Thread: Camping

Six days in Utah with family and friends celebrating the 4th of July.

Originally Posted by MisterClean

Six days in Utah with family and friends celebrating the 4th.....*SNIP*

Aloha!

Wow. So beautiful. I love Utah. I'm a camper, hiker and fly fisherman, so I really have to love Utah. If I had the means, I'd buy a summer home at Sundance and rent it out in the winter to skiers. That last photo looks like a postcard. Magnificent photograph.

-Zip

I took a 2 week tour up and into the Northeast area to see some color last fall. All back roads touring on the bike, a 1982 Honda GL-500 Interstate. The hard bags plus a cargo bag on the rear seat.

Takes everything you see here and more. That's a 4 person tent, so plenty of room to hang out when it rains, tarp for over the cooking area, plenty of cooking gear, two small electric tent heaters and a fan for heating and air conditioning in the tent, a hammock for hanging out and napping, a camp chair for outside or inside (with folding footstool), and my iPad, solar charger/battery, 20' extension cord for getting power to the tent and clothing. I also have a collapsable XL cot with air mattress and of course a sleeping bag. After moto-camping since 1995, I have it pretty much down to a science.

I even have a neoprene cooler that plugs in for cooling with no ice and collapsable tent poles to pitch that rain fly over the picnic table. Those little backpack chairs are super comfy for their size. That little coleman footstool makes it really nice for relaxing - but that hammock is really where I end up spending most of my time during the day. But the nice thing is, if it rains, you can either hang out under the rain fly at the picnic table, or put that little chair and stool in the tent and hang out there. Again, it's a 4 person tent, with a 5' height, so you can sit and relax with all your gear no problem.

I took the GL-500 instead of the Triumph Trophy 1200 because I wanted to avoid interstates and enjoy cruising backroads and small towns. With the big Triumph, too much of a temptation to get on the highway and get somewhere fast. The Honda can do 90 MPH but those high revves as that speed get to you. It's more comfortable around 55 mph. Worked out great, especially at 55 MPG.

You notice a yellow line above the hammock in the first picture. This is one of those elastic clothes lines for drying your clothes and camp towels. But if you get caught in a few days of rain, you can also pitch that rainfly over that clothesline (just raise the clothesline up about 4 feet) and hang out in the hammock in the rain. I've done that. Now THAT'S LIVING!