I've done mostly car camping since the early 60's, starting in canvas tents. Our family tent was a Sears, outside-frame, umbrella style with no rain fly, which we hauled in the back of our Chevy station wagon to most of the National Parks west of the Mississippi. In Boy Scouts, in the 60's, we used the famous Explorer tent. Again, canvas.

In the mid 70's I bought my first nylon tent - a Eureka Timberline, which became one of the most common backpacker tents in the 70s and 80s.



I camped in the Timberline for a month in France and Poland in 1975. It served me very well, not a drop of water inside even in driving rain. I still have my Timberline. You can still buy one. Check out Campmor. The most amazing thing about the Timberline - Eureka has kept the price around $100 for the basic tent for over a decade. In fact, the price has hardly doubled in over 30 years. And they didn't do that by making it cheaper and cheaper until it was no good anymore. It's still a very good tent. Recommended as an excellant first tent for medium to serious camping use.

Now my occasional camping is mostly connected with paddling or four-wheeling. My Folbot or my Willys can carry all I need for luxurious camping.

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