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kat
We live in NH and are looking to find a place to stay for a few days. We prefer a cabin.
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Ive driven past a place called 'crawford notch campground' on my way to bretton woods this past winter. Looked really nice, of course it was covered in 4 feet of snow and closed at this point. googled it and it looks really nice on the website. Room for tents, RVs, and even has a couple of cabins. Its right along the river in crawford notch.
Ive driven past a place called 'crawford notch campground' on my way to bretton woods this past winter. Looked really nice, of course it was covered in 4 feet of snow and closed at this point. googled it and it looks really nice on the website. Room for tents, RVs, and even has a couple of cabins. Its right along the river in crawford notch.
I want to go camping and use a canvas wall tent instead of a modern tent. Can I rent one some where?
jordan
I live in Miami, but my final destination will be the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. So any where in between would work.
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I worked in the wilderness equipment and guide business for a while and have never known any outfitter who rented canvas tents. I doubt there would be sufficient market for them because they are heavy, difficult to set up and require carerful maintenance, as well as having a space to dry and clean them after use. Just not a practical item to rent.
Most people buy their own. The Tentsmith company in Conway, NH, is one vendor that makes a huge range of styles and sizes of canvas wall tents, many of them used by historical reenactors. You can buy a small one for around $400.
http://www.tentsmiths.com/period-tents-wall-tents.html
I've camped out in canvas tents -- they are actually quite cozy in two conditions: very dry cold winters (you can use a vented wood stove in them) or in desert condition. They are less than ideal in warm or cool humid conditions. The canvas absorbs water and the threads swell, which keeps rain from pouring through, but it does mean the walls are wet most of the time and if the tent is small your bedding gets wet from precipitation. Also, most have no floor so if the ground becomes saturated it will come up through the earth under the tent, so you have to lay down a rubber or plastic ground sheet. If you are camping for any period of time in wet weather you tend to have mold problems on the fabric.
There are some campgrounds that rent fixed in place canvas wall tents, usually larger ones on platforms. Those of us who grew up in the 50's through the 70's remember those vividly from summer camp, that musty damp canvas smell is part of childhood.
I worked in the wilderness equipment and guide business for a while and have never known any outfitter who rented canvas tents. I doubt there would be sufficient market for them because they are heavy, difficult to set up and require carerful maintenance, as well as having a space to dry and clean them after use. Just not a practical item to rent.
Most people buy their own. The Tentsmith company in Conway, NH, is one vendor that makes a huge range of styles and sizes of canvas wall tents, many of them used by historical reenactors. You can buy a small one for around $400.
http://www.tentsmiths.com/period-tents-wall-tents.html
I've camped out in canvas tents -- they are actually quite cozy in two conditions: very dry cold winters (you can use a vented wood stove in them) or in desert condition. They are less than ideal in warm or cool humid conditions. The canvas absorbs water and the threads swell, which keeps rain from pouring through, but it does mean the walls are wet most of the time and if the tent is small your bedding gets wet from precipitation. Also, most have no floor so if the ground becomes saturated it will come up through the earth under the tent, so you have to lay down a rubber or plastic ground sheet. If you are camping for any period of time in wet weather you tend to have mold problems on the fabric.
There are some campgrounds that rent fixed in place canvas wall tents, usually larger ones on platforms. Those of us who grew up in the 50's through the 70's remember those vividly from summer camp, that musty damp canvas smell is part of childhood.
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