Herman by Jim Unger for July 22, 2021

They call them ‘pup’ tents because they aren’t big enough for a full grown dog.

One size don’t fit all.

The economy model

“Made in Pomerania”

She has to provide her own furniture.

Wife and I had a similar sized tent on our Canadian adventure in the 1960’s. Just long enough that our heads and feet touched the ends. People watched and smiled as we set up tent, campstove, lantern, and unrolled sleeping bags. Took about 20 min. We got our laugh when we were up, cooked and ate breakfast, then were ready to travel 20 min later, while they were still trying to store their lawn furniture, grills, and awnings. Something to be said for simplicity. Still miss that tent and the experience.

It’s always a good idea of possible, to pitch a new tent in your yard before you take it camping. It can give you a better idea of what you’re going to be dealing with.

Who’s on top?

Is that my cousin from Boston?

You will never catch me in a tent, sleeping on the ground, etc! Nope!

My wife’s idea of roughing it was a black and white TV in the motel lobby and no room service.

With the size comparisons, that should be “put on the tent”.

I always joked that you could track my age by my camping equipment. When I first used to go camping after I got out of the Army, I was a minimalist, using an old army poncho as a lean-to or a liner for my bedroll and my saddle for a pillow.

Years went by and I graduated to a small arctic tent and comfortable sleeping bag, a Colman stove … you get the idea.

The last tent I had was a 10′×14′ Camel and by that time I could fill my pickup truck with all my camping gear.

Nowadays, my idea of roughing it is a hotel room with no internet service!

That’s a puppy tent!!! She needed a Great Dane tent!!!!!

Use a taller center pole?

A whole new meaning to the term pup tent

That’s the demo model.

Where are you going to sleep?…..

First time my family went camping. Dad said we didn’t need a tent, he had a big piece of canvas he’d used as a drop cloth. It was colorful. Tie a rope between two trees and put the canvas over that he said. We brought along a couple of blankets to put over the ends of our “tent”. We did have a couple of cots and our sleeping bags and more blankets. We found a nice campground and eventually found a spot with a couple of suitable trees and set up our outfit, after which we discovered that we’d put it up over the biggest anthill I’ve ever seen.

Did you bring midgets camping with you?

They went to a Boy Scout surplus store.

Hope it’s a clear night, because they’re going to be sleeping under the stars.

I’m not much for camping, but I’d love having a tent like the one that belonged to the Weasley family in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Looks like a two-man tent on the outside, big as a mansion on the inside (Harry’s awed comment upon entering: “I love magic”).