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Date:   Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:37:26 EDT
Reply-To:   Ssittservl@AOL.COM
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From:   S Sittservl <Ssittservl@AOL.COM>
Subject:   Re: I'm lazy....
Comments:   To: jfritz@decorah.k12.ia.us
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> Date: 5/31/99 11:58:58 AM CDT > From: jfritz@DECORAH.K12.IA.US (Jim Fritz) > > Our 8 year old is sleeping in the upper bunk in a down sleeping bag. I > thought I could eliminate the daily stuffing in a stuff sack by not flipping > the bed back, leaving the sleeping bag unrolled, and living with less > headroom. > Tried it last night and this morning I realized I stripped the rubber bumper > off the elbow of the arm mechanism that holds the top up... > > TIA > Jim in Iowa trying to eek maximum relaxation out of his Westy :-)

If you fold the upper bunk as usual, there's still about 18 inches of exposed bed toward the very back. When the pop top is down, there's an open space there 4 or 5 inches high (basically, the thickness of the folded front bed section, plus a little more). If you just fold the sleeping bag back into that area, you can fold the bunk and close the pop top.

The Westfalia manual says not to store stuff back there; some vague statement about air circulation problems, if I remember. I have trouble imagining what it could hurt, though, particularly if it's just done during camping trips, as opposed to using it for long-term storage.

-Steven Sittser


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