For me, it's nothing less then 4 stars. Jack
--- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like quite a voyage, like you are planning to leave forever > and never return again, want to "say goodbye" to places you > remembered. > > I don't camp any more. Sleeping in a tent is very hard on my bones, > regardless of what kind of sleeping pad or inflatable mattress I buy. > > Trying to find campgrounds that are accessible by car and yet do not > > service RVs is difficult. > > I'd equip a light truck for living/traveling in, once upon a time I > had a '63 Microbus that was perfect at this sort of thing. Much > lighter duty than today's behemoth RVs. I'd go out for a trip and > sleep in the bus two-three nights in ad-hoc campgrounds or real > campgrounds, then take a night or two in an inexpensive small-town > motel where I could do the laundry, etc. Worked out well. > > For when I did camp, it was always from a motorcycle. Light tent, > room for two in a pinch, ground cloth, small campstove, cooking > utensils, etc etc. Buy food/water/etc for the next two meals. Pitched > > that tent in god only knows how many places across the US and Canada. > > I think I still have it. It's probably pretty ratty by now. > > There are good books and many sources of information on the web. > > The basic tenets of travel remain the same no matter how you do it: > go as lightly as you can manage comfortably. > > Godfrey > > On Jul 7, 2006, at 8:41 AM, [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 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
