Camping/Outdoor gear pics

[dhunley1]

Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

subscribing. I don't have pics right now though, sorry.

No worries man. Post them once you have them.

Originally Posted by Obscura

Springbar Colossus at night w/cheapie LED lights

Nice.

Originally Posted by NorcalOC

i do not really camp, I RV and ride my quad, or go to our families cabin, but I do not have any pictures of either of them. I need to take some time off and go have fun and get you all pics.

Hey man if it has to do with the outdoors I'm all for it. I look forward to seeing some pics.

[XDonRightHip]

Originally Posted by bigmoguls

Anybody ever notice that actual sleeping capacity of a tent is exactly 50% of the claimed sleeping capacity?

My rule of thumb is to take the stated sleeping capacity, subtract one, cut in half and round down.

I have a family of 5 (three kids under age 10) and we use an eight person tent and a seven person tent when we camp. Using my formula, both sleep 3.







The kitchen:



The dining room:

[rabies]

good tips for my future house...

[dhunley1]

Originally Posted by Wedge Rock

My rule of thumb is to take the stated sleeping capacity, subtract one, cut in half and round down.

I have a family of 5 (three kids under age 10) and we use an eight person tent and a seven person tent when we camp. Using my formula, both sleep 3.







The kitchen:



The dining room:

Thanks for sharing! Where were you camping in these pics? It looks really nice and secluded.

[Zombie Hunter]

You have to love adventures in camp cooking! Iron pans are camping gear right?

For breakfast, we brought a 5lb slab of Virginia Traditions bacon (http://virginiatraditions.com/Smoked-Bacon-Slab.aspx , yeah you've never had bacon this good unless you grew up on a pig farm) and carved off some thick slices to cook in an iron pan over a fire.



Then we put the bacon, eggs (cooked in the grease of course), cheese, and salsa on some tortilla shells we crisped up a bit over the open flames and passed around a bottle of good bourbon...BEST...BREAKFAST...EVER!



Now for a less successful dinner. Do you think the fire is hot enough for the iron Dutch oven?



Yeah I'd say the corn bread is done!



Surprisingly inside the blackened external layer was salvagable moist cornbread!

[dhunley1]

Put my Kelty Acadia 4 to use this past weekend.





Just got the Fiskars X7. For $22, I figured why not. I still plan on getting a Gransfors Bruks Wildlife hatchet though.

[dhunley1]

Originally Posted by Zombie Hunter

You have to love adventures in camp cooking!

For breakfast, we brought a 5lb slab of Virginia Traditions bacon (Deprecated Browser Error , yeah you've never had bacon this good unless you grew up on a pig farm) and carved off some thick slices to cook in an iron pan over a fire.



Then we put the bacon, eggs (cooked in the grease of course), cheese, and salsa on some tortilla shells we crisped up a bit over the open flames and passed around a bottle of good bourbon...BEST...BREAKFAST...EVER!

Mmmmm that looks good!

[Zombie Hunter]

Originally Posted by dhunley1

Just got the Fiskars X7. For $22, I figured why not. I still plan on getting a Gransfors Bruks Wildlife hatchet though.

Fiskar makes great stuff! I have the X7 hatchet also and a pair of their large gardening shears. I think all their stuff is worth about 4 times what you pay for it!

[dhunley1]

Originally Posted by Zombie Hunter

Fiskar makes great stuff! I have the X7 hatchet also and a pair of their large gardening shears. I think all their stuff is worth about 4 times what you pay for it!

Yeah man I'm pretty impressed with it so far. They could charge double and it would still be a great value.

[Mudinyeri]

Zombie Hunter, most open fire cooking is best done over hot coals rather than a burning flame. Try your cornbread that way next time.