Dave Kruger wrote: >On the value of a canopy: one which maintains the cab's roofline is perfect >for somebody who is a loner much of the time, and has just one passenger most >of the rest of the time. I drive to put-ins the night before and crash in >back, moving gear to the cab. No wet tent to deal with in the am, and it's a >quick launch. I have basically the same setup with my Nissan king cab pickup with an aluminum canopy (which is easy for one [largish] person to put on or take off). I like camping in the back at/on the way to/after the put in/take-out, but I have a big problem with moisture buildup. Tents breathe so much better than aluminum. Even with both side windows open and the back window open (if it's not windy) I still get pretty wet. How do you deal with humidity, in the even-more-humid Pac. NW? Also, what about mid-summer camping when it's hotter than blazes but the 'skeeters are also out? I agree that a small pickup is one of the optimum kayak vehicles. Wet stuff goes in back, big stuff goes on the rack, cold people get in the cab to warm up. My pickup is a 4wd, but even older, small 4wd's like mine get 20 mpg on the highway. Of course, 4wd's make plain lousy daily-drivers, (unless you're a logger) so I compensate by riding the bus to work and save the gas for driving to bumpy put-ins and trailheads on the weekend. Shawn *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 22 2000 - 11:56:16 PST
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