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How To Select
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A
tent
is like a good all-terrain vehicle: You can take
one pretty much anywhere, at anytime. You just have to be a little
more careful about not getting bogged down, waterlogged, blown over
or swept away. The first and most important consideration: where do you really want to camp?
Rough it in the wilderness or take the advantage
of a commercial campground? The reason for the question
is simple. At a commercial campground, water and flat ground are always provided--along with flush toilets. You bring your own lantern and stove fuel unless you opt to buy it at the camp store. In the wilderness, nothing is guaranteed. You'll have to search for a site that furnishes a comfortable flat place and a ready supply of water that can be filtered before drinking or cooking. And you have to lug in all the lantern and stove fuel. Even if you decide to cook with nothing but wood--a risky decision either because you may not find it or it may be illegal to have an open fire where you're camping--you still have to supply the lantern fuel. Yes, convenience is a factor...but not always the most important factor. Next Page What to Have--and Not Have--Around Your Tent Return to Camping Homepage Return to FWV Homepage
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