Thread: Camping

A lot of times when u buy a new tent the first down pour you'll get wet also. Gotta give the canvas a quick swell to really seal it up tight. Don't know why when they say water protected they don't tell u to take a garden hose to it before ur first trip. Not every tent is this way but I have run into a few.

Originally Posted by Scratch427

A lot of times when u buy a new tent the first down pour you'll get wet also. Gotta give the canvas a quick swell to really seal it up tight. Don't know why when they say water protected they don't tell u to take a garden hose to it before ur first trip. Not every tent is this way but I have run into a few.

I don't know how I missed this. I agree with canvas, I don't know about the "modern" materials.

My 3 week bike ride thru 12 states I was able to pack all I needed to camp out, in 2 saddlebags, but thru the 70,s I ran all over the country on a 1972 electraglide with nothing but a sleeping bag, 1 change of clothes and a bar of soap and toothbrush, covered about 20,000 miles over the year and in some good weather and bad, snow and rain, and just as soon as I retire I,m doing all 50 states and some Canadiens provinces on one trip. My camping these days are hotels so I don't even need to pack soap! Tc