[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. Most likely. > Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo will now sell > for. CA > housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit from it. :-) > > Being a third generation Californian, this will be a wrench. And having lived > here so long, I've seen a great deal of California. But I have not seen a lot > of it for a long, long time. > > So I've been making plans to revisit some old familiar places before I leave, > like Santa Cruz, Lake Tahoe, Siskiyou County, and Yosemite. And quite a few > other places. Like I am considering a trip up the coast to catch a lot of > redwoods and visit some spots that have some family history attached. > > Then when I sit down to figure it out, seems like if I want to see everything > I want to see it could run into big bucks (motel rooms are expensive these > days). So I started thinking I may have to do some tent camping to see > everything. Starting probably in August. > > Never camped alone as a woman, bit intimidating. I did do a fair amount in my > thirties with a group. But that was a long time ago. :-) I might eat out all > the time and only camp over night. Haven't decided. Anyway, these trips will > definitely be photography oriented. > > Been sort of figuring out the basic camping gear I need for tent camping. No > frills. No backpacking. > > Anyway, anyone with any suggestions about camping gear I wouldn't mind > hearing them. I also wouldn't mind hearing suggestions on tent camping in > general. > > Tent camping to me means the camps are easily accessible by car and no RVs > are involved. > > TIA, Marnie aka Doe > >
If I had it to do over again and still had my car, I'd remove the back seat and make a bed out of it and put screening up on the two back windows with velcro so I could keep the windows open at least a bit for ventilation. This also serves a very useful function of not having to give more than one friend a ride wherever you go as the back seat would be unavailable :) :) I don't know if you are old enough to get the GOLDEN AGE passport for the National Parks but unfortunately even if you have that you usually have to pay for camping... unless you come in late to the site and leave at crack of dawn. I'd recommend getting a pop-up tent. I used 3 sections of foam instead of an air mattress - 3 inches thick and 30 or 36" wide is pretty damn comfy... in section to stack in the back of the car. You don't need a real sleeping bag.. a poly filled comforter works fine. and maybe a thinsulate blanket just in case. Bwahwahwah -- I wanna come too! ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
