Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:09:39 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [NVC] Do you like camping in the rain?
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Good advice! Find a place to park that's low on the mud content. Here's
where we're tentatively looking to go this coming weekend:
http://www.eugenecarsey.com/camp/eastfortrock/sand.htm
Any place called "Sand Springs" is likely to have a quantity of sand.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 10/12/2009 4:59 PM mcneely4@cox.net wrote:
> I enjoy camping in the rain. Mud, now that's no fun, but if your chosen
> camping location is sandy or gravelly, as was my spot in S. Missouri
> this past weekend, it can be great. There are aspects of nature that
> are interesting, and only show up in the wet. If you don't have mud to
> contend with, give it a go.
>
> There are places where if you didn't camp in the rain, you would almost
> never camp.
>
> And a VW camper is excellent shelter.
>
> Dave Mc
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> Begging forbearance from the Moderators and members o' the list, this
>> appears to be a quiet Sunday afternoon so I'd like to ask a camping
>> question, with no specific Vanagon content.
>>
>> For a few weeks my son and I have had plans to go camping next weekend.
>> The extended weather forecast for that weekend has shifted from cool but
>> sunny to kinda rainy. "Showers" is the word they are currently using. 60%
>> chance of precipitation, mid 60s (F) in the day, 40s at night.
>>
>> The temps are fine with us, but we are a desert people, having come from
>> SoCal, and in my experience camping in the rain is messy. Mud all over
>> the
>> darn place, a simple trek to the privy involves specialized foot gear,
>> rainproof clothing, funny rubber hats and bumbershoots if feeling
>> particularly British or silly. Stuff dripping all over the place. And mud
>> . . . did I mention mud?
>>
>> How do you folks feel about camping in the rain? Any tips for keeping the
>> inside of the van dry and clean?
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
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