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Turtle goes Camping up Island

Post by Luna-Sea »

Hey,
Took Turtle for a little jaunt-a-roo up to Quadra Island
for a yearly extended family camping camping trip.

I personally feel the weather sucked rusty stock tailpipes,
lots of rain. The company more than up for it though.
I was quite proud I brought so many tarps,including one
20x20 beauty that we hung 18 feet in the air and had a
fire under and sat comfortably and dry.(didn't melt the tarp :-D )

Set up nice dry camp..
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32mm wrench was the perfect tensioner weight...
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Added a wind block and extended the dry space of the awning...
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Added my Crappy tire extendo-matic camp kitchen.
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Added a couple of director type camp chairs and my big-ass
(galvanized, water tight when closed)camp box and stand my
uncle gave me. Worthy of note a DOMETIC "Comfort Station"
A.K.A "pooper in a tent".My very pregnant spousal
unit has to use the "powder room" about as often as you use a vowel in a swear word.
Made a deal with her, no number two and she stays number one with me.(good deal no?)
140 bux at costco ,worth every last penny.
Also the zero-gravity chairs are pretty relaxing and good for elevating your swollen preggo
feet when you are retaining more water than an L300 with no "wet fixes" done in a Prince Rupert rainstorm.
These were 49 bux at Zellers and again worth it. (I rather like them to..)
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Since we were "roughing it" added a Coleman instant water heater...
Not too too bad a unit,you can score them half price a couple times a year at the Tire.
The water capacity is not great,has a bit of a learning curve to get it going right
and you have to be very gentle yet firm with the pump(outside the pic) that attaches to the water
reservoir or it will leak.(Sucks refilling it when you are drunk :evil: )
Other than that its a miracle camping tool making dishes and washing up a snap.
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So got the ol-homestead squared away,
time to eat eh?

If you are vegetarian,please click back on your browser.
&quot;hey you Know what is weird I can't feel my tail at all,what you too? Stange thing,who is this big guy,that looks<br />like a hot pan,nooooo!&quot;
"hey you Know what is weird I can't feel my tail at all,what you too? Stange thing,who is this big guy,that looks
like a hot pan,nooooo!"
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Now this next was quite delicious.....
350c,I know cause it hurts
350c,I know cause it hurts
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Careful....Careful
Careful....Careful
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Ta-da! 17 pounds of suculent happy.
Ta-da! 17 pounds of suculent happy.
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Strangely it took fuel (propane) to heat fuel (Vegtable oil)
to cook fuel (yummy turkey) and the Veg oil cooled down
to become fuel again for Turtle(WVO).

Strange it did not give me gas eh? :-D

Right On! 8-) :M
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Camping Turtle-Style looks pretty good- awesome site set-up!
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Turtle lives ! :-D :M
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Re: Turtle goes Camping up Island

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Nice set-up, Luna Sea ~ I particularly like the Turtle's striped underwear. Dinner looked tasty.

How long were you out for?

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Very nice post. Very nice camp.

(except for the sea insects; bah!)

Thanx, Dude

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Re: Turtle goes Camping up Island

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I wanna go camping with you guys ... everything including the kitchen sink. Cheers, Christine.
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