thing as camping season Slick!!! It's all year!
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Not to harp on the benefits of being sly too much, but it's great for camping/outdoors activities.
It looks the exact same and doesn't get all matted down and greasy when camping.
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I have plans for it in a couple months. I never did like trailer camping, and if I can get away without using a tent I will. My stepfather has 300-400 acres so as long as I have a compass and map I am set. This year I'm hoping to get hammocks and bug nets in place of a tent, but the best thing is that there is a big river that splits the land in two and there is some of the best fishing there. I'm pretty jacked for it
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I have plans for it in a couple months. I never did like trailer camping, and if I can get away without using a tent I will. My stepfather has 300-400 acres so as long as I have a compass and map I am set. This year I'm hoping to get hammocks and bug nets in place of a tent, but the best thing is that there is a big river that splits the land in two and there is some of the best fishing there. I'm pretty jacked for it
I was never much for trailers either..... until I reached my mid forties and realized that sleeping on the ground makes all my old sports injuries hurt like Hell. :*))
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Hey Mike, wait until you hit your 50s!! ;)
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Hey Mike, wait until you hit your 50s!! ;)
I'm very rapidly approaching 49!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes. I am just about to try pitching my new 3 bedroom tent for the first time. I should be ready for season 2010
My new 3 bedroom, 8 man tent is so darned big, it wont fit in my garden :Xo!.
Have enlisted a friends garden (sic, field) to put it up in tomorrow night :)
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Our trailer is a 30' bunk house. Has quad bunks and queen bed. LOVE IT!!!!
Our last tent trip was in 2007, Labor Day in September. It rained and rained and rained. Our air mattress was a water bed and everything was soaked. >:( I told my wife then, "That's IT! never again!" May 2008 we bought the trailer and everything is WONDERFUL! A/C, power, water......ahhhhhh! I still use the bathhouse though, just because the wife and kids fill up the tank with their water use. That and I like long showers.
I'm sitting outside now enjoying the park. Most everyone left this morning (Sunday) as the weekend is pretty much over. We will be here until Tuesday. Only 30 minutes from home, but it's like we're in a different state. Drinking beer and loving life!
As far as staying sly, I just shave at the sink after my shower in the bathhouse. Get some odd looks sometimes, but hey, gotta keep the look up! I spray my head with bug repellent too if they get to bad. Or wrap a bandanna around my head. That seems to work. hhhmmmmm.........where's my beer?
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Our trailer is a 30' bunk house. Has quad bunks and queen bed. LOVE IT!!!!
Our last tent trip was in 2007, Labor Day in September. It rained and rained and rained. Our air mattress was a water bed and everything was soaked. >:( I told my wife then, "That's IT! never again!" May 2008 we bought the trailer and everything is WONDERFUL! A/C, power, water......ahhhhhh! I still use the bathhouse though, just because the wife and kids fill up the tank with their water use. That and I like long showers.
I'm sitting outside now enjoying the park. Most everyone left this morning (Sunday) as the weekend is pretty much over. We will be here until Tuesday. Only 30 minutes from home, but it's like we're in a different state. Drinking beer and loving life!
As far as staying sly, I just shave at the sink after my shower in the bathhouse. Get some odd looks sometimes, but hey, gotta keep the look up! I spray my head with bug repellent too if they get to bad. Or wrap a bandanna around my head. That seems to work. hhhmmmmm.........where's my beer?
Dude, never EVER spray directly after a shower yeooooouch haha
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LOL I just read thru these for the first time. You all got me wanting to go pitch my tent. We have a two room tent that we enjoy alot. Only thing I dont like about it is how everything can get really damp in the mornings, but there is nothing better waking up at sunrise, everything is quite, the birds are churping. Walking over to the smoldering camp fire and firing it up wiht a nice cup of coffee. Dang it...now I got the itching.
Several years ago we had a camper but sold it after my wife had our youngest. We hardly ever went camping the next two summers so we really didnt miss it, now we do. The last few weeks as we are out driving somewhere my wife will say, Hey Tim look those people have a camper. Wonder if they want to sell it? Im like duhhh if they wanted to sell it, dont ya think they would have a for sale sign on it? Here's your sign. BOY THAT DIDNT GO OVER TOO WELL, let me tell ya! LOL
So we are on the hunt for a good bargin. So if anyone wants to sell their camper, just haul it up here and we would be happy to take it.
Happy Campin' y'all.
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I was never much for trailers either..... until I reached my mid forties and realized that sleeping on the ground makes all my old sports injuries hurt like Hell. :*))
Sleeping on the ground isn't the problem... ...it's getting up off the ground in the morning that's the problem...
Hey GaryT,
The Colorado is a nice classic tent trailer. Nice and simple. I was trying to find one of those when I happened upon the '66 Apache tent trailer that we use. Nothing inside but two beds, two benches and a table, so it's not gonna spoil you. We still have to pack as if we are tent camping, but the sleeping arrangements are off the ground and a lot more comfortable for us over 50 types.
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We're back home now, glad to be home but already planning our next trip. Boy I love camping! Nothing smells better than breakfast being cooked outside over a fire.
Oh well, few weeks we will be back at it. Did have a problem though with the battery. It is brand new, but won't keep a charge. Do any of you experienced trailer campers have a suggestion? It's a brand new battery, so I'm thinking inverter? corroded cables? I did clean the connectors as best I could. I didn't have a wire brush so I did the best I could with a grill cleaner! LOL
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Hey zzaapp, Yep, that's the way we like to camp. With the Colorado you're basically sleeping in a tent that's off the ground. We cook outside, eat outside and do just about everything outside. Inside is reserved for sleeping and perhaps playing a game or something out of the weather! Actually the main thing we like it for is the fact that it sets there in the driveway until we are ready to go. BUT it has our stove, lantern, cookware sleeping bags etc. So we just have to throw a few things in the car and we're ready to go!!
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Hey, GAslick,
Just a couple thoughts. Even a new battery can have a bad cell.
Also, try disconnecting it from the trailer, charge it on a battery charger and see if it will hold a charge.
If you ran the refrigerator on a charging line from your tow vehicle while traveling, check to make sure you turned the 12 V switch off when you switched to propane. With some three way refrigerators, it is possible to have two power sources on at the same time, and the fridge will drain a battery very quickly.
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It looks like you already posted a pic of some of your camping slick!