That's sounds like a lot of fun. Can't help you much with information about camping - it's always a disaster when I do it. For that kind of classic trip maybe you should be thinking along the lines of a VW camper with flowers painted all over it.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 07 July 2006 16:42 > To: [email protected] > Subject: OT: Tent camping > > I plan to move in 6-8 months out of California. Probably. > Most likely. > Finances and all that, plus the humongous amount this condo > will now sell for. CA > housing prices are outrageous, but I might as well benefit > from it. :-) > > Being a third generation Californian, this will be a wrench. > And having lived > here so long, I've seen a great deal of California. But I > have not seen a lot > of it for a long, long time. > > So I've been making plans to revisit some old familiar places > before I leave, > like Santa Cruz, Lake Tahoe, Siskiyou County, and Yosemite. > And quite a few > other places. Like I am considering a trip up the coast to > catch a lot of > redwoods and visit some spots that have some family history attached. > > Then when I sit down to figure it out, seems like if I want > to see everything > I want to see it could run into big bucks (motel rooms are > expensive these > days). So I started thinking I may have to do some tent > camping to see > everything. Starting probably in August. > > Never camped alone as a woman, bit intimidating. I did do a > fair amount in my > thirties with a group. But that was a long time ago. :-) I > might eat out all > the time and only camp over night. Haven't decided. Anyway, > these trips will > definitely be photography oriented. > > Been sort of figuring out the basic camping gear I need for > tent camping. No > frills. No backpacking. > > Anyway, anyone with any suggestions about camping gear I > wouldn't mind > hearing them. I also wouldn't mind hearing suggestions on > tent camping in general. > > Tent camping to me means the camps are easily accessible by > car and no RVs > are involved. > > TIA, Marnie aka Doe > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
