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Rain Gear

Trippster

Trippster

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Yo,
In anticipation of getting our TD in march, I think I figured out how to handle footwear, coming and going from the TD at night. I think we will be using Crocks in the warm weather and leave them outside at night. We can then change into heavier footwear from the TV during the day.
I am interested in hearing how everyone handles their rain gear when trying to get in and out of the TD at night in the rain?
What works for you?
Thanks all.
Ken in Louisville
 
PS: oh one more thing. How do you handle rain gear without the bed and interior getting all wet.
Btw, we will NOT be getting the side tent.
Thanks
Ken in Louisville
 
I may put up the Northern Breeze. Teardrop fits inside, thus I and the bed stay drier. Have camped without the Northern Breeze. To me a matter of fact that the bedding will get wet because of door not being protected. Besides hang coat to drip dry, feet/pants edges may be damp.

Camping in the rain is about preplanning outside trips.

Camping in rain will happen, not a matter of if, but when.

I keep all shoes inside the tear in a plastic box. I don't ever plan on leaving shoes outside because of animals named squirrel and racoon.

Jean
 
Ken,

We're on the same page as Jean: a plastic box for shoes. Any type of shoe that slips on is ideal, but it's not a good idea to leave them outside. Not only will raccoons and squirrels use them as chew toys, but other varmints will make a comfy home there. Nothing ruins you day faster than putting a toe in the face of some snoozing snake, scorpion or big hairy spider. Eeewwwww!!!! Even if you use a container outside, those darned critters manage to get in.

As for the rain, we had to deal with that on our maiden voyage-a lot! Keeping one side of the trailer on the leeward side of the storm helped, but we are definitely packing an easy-up from now on. Something to think about.

Something else to think about: March is almost here! Ooooooo, I know you're excited! What fun!

Sue
 
We follow the same rule as Jean. We have a Northern Breeze, and we pull the trailer in as far as we can, leaving enough room to use the galley. The front flap is pulled over the top of the trailer, and tacked down so we can have the door mostly covered. We do push the trailer to one side, so we only use one door. Then we have the space on the side for dressing and drying clothes out. Putting the trailer under the tent also allows us to open the roof vent and keep everything dry too.

I do keep a box outside for shoes. It has a tight fitting lid that keeps the shoes dry, and since I have a hard time getting in (and it hasn't even opened when dropped), I figure any critter deserves to have my shoes if they are able to get in. The box is small enough for me to bring in, if needed, and stow on the top bunk with some of our other things (the lad always sleeps on the bottom). I need to get a second one, so Mick has one too (he tends to wear his boots, and they are too big to fit in with our shoes).

We have the side tent, but haven't used it yet. I may try it out on a trip this summer (after testing it out at home first). I need to figure out how to put the NB up with out help (haven't figured that out yet). Need to do that with the amount of rain we get here.
 
Hi Ken,
We always bring an EZ-UP with us for whenever it rains. There is just enough room on each side of the camper to stay dry with a 12' x 12'EZ-UP. We also have plastic shoe bins to put our shoes in at night whether it is raining or not. The bins stay under the camper for the night. No critter problems yet:).
Charlie
 
Charlie,

Are you talking about a 12' x 12' slant leg which is really a 10' x 10' canopy? This is what a 12' x 12' straight leg EZ-UP looks like when it rains.

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Hilditch
 
This was to funny. Tragically. Since I do outdoor art shows the saying in that world is EZUp - EZGone. They do make some that are a bit more robust but none of them are waterproof, water collects and puts a great deal of weight on the top and the frames really get damaged with wind when the twist. As a show a couple years back there were 4-6 EZUps trashed by a sudden wind gust on the setup day. Sunday afternoon we got hit with a storm and microburst. Lost another 10 and some of those folks were the sames one from Friday who ran out an bought another EZUp.

Outdoor shows want a minimum of 40 lbs on each leg and if you can stake into the ground even better. Buy something a bit better. If you just want a shelter look at the REI Alcove. $109 but there is 30% off coupon on the REI site through Saturday 12.24.11. Or buy a Northern Breeze.

Hope you didn't get damaged to badly with the EZDown.
 
Gary said:
If you just want a shelter look at the REI Alcove. $109 but there is 30% off coupon on the REI site through Saturday 12.24.11. Or buy a Northern Breeze.
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Took advantage of the REI sale earlier today. The great thing is, they gave me a $100 gift certificate for getting an REI credit card. So the shelter works out to be free and I have a few bucks for a side curtain or whatever... sweet!
 
Hilditch,
Great picture! I keep waiting for that to happen to ours, but we have used the same EZ-Up for three summers now.When it finally gives way we will look into something else, but for now the EZ-UP it is. We only use it if rain is imminent, otherwise we have open skies over the camper.
Charlie
 
we also use a northern breeze and love it. For shoes we got some shoe bags from amazon. We like them better than a box as we can hang them from the coat hooks. They do not leak and we can leave the hanging end a little loose for air circulation.
 
For shoes and bad weather:

Sit on the bed with shoes still on.
Swing feet into plastic bin that is sitting on bed.
Take off shoes while in the bin.
Put the bin in the front storage compartment.

Put the shoes on in reverse order.
 
Pat_W said:
we also use a northern breeze and love it. For shoes we got some shoe bags from amazon. We like them better than a box as we can hang them from the coat hooks. They do not leak and we can leave the hanging end a little loose for air circulation.
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Pat, I really like this idea. Do you remember the brand name of the shoe bags?
 
Joan said:
Pat_W said:
we also use a northern breeze and love it. For shoes we got some shoe bags from amazon. We like them better than a box as we can hang them from the coat hooks. They do not leak and we can leave the hanging end a little loose for air circulation.
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Pat, I really like this idea. Do you remember the brand name of the shoe bags?
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Joan,

We plan on doing the same thing, we got the idea when we were at the CO-CO. Remember we're newbies so we didn't know about shoe boxes, so we used a couple on plastic bags an hung 'em from the coat hooks... easy access for those late night runs to the latrine.

Anyway, go to amazon and type in shoe bags. I bought the one's from Richards. Both my size 10 sneakers fit in one bag. For hiking boots you may have to use one bag each... that's OK it's a 3 bag set.
 
Joan,
aj and michelle are right Richards and they are 3 to a set. We use two for shoes.
We stretch a bundge across from one coat hook to the other and we put the 3rd bag on the bundge for used kleenex, etc. Dump it in the morning and hang it again. We also would put a wet jacket on the bundge or wet socks with clothes pins if needed.
 
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