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- Jim
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- covey sr
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The four season thing is reason enough to have one and makes sense. I'm 85 years old so having anything off the ground is almost impossible for me. I recently gave my 13' scamp to my daughter. I dont know if I will ever use my new T3 Gazelle tent because of my limited ability to walk now that I can only walk with a cane. Sleeping in my LRD2 looks like my only option anymore.The lookout may still be there but there has been some logging in the area and most of the non active roads are heavily overgrown, we just could not locate it it looks like the road has just vanished. That happens a lot up here.
We have a few ground tent guys still, but our group tries to be 4 seasons and we stay far away from organized campsites. And in the PNW that mostly means rain and mud usually late Sept until mid June, so RTT's, Awnings, and sand/mud matts.
I had a delightful 4 days on the west coast on Vancouver island in torrential rain, I was still sleeping in the Disco then and no awning just a big tarp. It was a great trip but a ground tent would have been a nightmare, there were a couple of inches of water on the ground, in large puddles most mornings.
But when I think back in my 20's a couple of army half shelters, air mattress and a mummy bag was good enough even overnighting at whistler before skiing the next day. But I like a bit of comfort now that I am in my 60's.
And our group is just happy to have folks come out, pretty much whether they are fully loaded or just starting out with a basic ground tent and stove. The new guys get lots of help and advice and the ground tent guys generally get 1st pick of the ground.
We average 12 to 16 trucks, although your can not see it we have 2 ground tents, 3 vehicles with people sleeping inside and then the rest of us in variety of RTT's
Yea I have an RTT and awning and pretty much everything else is 10+ years old, other than a few led lights and I am pretty happy.
Sounds like you have a really good group to overland and camp with. Too bad about your loss of trails to some good places. I think we lost a lot a few years back when the FS closed a lot of them In the National Parks for some pretty stupid reasons.