RosieTahoe wrote: What ginormous tent did you end up buying may I ask?
Not trying to promote any brand or particular store. But, this is the tent we got. Though, we got it in mid August and it was on an end of summer sale, about 25% off or so.
http://www.big5sportinggoods.com/product/tents/478242-149264/hi-tec-yosemite-18-x-10-tent.htmlWe do really like about it, is that it has 3 doors. We put our bed at one of the long end, put all suit cases, and rubber made clothes containers along the sides, and only used the small door at the other end. We didn't use the big 'main' door, because then we were stepping in right by our bed. Having the long narrow tent, allowed us to take our shoes and coats off at one end away from our bed. That side of the tent was way dustier than our bed end.
The last few years we used air mattresses as well, and at some point through the week, you're waking up on the ground.
Not a big fan of the air mattresses anymore. At least not for over 7 days. A few days in the mountains and they work fine. They alsways end up giving me a sore back, since weight doesn't distribute properly, and when one person lays down it sort of pops the other person up a bit.
So, for 2012 we brought the mattress from the Futon in our basement.
Totally kicked ass! Super warm at night, nice and soft but still kinda firm.
We wrapped it in a dovet cover, then put a fitted sheet on top of that, then we washed those when we got home. The mattress it self stayed pretty dust free.
Savannah wrote:I sleep on a marvelous folding camp cot with mattress purchased from a certain hippie camping co-op. (I love storing things under it). Bedding: a comforter folded double, blanket, flat sheet. That way I have something for all temperature levels. Sometimes it's warm at night for a time, sometimes it gets very, very cold.
Cots pretty much do kick ass! Especially newer ones, the old school canvas and aluminum pole "army" style are good but not great.
BUT! Most cots are Twin size... and even pushed together don't make a very good Double or Queen size bed.