Camping, backpacking, hiking, et al

[thrill]

I still haven't gotten up there, I've just been researching for a fly fishing trip and it seems like Iowa is much more lax than Wisconsin for winter access.

You can catch and release trout in Minnesota all winter, and they have fishing easements over a lot of the trout streams in the Driftless in SE MN.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/tro ... _maps.html

Awesome! I know Minnesota and Wisconsin are "prettier" than Iowa, from what I've heard.

[Freed Roger]

Indeed
The One Real Risk Of Solo Paddling Adventures

The risk that no one will tell you about

It's more about the premise of solo adventures, rather than paddling. Definitely interested in reading the books by Audrey Sutherland on her adventures.

For Sutherland, it was always the same philosophy. Go simple, go solo, go now. “The only real security is not insurance or money or a job, not a house and furniture paid for, or a retirement fund, and never is it another person. It is the skill and humor and courage within, the ability to build your own fires and find your own peace,” she wrote. Audrey Sutherland died peacefully in 2015 at the age of 94.

https://www.patagonia.com/blog/2015/03/ ... utherland/

[Gashouse]

I still haven't gotten up there, I've just been researching for a fly fishing trip and it seems like Iowa is much more lax than Wisconsin for winter access.

You can catch and release trout in Minnesota all winter, and they have fishing easements over a lot of the trout streams in the Driftless in SE MN.

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fishing/tro ... _maps.html

Awesome! I know Minnesota and Wisconsin are "prettier" than Iowa, from what I've heard.

There's more area to explore in MN and WI, and I think some of the prettiest Driftless photos have been from WI - and I need to explore that area more. Parts of IA are pretty nice, too. I may be biased since I went to school at Luther College in Decorah, IA, and one of my favorite things to do is paddle the Upper Iowa River. We still do it almost every year and the picture below is pretty much the view from where we camp every year. There are more naturally reproducing trout populations in MN. I think a lot of the trout in IA, at least near Decorah, is hatchery stock.

[go birds]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

[lukethedrifter]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

You’re not giving yourself much room to get a decent tent in that price range. Used?
Will you use it for car camping only- so weight/size won’t matter?

[Freed Roger]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

If 2 are using it, I'd get a 4 person. Unless you are backpacking

[go birds]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

You’re not giving yourself much room to get a decent tent in that price range. Used?
Will you use it for car camping only- so weight/size won’t matter?

Price range is flexible but it be mostly be used for recreational weekend camping.

Meaning. We won’t be doing a lot of hiking to the campsite (but it *could* be a possibility).

[go birds]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

If 2 are using it, I'd get a 4 person. Unless you are backpacking

Yea this makes more sense

[lukethedrifter]

Can anyone recommend a good 2 person tent in the $50 - $75 range?

I was looking online and they seem to range anywhere from $25 - $400.

You’re not giving yourself much room to get a decent tent in that price range. Used?
Will you use it for car camping only- so weight/size won’t matter?

Price range is flexible but it be mostly be used for recreational weekend camping.

Meaning. We won’t be doing a lot of hiking to the campsite (but it *could* be a possibility).

I’d look into upping your price ceiling. You will definitely want something of quality but mostly something that is easy to put up and is stable. I’ve witnessed too many campers struggling to put together a crappy tent.

[thrill]

Always some decent sales at REI Outlet like:
https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/product/ ... mac-4-tent
https://www.rei.com/rei-garage/product/ ... -plus-tent