Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:35 am
Why not mail down a can of Sturno fuel and set it up under the grill @ Cinnamon Camps?It seems like the burner & tank your taking might be a space hog?Sturno is what I'm trying when I go down in May.Parafinsbubblybrenda wrote:EarlyRiser ~ the two trips I've made to STJ I've bare-site camped at Cinnamon. I've been a tenter my entire life and "roughing it" doesn't faze me (I actually consider Cinnamon 5-star camping).
Re the pillows: I have a fleece covered blow up airline neck pillow from Eagle Creek. It subs as my sleeping pillow for 2 weeks. With the weight restrictions on airlines and the fact that I travel solo & can't really take a lot of stuff, I'll tell you I have learned to be an extreme minimalist. I am amazed at how I can make do with so little for 2 weeks: 1 titanium pot; 1 insulated mug; 1 fork/knife/spoon; 1 collapsible bowl & 1 burner to screw on a green propane tank (buy it at the CB general store); 1 thermarest & 1 sheet.
I can't stress enough that the most important feature on your tent will be it's fly. Try to get one that goes right to the ground. You might luck out and get a site that has a tarp over it but then again you might not.
Take it from me, I have had to madly set up in a torrential downpour (that was after I lugged my stuff to the top of a goat trail), by then 1 bag had been sitting with a river of water flowing under it while I was checking in. Oh yah, and the sun was setting in less than an hour! Not fun but what made it bearable was once I was inside my tent I knew I would be totally dry inside as my tent will almost withstand a monsoon.