Re: [Paddlewise] tents

Well yes indeed. My brother several years ago took his wife on an extended
canoe trip from Nitnak lake on Vancouver Island down the narrows to the
mouth of the Pacific. Realizing that few daylight hours remained they
beached there canoe at the mouth of the narrows, where today hikers
higher a boat to take them across to complete their journey of the
famed West Coast Trail. Hiking a fair distance South they found a place
to camp and set up camp for the night. Apparently the bugs (no seeums)
were plentiful and a constant source of irritation for his wife who
was not apparently all that thrilled with the journey to begin with (citified
I presume). Moreover, she was not thrilled having seen a
 whale pass nearby there canoe when paddling and it
scared the bejeebers out of her. My brother was alarmed because the
current was so strong that it was bending his wooden paddles, in effort to
get the canoe beached.
After having set the tent up and finished supper they prepared to bunk down
to recover from a long day of paddling, and because it was starting to rain.
The suprise of their life occurred. The tent started falling to pieces.
Literaly!
Mildew had invaded the fabric over the years (mostly due to poor storage
I presume). His wife was just livid! Ho, ho, ho, did my brother ever get the
blast.
They spent some kind a rainy night under plastic garbage bags on Vancouvers
coastline that night.
Needless to say the canoe/camping excursion turned out to be a disaster.
So much for canvas tents and his wifes willingness to go along with anyother
such adventures.

It pays to have a quality tent and to practice good storage.
I am all for the  consensus that Moss and/or Northface are
the two premier tents.
Oooh, I feel the need for a new tent coming on. Gonna truck on
down to 'trac and trail' and check one out again.

Cheers,

Philip

BRADFORD R. CRAIN wrote:

>      Does anyone have any good tent stories to tell?
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