Kelty Grand Mesa 2 person Tent (Ruby/Tan)

Backpack in the backcountry without spending your life savings with the Kelty Grand Mesa 2, a two-person, 3-season tent. Kelty made this durable tent to be easy to put up and a great value. With just two strong aluminum poles to clip to the tent, setup is a cinch. With a 29-square-foot floor that's wider at the head than at the feet, this tent saves on material and therefore weight but still gives you plenty of room to spread out. Six square feet of vestibule area under the rain fly allows you to store boots outside the door and drag your pack underneath if the weather gets bad. On a warm day, open the window and doormesh keeps the bugs out yet lets air circulate.

Product Features

• Material: [Body] 68D 190T polyester taffeta; [floor] 1800mm PU nylon taffeta; [fly] 75D 190T 1800mm PU polyester taffeta
• Freestanding: Yes
• Poles: 2
• Pole Material: DAC Pressfit aluminum
• Doors: 1
• Clip / Sleeve: Clip
• Floor Space: 82 x 58 x 44in (208 x 147 x 112cm); [area] 29sq ft (2.7sq m)
• Interior Height:
• Vestibule Space: 6sq ft (0.6sq m)
• Seam Sealed: Yes, floor and fly
• Bathtub Floor: Yes
• Ventilation: Mesh windows
• Packed Size: 7 x 20in (18 x 51cm)
• Weight: 4lb 2oz (1900g)
• Recommended Use: Backpacking, camping
• Warranty: Lifetime

Customer Review: Great tent
I've had this tent for a few months. It's light weight and compact. When put up, is very sturdy and sound. The tent goes up fast, simple and easy; take down is just as nice. It withstood rain with no problem. I'm 6'3 and have no problems with room while lying down. I haven't had it very long but seems that it will last a long time. It can fit two people easily but not much room for gear inside with two. The only negative is that the vestibule is nice but not enough room for a lot of gear. Otherwise, excellent tent for a low price.

It is not possible to afford a whole family camping vacation these days due to the increasing costs of everything in today's society. People save the whole year through for that one special week in a resort or on a beach whereas other people give up the idea of vacation altogether. With proper and careful planning, having a vacation is possible for almost every family. When parents keep a budget for camping, kids also may take part actively. It does not have to cause stress of any sort. Few tips which are simple to follow can make this dream holiday a reality, a holiday which will be pleasant, memorable one.

1) The first step of the camping budget for camping is to get all the essential equipments along with the required accessories. In case you don't have any of the equipment, and then this is the best time to look for sales on these items and also visit various sports stores. You can track these equipments at a very cheap price on off season sales. So you really have to plan quite early to benefit from this advantage and give your family a surprise with these equipments. It's better to borrow the tents from someone you know if your family is new to camping. In this way you can save on lot of expenses and find out whether camping is for you or not.

2) The other way to reduce cost of the family camping is by packing as much food as possible from home. Its best to take anything that is not perishable and that fits your vehicle.

In this way you will get to save quite a bit of money from the grocery stores during family camping holiday. Also one more advantage of packing everything in food is that everything is according to the choice of the family. In case you are taking a small child with you, carry lots of diapers and baby food and also other important baby items to avoid spending more at the stores.

3) You can shop at the camp location when you are on camping with the family. Most of the camp grounds cost almost the same, ranging form 8-16 dollars for one night which includes facilities like that of restroom etc.When you stay on the campsite during family camping, make the best use of what is available to you. The cost of camping ground is small if we compare it with the cost of other vacation options.

If everything is planned the right way with proper care and thought, a budget family camping vacation will give all the fun of a resort holiday. It's not always about money to have a good time if we decide with the true desire.

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Kelty Green River 4 Person Tent

