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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / RVs / September 2006We survived our first trip out and it rained like hell
Well we took the starcraft out for its first trip (used the plate ff the boat trailer) It rained real hard a good part of the weekend and we kept dry, the kids had a blast, nothing like a free get out of jail card for the weekend and big puddles and 20 kids. The camper did great, looks a bit dirty form mud and tree sap but it cleaned good. Rain -- that's when a pop-up is worth it's weight in gold. At least figuatively. We did a zillion camping trips in tents and of course, got rained on many a time. I laugh now about soaking wet sleeping bags but I sure wasn't laughing when it happened. Glad it worked out for you. I felt real bad for the tents, it rained so hard there was a river going down the sites, the site below me had 3 tents, all filled with 3" of water. They all slep in there cars, If that was me I would have been a bit upset that the run off went thought the camp sites. To there advantage they all are in there 20s and just drank thought the night. I have 2 kids so drinking into the night doesn't work so good. By noon the sun came out and all were happy. Many of the tenters just left for the night. > Rain -- that's when a pop-up is worth it's weight in gold. At least > figuatively. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Glad it worked out for you. >I felt real bad for the tents, it rained so hard there was a river going >down the sites, the site below me had 3 tents, all filled with 3" of water. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >drinking into the night doesn't work so good. By noon the sun came out and >all were happy. Many of the tenters just left for the night. Many yarns ago, when we used to tent, I took a small 'entrenching tool' and, when it looked as if it might rain, dug a shallow trench around the tent exiting downhill to, hopefully, get the water to run around the tent. Picking an area that is not too flat and not too steep is the trick, as well. Of course, the tents also had about 6" of waterproof material up each side, so it would take a REAL downpour to get wet inside the tent. (This is if you don't count the entirely canvas test I had as a teen!) I also had a small tarp that I put under the tent - more to keep it clean when packing up than to keep water out. I even had some large tarps to tie up in trees over the tent to keep us drier and to provide a small space OUTside the tent for the kids to play if it wasn't raining hard. One time we had our 6 kids plus a foreign exchange student - ranging in age from 1 to 15 - in a large tent plus two pup tents!! A great time was had by all, but I prefer the pop-up now that I am getting older!! > Well we took the starcraft out for its first trip (used the plate ff > the boat trailer) It rained real hard a good part of the weekend and > we kept dry, the kids had a blast, nothing like a free get out of > jail card for the weekend and big puddles and 20 kids. The camper did > great, looks a bit dirty form mud and tree sap but it cleaned good. It rained real hard where I was staying last night, but other than waking me up, there wasn't a problem. I just need to go outside in a little while and open my pop-up in the driveway so I can clean and dry the exterior. I had to put it away wet, so it needs to be opened up real soon. > It rained real hard where I was staying last night, but other > than waking me up, there wasn't a problem. I just need to > go outside in a little while and open my pop-up in the > driveway so I can clean and dry the exterior. I had to put > it away wet, so it needs to be opened up real soon. You got that right. My sister took down her tent in a DRIVING rain, packed it into her car where it stayed for a mere 24 hours. When we opened it up I could detect the faint odor of mildew. Sooner is better.  Signature<sigh> JR >> It rained real hard where I was staying last night, but other >> than waking me up, there wasn't a problem. I just need to [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Sooner is better. I opened it up and it is just fine. It has been baking in over 100F temperatures the last few days so it is really dried out. >>> It rained real hard where I was staying last night, but other >>> than waking me up, there wasn't a problem. I just need to [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > I opened it up and it is just fine. It has been baking in over > 100F temperatures the last few days so it is really dried out. You should be fine then. In my experience tents are more of a problem with mildewing up than pop-ups. On our former popup we sometimes had to wait days to unfurl it again as it still rained when we got home and it was OK for us. I used to have the problem with tents much more readily. I had my popup open for a couple of days last week following the previous weekend's soaking. Tomes > Well we took the starcraft out for its first trip (used the plate ff > the boat trailer) It rained real hard a good part of the weekend and > we kept dry, the kids had a blast, nothing like a free get out of jail > card for the weekend and big puddles and 20 kids. The camper did > great, looks a bit dirty form mud and tree sap but it cleaned good. We spent the weekend at the campground here in Seward Alaska, and it RAINED ALL WEEKEND, this weekend my wife finally said that she was glad that we spent the money on a popup trailer. So it was worth the rain. Glad you had a good time, in spite of the rain. I know people who refuse to go if the weather is not just right, and to me that limits things a lot. I go rain or shine. Never had a leak in my Rockwood and the riany nights make for good sleeping anyway. Keep it up, and ve fun. |
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