Date:         Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:04:02 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Poor Man's Awning
Comments: To: JeanneMaly <jeannemaly@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
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At 20:25 8/19/99 -0700, JeanneMaly wrote:
>Has anybody come up with a cheap & easy way to use a tarp for a down & dirty
>awning?  How to attach to van, tent poles or something?  How'd ya do it?
>
>Jeanne
>'87 Syncro Westy

Lotsa ways.  I use an 8x10 poly tarp (green is nicer than blue)  with
bungee cord to poptop hinge, adjustable strap across windshield to lefthand
metal post behind lower grille, bungee across top to far side of luggage
rack.  Adjustable tent poles with guys in line with the diagonal corners of
the tarp.  The cross-bungee pulls it up against the side of the tent to
keep rain out.  Poles raised and lowered as indicated for sun, rain etc.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"