Can’t wait for Spring to get here, we’ve had enough of these zero below zero temps and snow…Spring is right around the corner, almost a month away. We’ve already made reservations for our pop-up campers rendezvous group in the month of May. We have a 2006 Rockwood Premiere, we bought it brand new back then and it’s still in perfect condition.
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That’s not camping! That’s just moving a house into the woods. 
I haven’t camped for years but we used to do a lot when I was a kid. Great big old canvas tent and hacking a spot out of the bush to set it up. We started building a cabin when I was 9 and for the first few years slept in that tent while working on the cabin. Family of 5 and waking up with snow on the ground some mornings. Two coleman stoves for cooking on and a coleman lamp for light. Old kerosene lamp for finding the outhouse in the dark. Spooky when you’re a kid. lol
I’m thinking of getting a 5th wheel to live in so I can move that around. Campbell River is where I want to go. Do some decent fishing in my golden years after I sell this place and get the hell out of Bumf**k, AB. If I get my inheritance I’ll just sign the house over to the wife and GTFO but mom will be 94 this Aug and still chugging along so that may never happen in my lifetime. She’s already outlived one of my two sisters and lives with the last one in Chilliwack, BC.
Nice unit so should be fun for you if you can find a campsite. Here in 'Berta they have to be booked months in advance.
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Love to get out into the woods! A buddy and I had a Covid exposure last summer and decided the best place to quarantine was out in the woods… spent 2 weeks fishing, canoeing, and just enjoying life unplugged!
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Hard core camping. I camped in the snow once. It was a freak snow storm in October
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That’s what I call camping. I opened this thread, saw a pop up, and thought, that’s glamping! 
In all reality though, getting older, the ground doesn’t treat me well anymore.
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One of my favorite things in the world is sleeping outside. Where safety permits, I love doing it without a tent, just on bare forest floor without any improvements. I did that a lot in the Pacific Northwest in the summer. There’s something so liberating about sleeping in the dirt, literally. In other areas, I like doing primitive bivouac(ing).
I’ve done improved vehicle camping at RV sites and don’t like it as much. It’s still a lot of fun, it’s just a different feel.
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Hell yeah…
I don’t do campgrounds… if i can avoid it, sometimes necessary for a quick overnight during the drive.
Started out tent camping from a sports car, which led to my first 4wd vehicle and been a Jeep owner now for decades. As i got older i needed to get off the ground so my son and i rebuilt and modified a small popup camper capable of going off pavement.
Covid fucked up my plans for a 2 month road trip this past fall and i’m hoping to try it again this coming year. If you see me out in a Nat’l Park or Forest somewhere stop in and say High…
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Always used to go up to Gladwin and take the trails till the trucks wouldn’t go any further- lost in state land for a week or two. At least till the shrooms ran out! My old man is still to this day my best friend, miss those days. Hell- that was 30 yrs ago…
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Tell us more about that stove you have in there. Temps in/out. Like to learn more.
I’ve ‘camped’ twice in exceedingly cold weather in tents. Down to -80F windchills. Miserable. No more.
Now adays, if backcountry, hammocks with under quilt. Below freezing weather ok but no more of those insane temps.
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Sweet set up man… a buddy and I road tripped and camped all over Colorado one summer… your style reminds me of that trip… it was a fantastic ride!
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So one is a canvas tent and one is a nylon teepee that isn’t any more insulated than a regular summer camping tent. Each have box stoves with nesting stove pipe so it all fits inside the stove box.
I just bought a new stove for this season - the Kni Co Alaska Jr. It weighs about 25lbs
We’ve woke up to -28 air temp one year… not sure what the windchill was but that was a cold one. Usually it’s in the teens for highs and a bit below zero at night. With those little wood stoves the tent heats up to 60 degrees in literally 15 minutes… it’s nuts… it just doesn’t hold heat. So a cot (to get off the frozen lake) and a good sleeping bag is essential.
It’s definitely a unique experience. We camp close to the Canadian border and the stars at night with wolves howling in the distance is unforgettable.
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That’s cool, thanks for the info. Are you x-country or pulling the gear with a snow machine.
Had a wolf come into camp one night. Started to howl/call. Literally rattled my ear drums. Amazing experience. Wish I had my recorder on.
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@pawsfodocaws that is how the youngest daughter did the Appalachian trail. She and her BBF started out with a 2 man sleeping bag. Than she got her hammock/tent sent to a drop up the trail to finish.
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I’m a snowshoer… my buddies are XC skiers so they usually ski in. We hitch up to our gear sleds and hoof it in and make camp. We usually go to the Boundry Waters in MN - no motorized anything allowed. Hand drill the ice holes for fishing… actually like that aspect of it.
Last year we did maybe only a mile hike… that cold-ass year we did a 4.4 mile stretch to camp.
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yeah!! backpacked the white mountains NH last summer. Gonna do the Long Trail in VT this summer, hopefully.
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That’s awesome. I bet that was one heck of a experience!. I really like how packable it is. That must’ve been fun,.
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She did the whole thing. I picked her up in Maine. I met her with a pick-up full of stuff further down the tall and Had drink and supplies for all the hikers coming thru. Talking to them was an experience. Even if very smelly. I managed to find the spot in the dark but got lost the next day getting back to civilization in day light. I went to the end and pitched a tent and watches every on come in and climb the finally rock. Just that was an experience for me.
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That’s epic. @G-paS
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