The Tent!

The time for our camping trip is drawing nigh.

Tonight I did a test set up of the tent, to make sure that everything was there, and in working order.

We got a Big Agnes Big House 4 tent, with the matching gear loft, foot print, and vestibule.




Here is all the stuff laid out on the table. From left to right we have the foot print (Orange sack), the gear loft, the vestibule in the yellow sack, and the tent.




Here's the footprint laid out. The two yellow straps on the left are the front of the footprint. These will match up with the yellow straps on the tent.




Starting to unfold the tent.




When I unfolded the other side of the tent, I found a spoon. Some poor joe in China is probably looking for that, and probably got a good talking to from the missus when he got home without the spoon. I can empathize with him.




The tent is fully unfolded. As promised, the yellow straps on the front of the tent match up with the yellow straps on the footprint.



There are five poles holding this thing up. The silver ones unfold to be about 15 feet long or so. Be careful if you are setting this up around power lines...



The tent becomes free standing with just two poles. The ends of the poles are inserted into gromets on the corners of the tent straps. There are two grommets in the strap, I think the inner grommet is for the pole, and the outer grommet is used to stake the tent to the ground.



The third long pole starts in a grommet in the middle of one side, and reaches over to a grommet in the middle of the other side. Again the power line warning applies, as the pole is sticking about 12 feet off the ground. The power lines you see in the picture are about 40 feet behind the tent.



After you get the third pole in place, attach the plastic clips on the tent to the pole. This is what gives you the interior space. This tent even comes with a welcome mat!

Ok, it's up. Now let's make it weather proof!