Album Campsites

[Yvonne]

Sweet!!!!

 

[HomerJ]

Wellsvilles with @HomerJ

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That was the hottest damn night I ever spent in a tent. Got up in the middle of the night and ripped the fly off.

 

[Bob Wire]

Escalante, early May

Beartooth Plateau, WY

December, Crazy Mtns, MT

 

[HomerJ]

Buckskin Gulch - Middle Trail Exit

 

[pixie1339]

Camping done right at Lake Blanche

 

[Nick]

Camping done right at Lake Blanche

Haha! Nice! That PBR looks strangely huge in that picture!

 

[pixie1339]

Haha! Nice! That PBR looks strangely huge in that picture!

It was a tall boy, so it is kind of huge. Mmm...big beer.

 

[Jen]

camping done wrong at lake blanche. do not leave your fly behind to save weight even if the forecast is perfect and even if you have 30+pounds of trad gear and crap with you. it will pour for six hours straight, your emergency blanket, ground cloth and rope bag will have no chance at holding back the flood, and you will end up sleeping in a puddle perched on top of your backpack held in by your "bathtub floor" in your well-seam-sealed tent. it will, however, dry up in the morning, your gear will air out, and you'll still make it up sundial. but, you'll be pretty grumpy in the morning.

 

[Nick]

camping done wrong at lake blanche. do not leave your fly behind to save weight even if the forecast is perfect and even if you have 30+pounds of trad gear and crap with you. it will pour for six hours straight, your emergency blanket, ground cloth and rope bag will have no chance at holding back the flood, and you will end up sleeping in a puddle perched on top of your backpack held in by your "bathtub floor" in your well-seam-sealed tent. it will, however, dry up in the morning, your gear will air out, and you'll still make it up sundial. but, you'll be pretty grumpy in the morning.

Youch! But I bet you didn't forget your hanky.

 

[pixie1339]

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camping done wrong at lake blanche. do not leave your fly behind to save weight even if the forecast is perfect and even if you have 30+pounds of trad gear and crap with you. it will pour for six hours straight, your emergency blanket, ground cloth and rope bag will have no chance at holding back the flood, and you will end up sleeping in a puddle perched on top of your backpack held in by your "bathtub floor" in your well-seam-sealed tent. it will, however, dry up in the morning, your gear will air out, and you'll still make it up sundial. but, you'll be pretty grumpy in the morning.

D'oh! For what it's worth I also chose to forgo the fly on my trip, and regretted it. My experience wasn't nearly as bad as yours, as I didn't get rained on, but there was a pretty strong wind blowing that night and I could have used it to keep the wind out. Between that and the fact that I used my summer bag, I was chilly enough to have trouble sleeping. My take away from that was to always bring the fly.

 

[Dave]

San Ysidro Camp by ashergrey, on Flickr

Just inside Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.


Borrego Nights by ashergrey, on Flickr

At the official campground at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.

 

[Yvonne]

Arches, December 2013

 

[Nick]

This thread needs some attention. Let's see your campsites! Here is where I slept for 4 nights last weekend. Crazy light and clouds the first morning.

 

[Michael]

That's a beauty!
Where is it?

 

[Nick]

That's a beauty!
Where is it?

Near the mouth of Face Canyon. Here to be exact: 37.01875,-111.26901

 

[slc_dan]

I'll play.

Here are my last two bag nights.

near Zion. Thanks @Nick
Guacamole Trail Moon Rising by slc_dan, on Flickr

and Potato Hollow Camp ground (#8 on the West Rim trail, Zion) Wish the spring wouldn't have been dry. Water is heavy.
@langutah 's tent in the foreground.
Potato Hollow Night 2 by slc_dan, on Flickr

 

[Bob]

Not so fun at this site

 

[Bob]

This was better:

 

[Yvonne]

Valley of the Gods

 

[Artemus]

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Ha @Bob Wire I camped there too this summer. Did you snowmobile in? Did you go above the cabin? Nice Pic.

From my July visit to a Forest Service cabin in the Crazies...
The abode...


The view..