VFR Trip Camping Questions

Jet boil. Great bit of kit.

 

One of the things that made me the most miserable in the one man tent was a lack of room for my gear. I had a plastic trash bag I used to keep everything dry, outside, but if I wanted anything in the night I was sunk. The other thing, and this one I learned to do when hotel camping, is to carry a light par of slip-on shoes. During my most unplesent one man tent stay I had to get up in the middle of the night and put my riding boot on to hit the head. It was awkward to say the least.

 

Try a large condom and a rubber band. The space saving over a pair of shoes is significant.

Tents for some reason have ratings like, "sleeps three".

 

While i appreciate the sentiment, my toe nails would slice it to ribbons.

 

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or:

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Tents are a whole study..

 

Pretty much agree with what others have said. Light weight backpacking gear works well. I will bring a backpacking camp stove and the freeze dried food sometimes, its easy to boil water and make dinner, and some hot chocolate in the morning is nice. thermarest mattress is a must and there are some great little inflatable pillows at REI.

I used to pack my old Triumph Sprint with enough stuff for a week and a half long trip two up. the bags on the VFR are smaller and only went out camping one night last summer. I had a system for packing and I'll have to figure out a new one.

 

Thanks AM. Now that is the kind of advice I was looking for, practical, been there done that advice. I keep thinking that if I make the investment in a good tent, I could spend more time on the road. If I got used to the accommodations I could actually do so in a reasonable amount of comfort.

 

Just a side note ... when I do take cooking gear, it's normally very minimal and easy to pack (but I have a LOT more space in my luggage than AM).

I get food to cook where I camp. I can't live off of beef stick / beef jerky and Propel water for too long ... but I'm also twice the size of AM. LOL!!

Besides ... I love cooking and I love camp food, and it doesn't have to be greasy.

My suggestion is to pack what makes you comfortable, what you're willing to put up with packing/unpacking, AND fits reasonably within your luggage. I have a system for packing so I can usually move camp pretty easy.

 

I have a eureka Taron 2 tent there's room for me and all my gear a joey travel chair, therm-a-rest air mattress and inflatable pillow, sleeping bag, primus eta pot with spider stove (comes with a bowl), micro ground coffee (like starbucks) good tasting and its real coffee not instant! visalis shakes just add water and its a meal replacement and a 9x9 kelty tarp in case it rains it give's you somewhere to sit out of the elements and you can cover your tent at night so no dew on the tent in the morning so you can pack up your tent dry or set up under the tarp if it's raining. everything fit's in my trunk minus the tent poles Oh and don't forget the soft cooler

 

Reg is right about hiking and climbing gear. I'm an old hiker and climber and have plenty of gear for motorcycle camping. Lightweight and small is the way to go. For cooking try any mountain safety research reactor stove. Very small comes with one big pot to boil water in. Will boil water extremely fast even at high altitude. Some of the freeze dried meals these days are actually excellent. Mountainhouse is my favorite with chicken and rice overall favorite. One thing to look at Is compression sacks. Sea to Summit make some excellent lightweight compression sacks along with other gear that is great for camping. I can make my North Face down sleeping bag about one quarter of the size of the factory stuff sack. They are also excellent for clothing.

 

Hey Reg, I looked for basic cook set from harbor freight but came up empty. I did find a few, light weight camp stove options on ebay. The reactor stove looks excellent.

http://www.cascadedesigns.com/msr/stoves/stove-systems/reactor-stove-systems/product

 

The Reactor stove is the best I have ever had, by far. It packs down to a very small package too. Uses venturi fins to accelerate the heating.

 

Packing food is a matter of routing and final destination. Some cooking skills should be addressed even when prepping the MRI type foods. For the serious camper, there are a wealth of online texts on roadkill extending to some yummy examples of the preparation of cats and wallabies. We do not shun our friends from down under when it comes to great foods. There are several great sounding recipes contained also for moose for our Canadian friends who travel in large groups.

Moose should not be confused with mousse, a preparation of unknown stuff rattlecan stuff made popular by PEPOTUS aka the donald.

 

"hello, Pizza Pizza?
The tent next to the VFR,
it's the fast red colour (I'm Canadian)...
A large pepperoni please, and a coffee for my thermal mug..."

 

I just cook over the open fire ... I don't bother bringing a stove.

 

Slow Cooked Squirrel
Submitted by: Bobbie Jo
INGREDIENTS
2 squirrels - skinned, gutted, and cut into pieces
4 large potatoes, quartered
1 pound carrots, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
4 onions, sliced
2 cups water
1/4 medium head cabbage
1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

1 In a slow cooker, place the squirrel meat, potatoes, carrots, green bell pepper, onions, water, cabbage, salt and ground black pepper.
2

Cover and cook on low setting for 8 hours.

Makes 6 servings

I'll add this, because it is hard to carry a slow cooker on a VFR.


How to Gut and Cook Tree Rat
https://www.outsideonline.com/1915576/how-gut-and-cook-tree-rat

 

Here is the Mountain House web site. Yum in the wild.

https://www.mountainhouse.com/

 

While slow cooked squirrel does sound yummy, it might not be the fast and simple cookery required for life on the move.