Tent Trailers Make Camping Fun for the Whole Family
by Trevor Mulholland
When you're out on your own, camping could be fun even with very little at hand. You can make a meal over a simple campfire, and a comfy living area out of a pack tent. As long as the weather is good, you can hike for miles and stop anywhere you want, without needing a roof over your head. But once you're camping with family, you'll find that your outdoor needs have grown just a little more complex. When you've decided that you want your family to experience the great outdoors, it's time to look into tent trailers.
Tent trailers are by no means a substitute for "roughing it," or the simple pleasures of getting by on your own in nature's own cradle. However, not everybody likes "roughing it" right off the bat - some need ties to their urban roots, and for such people, modern conveniences like a stove, a portable outhouse and even a working television are indispensable.
This is where trailers come in. Trailers are extensions, usually for family vehicles like minivans or small SUVs; they are hooked up to the back of the vehicles and then towed to wherever the camping spot will be. Trailers are good for storing large equipment that would not fit inside the family car, like fishing gear, bedrolls, large pots and extra luggage. They can also be towed through rough, bumpy mountain trails without being unbalanced or detached from the main vehicle.
They are convertible into living spaces, and so although they are wheeled and outwardly seem like vehicles themselves, they are also called "tents." Some makers of modern trailer tents claim that you can turn a trailer into a tent in a matter of minutes - and this is true! Collapsible compartments create more room for people to move around inside the trailer, so that there is plenty of space to sleep. A good alternative to getting bitten by insects or worse, just when you think you're safely locked away in your snug sleeping bag, right under the stars!
Another major convenience is that you don't have to spend hours putting up a tent for everyone in the household. The tent is pretty much already there! If putting up the tent is no longer on your list of things to worry about, you can spend more valuable family bonding time fishing, hiking or just playing games out in the open.
Pick a good model from the plentiful selection of tent trailers in the market, and make "roughing it" a whole lot easier and more fun for the family!
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1 comment:
I grew up camping in "Hard-side" trailers...a demand of my mother's. After marriage, a daughter, and a dog. We tent camped a few times. However, after a few rains and the dog pawing to get out of the tent, and the daughter waking up with sniffles, I was done with the tent! We looked into tent campers and ended up with a large Coleman with a slide. That was much more comfortable. That camper towed very easily and once setup was very comfortable. However, the setup was still a pain. My tent friends were surprised how long it took us. I reminded them that we still had a tent to set up, but just the bag was a box on wheels. Also, my daughter continued to wake up with the sniffles. After a few years, we traded it in on a light-weight hard-side (We had to pop-down in the rain, that morning) We love that, although, I still miss the tent camper, when towing...especially with current gas prices. Just this weekend a couple parked next to us with a tent camper...smaller, no slide...and had it set up pretty quickly. We reminisced, but don't miss the old camper.
Another options is Hybrids...a hard-side with tents on the ends. My brother traded his heavy hard-side for one, but didn't like the noise in the bunk ends...they're back to a hard-side.
Don't get me wrong tent campers are nice, and much more affordable to buy, tow, and maintain. Find what works for you and for the enjoyment of your family.
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