Truck Camping Photo Thread

Maiden voyage using my Napier Sport tent. A couple days at Hollister Hills.

 

Nice showing of Dbl Cab Long Beds on this page....



Jesse

 

Uh oh. Hope you are OK. Sleep tight.

 

Pinnacles NF last weekend.

 

How do you like the truck tent compared to a ground tent ? is it comfy being a short bed truck ?

oops , just noticed is and access cab long bed

 

There's still water in that lake?

 

It's not a short bed, the AC has the normal 6' bed.

 

It was originally for a 1st Gen Tacoma. It stretches just enough to fit a 2nd Gen. I purchased it from a guy who sold his 1st Gen for a F-150, then needed to sell the tent to pay for repairs. It's a Napier Truck Tent, but not sure of the model or when it was made.

I usually come back from camping weighed down just as much as when I left. While food and firewood were consumed on site, I try to pack home as much trash, especially other people's, as I can. Leave no trace, make it better than when you found it.

 

The GF and I spent a couple nights up on the rim above Sedona, AZ. recently. We went all the way up to the scenic vista lookout atop Schnebly Hill Rd. and then took FR153A back along the rim for about a mile or two.

The picture shows our camp on one side and the view looking the opposite way. Probably one of the best spots I've found in the area; even had 4G coverage.

 

A couple from my trips:

Out at the Black Rock Desert:



Deer Valley:

 

Looks like a Great spot to spend some time.

 

So that's the tent you were talking about, that's pretty cool

 

Yep! I am pretty happy with it right now.

What? Why would the ground freezing stop me from driving a stake into it? People use these on lakes when ice fishing.

I think you have the option of 16 total. You don't need to stake that many in though. I think I had 8-10 in today since I forgot some back home.

As for snow and sand, I know Kifaru suggests using sst pins. Pretty sure they are just longer stakes to provide better anchoring in soft environment such as sand and snow.

 

Nope, the stakes go in just fine. Getting them out after the ground warmed and then froze again was another story. I have stakes in my backyard from my first pitch . I need to take a torch to them and unfreeze them.

I picked up some gutter spikes and I prefer those for frozen ground now. The guys that put it on ice said they used nails. It seems some people had trouble with that and have talked about bringing a screw driver and screws for ice fishing.