For fancier lighter tents check out tarptent.com. I have their contrail and it is a great tent. You will have seam seal it yourself and supply a tyvek ground sheet.
Hammock camping is well worth looking into too. If permitted and suitable for the environment I prefer the hammock, but still use the tent quite a bit since trees are not everywhere and some campsites forbid them. In general though being above the dirt and wet is more pleasant than on the dirt and wet. Other drawbacks of the hammock are setup time takes longer to get it perfect. More bulk for similar warmth. A pain in the butt to share with someone. Learning curve. Research time wasted ;-). In the end, having both is nice. If I had to go with just one I would go with a tent, but sleep much better in a hammock. IN ADDITION AND ONLY SOMEWHAT RELATED: for those of you who own tarps - bring them. We had one rainy year and having tarps to string over the "communal area" immensely improved the experience. I will bring a 6'X8' and cord, but more is always better. See you all soon! Clayton Scott HBG, CA -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
