SFR Camping in the rain

Dustin Chromers said:
What Kelty tarp is that? Looks pretty good. I mean it doesn't have the classic blue tarp style but it looks like it does the job really well.
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It's called a Kelty Sunshade, it comes in 3 sizes I believe and I like this one for coving the picnic table. Easy to setup and perfect for car camping. With a campstove underneath, it holds the heat in too. I posted a picture from the Kelty website of the newest one, earlier in the thread. It is a bit heavy, but stays in a big duffel bag with my tent, sleeping bag and sleeping pad. Grab and go..
 
flybill said:
It's called a Kelty Sunshade, it comes in 3 sizes I believe and I like this one for coving the picnic table. Easy to setup and perfect for car camping. With a campstove underneath, it holds the heat in too. I posted a picture from the Kelty website of the newest one, earlier in the thread. It is a bit heavy, but stays in a big duffel bag with my tent, sleeping bag and sleeping pad. Grab and go..
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How big is it packed? Looks like a phenomenal motorcycle or car camping kit. All can drink under the artificial sky. When I say packed I mean real packed size not factory quoted.
 
I was a backpacker/climber for many years, but my younger brother; who honed his wet weather and snow car camping skills as an Armored Cav Scout posted in Germany's Fulda Gap region for a year and a half in 1972 simply amazes me. Want a fire on 4' of snow at 4000' in early summer while enveloped in the clouds with sideways blowing rain while backpacking? No problem! Rain and snow on an exposed south-facing ridge above the Teanaway? The guy is an artist with blue tarp sculpture. He also led me into hammock camping which solves big some issues with wet weather camping; especially using a winter tarp that has doors. If car camping with a hammock I take an extra 10'x10.5' hammock catenary cut silnylon tarp that deploys fast and is easy to configure for specific conditions. However when you want a covering to keep dry next to the fire, hard to beat a blue tarp.
 
Brian Miller said:
I was a backpacker/climber for many years, but my younger brother; who honed his wet weather and snow car camping skills as an Armored Cav Scout posted in Germany's Fulda Gap region for a year and a half in 1972 simply amazes me. Want a fire on 4' of snow at 4000' in early summer while enveloped in the clouds with sideways blowing rain while backpacking? No problem! Rain and snow on an exposed south-facing ridge above the Teanaway? The guy is an artist with blue tarp sculpture. He also led me into hammock camping which solves big some issues with wet weather camping; especially using a winter tarp that has doors. If car camping with a hammock I take an extra 10'x10.5' hammock catenary cut silnylon tarp that deploys fast and is easy to configure for specific conditions. However when you want a covering to keep dry next to the fire, hard to beat a blue tarp.
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Ray Jardine/ light backpacking - climbing into a couple of heavy weight garbage can liners, pine cone stoves etc. that was a trend for me long ago. Now i like car camping…;)
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