Got the tent up, and down again

I stopped at my mom's house today and picked up my old tent. I haven't used it since '98, just before I left for college. It is a replica British Rev. War infantry tent, and I used it at the Piqua Heritage Festival back in '97. College was scheduled in such a way that camping for the festival was impossible, and Mark is finally old enough to hopefully go with me this year. Not that the tent is large enough to hold much more than the two of us.

I set it up in the yard while making dinner, making sure I still have all the parts and so on, and after dinner I took it back down and put it away.

 For the record, I didn't set it up 100% correctly, I wanted to check out what shape it was in and make sure I had all the stakes. I have extra stakes.

Mark really likes the tent, but he thinks it is too big. I wish it were twice its size. I still plan on camping at the Piqua Heritage Festival this year, but I would love an upgrade to my tent before then. The website as of now hasn't even been updated with the date, but I saw Father Son and Friends are scheduled to be there. (I hope to try to set up near them, they were real pleasant when I was past their camp last year.


I am glad I took that third pic, I didn't know who had made my tent, and I don't think I noticed the maker mark on the door before. I had been looking at Panther Primitives to order from, but R K Lodges
 is a bit less expensive. I have camped in my tent in a few storms, and I love it. I think I'll stay loyal to RK, but I have to order direct, the place in Tipp City I ordered the first one from closed up shop a few years back.