Sorry bout the misspelling boys....Ozone haw haw. I think it's spelled ozan but aww what the heck I think I'll look it up. Er, lets see where is Laubin's book on the Tipi? Thummp bang, here it is Yepper, "Ozan" pages 31, 69-70, 132, material, 31.
Re read it after many years forgot the part about dropping part of it down also makes for a nice bit of privacy curtain for dressing napping etc.

Regards, stump.

Thinking about that hunt,
I sure was cold. Lot's of snow, then a silver thaw on the way out. I was more than a might worried. I decimated a small grove of fir trees in what used to be a xmas tree farm that had gone to seed and lined the floor of the lodge with it. We had 2 feet of snow on the ground and snow clung to the sides of the lodge up to the liner! We was snug as bugs though. Went through a fair amount of fire wood too. I'd start a fire in the morning which Judy would keep going all day. Cooking and tending to 4 wee ones whilst I was out hunting. We'd heat water, bathe, etc. all while it was blowing a blue norther outside the lodge. By the third day of the blow it was just my family and Two Tails with his wife in their 16 foot tipi....Everyone else had packed it in and gone home. Just two tipis standing forlorn and alone in what had been a pretty vibrant elk camp. Young, and not knowing any better we did quite well with the Indian tipi. GOOD memories. I had to laugh last month when that infant which is now a 16 year old young man told me at this last snow shoe that he felt he'd done this before! What a hoot!

Regards, stump.

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What would you recommend for a geezer camping alone? The Museum Wedge looks great, but methinks it might be a might larger than one needs. Needs: Big enough for one, tall enough to stand in, bell back, awning in front. Someone make one of those?

Used to camp in an oval marquee 13 x 17, 6' sidewalls, braided rug on the ground. Great when there was the whole famn damily along, but a little toward the ostentatious now for just me. Also takes at least two to put it up, although I managed once. I was younger then...

I like the looks of the 1780 american by tentsmiths. The bell isn't too obtrusive and it's one of the few with enough head room without being a bit of a handful to set up by oneself. I have one that is very similar and was built by a fellow out of yakima years ago. I don't think he's still in business though. I will be pricing tipi's at the up coming monroe gun show to get a replacement for my old tipi and I'll nose around also for wedges. There is usually some bargain second hand ones that are up for grabs at the show. Key is to look sharp for 3x5 index cards that will be on someones table tucked away to the side usually under a mirror, geegaws and amongst some mostly useless frappery.

regards, stump.

I have had one of nearly every style & really love wall tents, but they require more poles & rope than I like to deal with these days. A big wedge would be a good way to go for a one tent family/person because you never know when you will need the room. Minimal poles & stakes even for a big wedge. Rear door is great for ventilation on hot days & a stove pipe hole is a good idea in case you ever want to put a stove in it. Even if you never use it, it won't hurt anything & they are fairly cheap. I start to feel really cooped up in a small tent in bad weather. Buy the best cloth you can get: waterproof, mildew resistant, flame retardant & then take good care of it.

When I lived down in Utah many years back I got behind a p/u with a rack of lodge poles on top that was following a pretty nice motor home. Apparently the RV made a panic stop & the P/U followed suit.....& the poles came loose as a bundle & speared the RV all the way from back to windshield. No casualties as I remember.
Kidfixer

Kidfixer,

Welcome back to the fire! If they counted all your earlier posts from years ago you'd at least be up to Graybeard status, at least.

Sparks