"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
12/10/2015 at 13:05 • Filed to: None
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"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
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This summer I took my family camping for our first time camping as a family. My wife had refused to even think about camping but when she expressed interest I jumped on it and planned a whole weekend and some campground with toilets and showers.
It was such a resounding success that this year Santa is bringing the family a brand new !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
EL_ULY
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:14 |
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Duuuuude! That’s a really nice tent! Better still is the price! NP all the way
Future next gen S2000 owner
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:16 |
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So what you are saying, is that in order to please your wife you need to pitch a bigger tent?
:D
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CalzoneGolem
> EL_ULY
12/10/2015 at 13:17 |
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CalzoneGolem
> Future next gen S2000 owner
12/10/2015 at 13:18 |
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Yeah, two smaller ones didn’t work so we’ll try one really big one.
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EL_ULY
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:22 |
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LOL love this episode!
HammerheadFistpunch
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:23 |
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I looked at that tent when I was shopping, its a nice one. I ended up getting a small springbar for Christmas from my folks that we traded up to a traveler 5. Man I love that tent.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:25 |
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BTW - Stoked that the family campout worked out for you. My best memories as a kid are my family camping trip and now as an adult my own family camping trips...though I have yet to tent camp with the whole family as there is no need with the trailer.
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CalzoneGolem
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/10/2015 at 13:33 |
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Yeah I’ve done tons of camping. My wife was anti-camping from the get go so our daughter is 12 and been camping twice now counting the one time we went.
I think this tent will see whether we upgrade to a pop up trailer.
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CalzoneGolem
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/10/2015 at 13:34 |
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That’s good to hear. It looks nice and you can’t beat the deal.
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HammerheadFistpunch
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:37 |
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Oh man, I love tent camping and all, but with a family a pop up is so the way to go. You still get all the same kinds of feelings of tent camping but it makes life on the misses so much easier that she goes from a skeptic to a fan. I mean, my wife and I camped a lot before kids together in small and large tents but having the trailer reignited a spark for her to REALLY get back into it. We already have 3 trips planned this summer and half the kids Christmas is camping themed.
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CalzoneGolem
> HammerheadFistpunch
12/10/2015 at 13:42 |
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I’m pretty pumped to get some more camping in next year.
Rico
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 13:52 |
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That looks amazing.
MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 14:31 |
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I’ve seen these on our annual camping trip over the summer, people seem to love them.
Haven’t used our tent in years, we normally steal my in-law’s giant Camper and sleep in our mobile hotel suite.
TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 14:45 |
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Vestibules, KEY for good enjoyable camping.
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CalzoneGolem
> TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
12/10/2015 at 15:00 |
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What about a vestibule makes camping better?
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CalzoneGolem
> MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
12/10/2015 at 15:01 |
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That’s some next level shit there!
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MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 15:15 |
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Haha, yep. It’s really nice. 2 queen size beds in it, full kitchen, bath with shower and nice indoor/outdoor speakers. Down side is that it ways about 5,000 pounds completely empty, so you need a capable truck. we don’t use the bathrooms, we use the campgrounds bathrooms because then we don’t have to clean the camper out. It’s an entirely volunteer run event, and we’re on the volunteer group who cleans the bathroom (don’t worry we get lots of free drinks for our generous support, even when people know volunteers are cleaning the bathrooms they still are disgusting) so we don’t want to clean another bathroom.
Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 15:21 |
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Damn, now that's a tent. Hell, when I was a kid and we used to go camping, our first tent was little bigger than a tarp. We too graduated to a second hand pop-up, which my dad and I had some awesome memories in. Including when the roof fell in on us while camping because the cables snapped. lol
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CalzoneGolem
> Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
12/10/2015 at 15:33 |
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Go big or go home I guess.
JustAnotherG6
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 15:58 |
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keeps the muck out of the tent. (If you force everyone to take their shoes off out there)
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JustAnotherG6
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 16:02 |
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We downgraded (thank GOD) from a 14 person nightmare to put up & take down tent to a 6 person (for the 4 of us) with vestibule not unlike what you pictured here.
I’m still trying to get used to Hammock camping. Super quick and easy setup and tear down but I haven’t gotten a complete nights sleep in one yet. I just keep waking up for some reason.
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TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
> CalzoneGolem
12/10/2015 at 17:02 |
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It is a place to store you things out of the weather (minus food).
It’s a place where you can keep your boots dry, and not muddy your tent.
It helps keep the bugs out (not spiders, they love them)
Basically it’s like having a porch on your tent, and it gives you a place to keep things, and to get into/out of your tent without immediately being in the sun/rain/mosquitoes/horseflies/grizzlies.