Well it's finally happened, folks. I'm going camping! Sort-of. My cousin in Georgia asked me invited me into town. Actually, she invited me to go on a fishing trip with her husband, Rick. Rick's a good guy and we've hit lakes before but this will be our first overnight fishing trip and I'm really looking forward to it. The drive down isn't going to be all that great, but it'll be nice to be away from civilization for a while so it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.
I'd planned on flying down but Rick asked me to bring my truck. He went camping with me once before and loved my rig. I have a Ford F150 and a tent rig that goes over the back. Even includes a "walk in" space off the back of the truck and you sleep in the bed of the truck.
On our last trip in West Virginia, we got hammered by some rain but the raised truck bed kept us nice and dry. Only problem was we slept on blankets and that cold truck bed chilled us down a bit. This year I'm going to get an air mattress and I'm hoping to pick it up on my way tomorrow. I was reading about air mattress beds at a site (linked should you be interested) and there's a post on the site about a pretty good mattress that packs down tight like one of the self inflating models I bought over the winter but it's thick enough like a guest air mattress. If the dimensions fit, Rick and I'll be livin' large!
Those of you who own pickups or suv's should check these tents out. They're a great way of extending the room of your vechicle into a functional camping option. There are a couple companies that make these things but I picked up my tent from tentsontrucks.com. I'll write more about them when I get back from my trip.
I'm starting out tomorrow. Pray the rain's all through down there and I'll let you know how the trip goes.
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