Week 3, a camping trip

Week 3 has come and gone. I managed to use the Jedi mind trick on Dora to convince her to let me go camping with Logan. Silly woman, she should have checked my identification!

After a late start we headed South to Kalispell, Montana to pick up a new tent. I purchased a RTT or roof top tent from camping lab, a company that sells them and arranged to pick it up in Montana to get the free shipping.

Unfortunately, the base bars were too short to fit my truck rack and I was stuck in another Country without any tools. With kid in tow, I made a mad dash to the local HomeDepot at purchased some supplies. I then headed to Whitefish as my cousin has a cabin there. By the time I arrived Logan had fallen asleep so I set-up my tent (brought a backup tent!), tucked him in and set to work building a new base to put the tent on. Shortly before midnight I had successfully mounted the tent. You can see the finished product here.

From 2009_07 Tent trip

The next day involved us hitting a nice little lake just north of starving donkey... I mean hungry horse. Logan was a real trooper and hiked the whole thing except the last 5 minutes. He was a tired little boy.

We packed up and headed to our campground for the night. With a dramatic crash off the ladder (Don't worry, new rules are now in place!) we survived our first night in the tent. It truly was the cat's meow.

From 2009_07 Tent trip

From 2009_07 Tent trip

Logan truly enjoyed his camping experience and found a new use for camping equipment as highlighted below.

For those worried about Dora and Evan... they both survived the 3 days we were gone and I think the Jedi mind trick might work a few more times this summer.

As well I plan to do some "Real" mounting work, lowering the tent about 2" and adding a few extra's I'll post the revised truck set-up later.