Pop Up Tent Information
Betty Robertson
Our first trailer was a pop up tent trailer. It was our first
step into the RV life. We quickly learned the ins and outs of a
traveling with a pop up tent. We had great fun in our pop up
tent trailer and traveled many miles. It was just not suited
for what we do on vacation. It was easy to take to places we
could never have gone with our travel trailer and the gas costs
were not nearly as ghastly as running a big truck that pulls a
big trailer.
If you use a tent trailer for camping and stay in one place for
several days they are a great addition to the camping
experience. You have a small fridge that runs on battery, gas,
or electric. You have a cooking area an indoor table and sink.
They are easy to pull and can go be towed by less expensive
vehicles with smaller engines. They will go where big trailers
would never could on back roads. What else could you need for
that purpose? In my mind the tent pop up campers are just that,
campers. They are wonderful for camping but not long for long
distances and daily traveling.
If you take your pop up tent out of the camping setting and
start traveling across the country you start to understand
several things about tent trailers. You have little space for
supplies for long trips, you must move all your supplies you
can carry to the storage areas inside and to the floor, and you
will have to set up and put down your camper at every RV Park
every day you travel.
Some of the new larger models now have a bath room but most are
only shower curtains and not doors or real enclosures. Some RV
Parks charge for a shower and we have been charged up to three
dollars a person a day for showers and the bathrooms. Not all
parks are this expensive but any extra charge takes away from
your vacation money.
This means you will not be able to reach supplies beyond the
door when the tent trailer is down and you better remember your
medications or any supplies you need from the inside the trailer
daily. It may only take several minutes to put up your tent and
unless you have done this in a down poor with wind whipping at
your heels you can not appreciate the meaning of wet.
When in a storm the inside of the tent can condense moisture on
the tent portion of the inside and have the same problems you
would get in a normal tent. You will have gas heater but you
will still have cold outside air that creates condensation. The
heater works fairly well but it is a tent and there will cold
air that comes coming inside and the person sleeping on the
outer side can become cool in a windy night. In some areas of
the country we have stayed, we have wondered if we would blow
away or tip over in the strong winds. You can watch the top
portion of the tent move in the wind.
I will add that in an RV Park you are packed in close and in a
tent type camper you hear every noise made all night long. I
might add that they hear every noise you make as well. We
always had movies at night and the radio going in the day time.
About The Author: Betty and her husband are outdoor enthusiasts
that teach classes on outdoor activities. They have a small
business that sells instructional DVDs and they can teach you
how to Carve, Make a Bow and How to Collect and Find Fossils.
Visit us at http://www.thehowtodoit.com
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