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The big camping trip is in the 2nd half of August - ferry from Sitka, Alaska (where I live) to Haines, AK (overnight in Juneau) then drive to Valdez for "fish camp" then return. I'm probably the only one who drives from Sitka to Valdez to fish, but my Aunt, Uncle and assorted cousins (who live in Oregon) will be there with two RVs and since they can't drive to Sitka (where we have plenty of salmon but RV's are prohibitively expensive on the ferry) they drive to Valdez. In the past I've joined them by flying, but now since I have my E - I'm drivin'!
Since part of the trip is ferry I can't have trailers (they charge by the foot after 15') or too many kinds of flamable gases/fluids. (I can have one sealed propane container).
On the trip I can predict
Sportz SUV tent and
rainfly
I got the tan and blue one instead of the white and blue one because the flat top of the white and blue one didn't seem like it would stand up to rain. Not sure if we'll be able to set it up attached to vehicle in all situations but I wanted a tent I could stand up in and with the rainfly it seemed like a good stand-alone tent too. (Also was influence by the fact the tan-blue rainfly had free shipping to Alaska but the other one didn't)
It seems hard to set up with one person (it arrived but I haven't set it up yet) but my Mom is joining me for the August trip.
In may when it was 20% off, I also got the REI mini kitchen with free shipping for REI members.
My Mom is flying up to Sitka and joining me and since they don't camp anymore she's bringing me a hardly used Primus 2 burner propane stove and two therma-rest mattresses as well as some really cool enamelware plates with cowboys on them. We're both short (5'6 and 5'4) so we'll sleep on the seats or just remove the back seats and sleep on the floor.
So now the big question is - coffee?
Percolator? or
drip? We both like really hot coffee and I make drip coffee (Ravens Brew) with a
manual Mellitta at home - but I zap it in the microwave to warm it - so I'm wondering if percolator might keep the coffee hotter - or I could boil water in a pot then
drip into the percolator pot then keep it warm on a low burner??
Also I'm contemplating a Yakima Load Warrior - free shipping to Alaska from Campmor!
Since part of the trip is ferry I can't have trailers (they charge by the foot after 15') or too many kinds of flamable gases/fluids. (I can have one sealed propane container).
On the trip I can predict
- mosquitos and no-see-ums (100% probability)
- rain (probably, possibly every day)
- bears (possible)
I got the tan and blue one instead of the white and blue one because the flat top of the white and blue one didn't seem like it would stand up to rain. Not sure if we'll be able to set it up attached to vehicle in all situations but I wanted a tent I could stand up in and with the rainfly it seemed like a good stand-alone tent too. (Also was influence by the fact the tan-blue rainfly had free shipping to Alaska but the other one didn't)
It seems hard to set up with one person (it arrived but I haven't set it up yet) but my Mom is joining me for the August trip.
In may when it was 20% off, I also got the REI mini kitchen with free shipping for REI members.
My Mom is flying up to Sitka and joining me and since they don't camp anymore she's bringing me a hardly used Primus 2 burner propane stove and two therma-rest mattresses as well as some really cool enamelware plates with cowboys on them. We're both short (5'6 and 5'4) so we'll sleep on the seats or just remove the back seats and sleep on the floor.
So now the big question is - coffee?
Also I'm contemplating a Yakima Load Warrior - free shipping to Alaska from Campmor!