Sandy said... > Rick, buying tents is sooooooo much fun....don't rush too > much. You've got time. Time??? I'm a hop, skip and a jump away from panic! :-( I was borrowing a tent from a friend, who finally called and said he couldn't find his tent. No other friends camp - time for new friends :-) So, I find this out a couple nights ago. My drive starts at 5am on the 23rd. My wife and I agreed on a 3 year budgeted "buying list" to get fully equipped for trips, rather than continuing to paddle day outings in my local outing. The budget includes a nice fiberglass boat this summer (paddling a Carolina by Perception now)!!!! We've been saving for that for almost two years now. Anyway, I had planned on spending a couple months NEXT January/February doing a leisurely search and hopefully picking up a used one that fits into the budget. Now, I have to get a crash course on tent buying, probably mail order one, allow time for it to arrive, and hopefully have enough time before leaving that I can spend a few hours putting it up and taking it down to work out any kinks. All that has to happen in 14 days. Not much room for error. Okay, last night, I'm talking to my buddy, and I ask... "I can still borrow your stove, right?". What do you think he says...... "Oh. That's packed away where ever my tent is." Great..... here we go again. Screw it.... I'm buying a whisperlite shaker and I'm just not going to worry about it. I had hoped to find a used stove too, but I'll just have to suck it up. Thanks for all the help! Rick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Feb 08 2002 - 05:33:41 PST
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