Gear Test: ENEL ADVENTURE TRUCK TENT & CMG BONFIRE AND PHOENIX TENT LIGHTS
August 1, 2002
ENEL ADVENTURE TRUCK TENT The Enel (800/757-0505; adventuretrucktent.com) Adventure Truck Tent may make your pickup truck look like a pioneer’s Conestoga wagon, but it will deliver a much better outdoor shelter experience. As a matter of fact, we found the truck-bed-mounted tent to be extraordinarily... Read more »
Leaves of Three
August 1, 2002
It lurked just a few feet away, poised to deliver misery to the campers as they prepared lunch. That is how it attacks, silently, without warning. It blends so well into the scene, green and lush, winding around the pine tree in such an innocent fashion. Without so much as a sound it will deliver the... Read more »
Sport-Utility Trailers & Toy Box Trailer Roundup
August 1, 2002
They’re called sport-utility trailers (SUTs), toy boxes, garage units, and toy, cargo or patio haulers. Whatever you call them, they’re arguably the most versatile recreational vehicles in existence, combining a unique mix of living space, cargo area and loading ramp. Perfect for toys such... Read more »
10 Places You’re Guaranteed to See Wildlife
August 1, 2002
If you ask people what they want to see most when camping, I’ll bet the majority of them will say, “wildlife,” and they don’t mean mosquitoes. Wildlife watching is an activity that not only ramps up the satisfaction factor of any outdoor experience, but observing wild animals... Read more »
Outdoorsman: Wild Animal Encounters
August 1, 2002
Every year, visitors to the backcountry are injured by wild animals that are, for one reason or another, put in a situation that leads to dangerously close contact with humans. Most of the time, it isn’t the animal that chooses to have such close contact. There are some basic rules we can follow... Read more »
