"Drew Cutter" wrote in message
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Drew Cutter wrote:

What do most of you do when you go to places like green river ,
gauley - rent a cabin , pitch a tent ? Especially if you got 5-8 hour drive.
I can't see getting up early on Saturdays to drive .


http://raf.atd.ucar.edu/~cjw/truck/closed.jpg
http://raf.atd.ucar.edu/~cjw/truck/open.jpg

This is what i'll probably go with.
http://www.flippac.com/index.htm or http://www.hannibalusa.com/tents.htm

All the above look very ingenious but what advantage do they have over a
normal tent. They appear to require a special roof bed(!) to mount them on.
I can understand the philosophy in South Africa or anywhere where sleeping
off the ground might be safer. How does their price compare with a standard
dome tent?

Cheers,

Roy