There'll be 4 happy campers on an excursion with this Kelty Green River 4 Tent! This well-built tent will keep the bugs at bay and you will enjoy the comfort of this one room tent with the advantage of a well-ventilated, screened vestibule. Tent body features: Clip / sleeve construction; ArcEdge floor; Taped floor seams; Water Tight Wall (WTW); Side-wall vents; Mesh ceiling; Internal storage pockets; Fly features: Taped seams; Noiseless zipper pulls; Guyout points; Side-release buckle tent / fly connection; Mesh vestibule with pull-down shades; Material and approximate dimensions: Walls: nylon taffeta; floor: 1800mm PU nylon taffeta; 3-season tent with room for 4. Approx. 21 lbs., 14 ozs.; Vestibule area 44 sq.ft. Overall dimensions: 9 x 9', 71" center height. 4 fiberglass poles. Stuffed size: 12 x 27". Order today and your next camping trip will be great! Kelty Green River 4 Tent
Customer Review: One of the better tents I've owned
We bought this tent from Sportsman Warehouse because we had a short period of time before leaving for a motorcycle rally. We paid about $222 for the tent plus tax. Used this tent for a five night rally for 2 people and enjoyed the space it provided. Positives: You can stand up in the tent as soon as you enter it. With a queen size air mattress, it allows us to stand and change clothes. Many tents have their highest point in the center which means you have to step on or move your sleeping gear to use that space. The vestibule gives us space for our riding gear and a place to sit on our Kermit chairs if it is raining. While it didn't rain, the tent fly does a great job of protecting the tent. Very roomy for a four man tent. You could actually get a family of four in here! Negatives The entry door does have a solid closure - this means the top half of the door is screened but always see through. To change, you have to roll down the vestibule closures, or be quick! This is a great warm weather tent but I think it would be very cold when the temps drop. No way to close up the front entry door, or seal off any of the vents in the rainfly. The vestibule isn't really bug proof, in heavy mosquito areas, there are plenty of places they can get in the screened in vestibule area. My wife and I attend 4-5 motorcycle camping rallies every year and I think this tent will serve us well.
Customer Review: Roomy Tent - Great in Bad Weather - Lots of Nice Features
I bought this tent 5 months ago and have spent many weekends this Summer living in it. I travel to a lot of music festivals and wanted something weather-proof, roomy, and tall enough to stand up in. These requirements were nicely met (and exceeded) by this tent. It is much roomier that your typical 4-person tent. At aproximately 9'X9', the interior easily fits a queen-size inflatible matteress with plenty of room on all sides for tons of gear. The nice thing about the height of this tent is that the roof is at its maximum height right inside the door - not just in the very center like most dome tents. As far as being weather-proof, I've endured a few nasty wind and rain storms and I haven't gotten a drop of rain in it; The full-coverage rain fly on this tent is a wonderful feature. This tent also has lots of nice buckles, velcro, and elastic hooks secure everything firmly in place. Well-placed screening and vents keep air circulating in hot weather. My gripes with this tent are few. One is that I've never been able to roll it up tight enough to fit all of the pieces back into the original carrying case. My other gripe is that the tent poles are so long, its difficult to set up in close quarters (between trees, other tents, etc.) and a bit of a struggle for one person. I found the picture of this tent misleading and didn't understand the purpose of the ground flaps around the door until I saw it set up. The flaps secure the vestibule - a nice place to store your cooler, shoes, and chairs out of the weather or to use like a screen room to avoid insects. Go to the Kelty website to see a picture of the tent with the vestible attached. All in all, I'm very happy I 'upgraded' from my usual department store-type tent to this much higher quality tent. Worth every penny!

Want to spend an afternoon underwater, swimming with the fish? What about a morning watching beautiful tropical birds awaken? Or an evening gazing at the sun setting over mountains? You can do all of this in the national parks found throughout the Caribbean.

While most travelers are familiar with their own country's national parks system, the Caribbean's parks get relatively little notice. From the Caribbean National Park and El Yunque Rainforest in Puerto Rico to the National Marine Park in Saba, there are a wide range of natural activities and sights to delight all ages.

Unusual Terrain

Travelers looking for a place to stretch their legs can find it among the Caribbean islands. With mountains, volcanoes, valleys, and plenty of other island terrains, doing a bit of island exploration is never dull.

The Trois Pitons in Dominica offer picturesque splendor, and the geysers in the Valley of Desolation will delight visitors. Dominica is also well-known for its incredible nature and relatively untouched physical surroundings.

The Madre de Las Aguas protected area in the Dominican Republic contains the mountain range called Cordillera Central and the island's highest peak, Pico Duarte. At more than 10,000 feet tall, Pico Duarte is the tallest mountain in the Caribbean. Of course, mountains aren't all you'll find on the Dominican Republic. The ancient solenodon, a mammal which first appeared 30 million years ago, now lives only on this island.

Rincon de la Vieja, or Old Woman's Corner, is another unique park for vacationers interested in sights and heights. The volcano is said to be named for an old lady in Guatuso tribal lore who is, in some stories, angry, but in others is a kind old lady whose cooking fires send up the smoke for which the peak is known. Even now this volcano is known to bubble and steam.

Aruba offers an entirely different kind of terrain in its Arikok National Park. Be sure to pack some extra water for this desert island. Aruba is unique in the Caribbean and is known for its divi divi trees, aloe, and unusual animals.

The other end of the terrain spectrum includes rainforests, and the most well-known is probably Puerto Rico's El Yunque, the only rainforest within the U.S. National Parks system. Vacationers can explore the forest and see sights like no other. Animals and plants flourish in this beautiful spot.

Aquatic Adventures

While some travelers may be content to stay on land, others want to explore beneath the sea. Fortunately, the Caribbean is full of incredible underwater sights, from sunken ships to amazing sea creatures.

Hol Chan Marine Reserve in Belize is just one of many areas full of underwater treasures. Enjoy snorkeling off of the world's second largest barrier reef in this unique vacation hideaway. Also check out the world-famous blue hole, where the bottom suddenly drops to more than 300 feet in a nearly-perfect circle.

Saba's National Marine Park was established in 1987 to help preserve Saba's natural underwater beauty. This tiny island did not establish the park to repair an already-damaged environment, but to stop any damage from occurring, so these pristine reefs offer something truly one of a kind.

Curaao also has a marine park in which snorkelers and divers can take in picturesque shipwrecks covered in coral. With almost 1,500 acres of marine park to explore, it's hard to go wrong!

Although Caribbean islands share many characteristics, each has its own terrain and culture, making the Caribbean a diverse place. When you're planning to explore the islands, take a look at what their national parks have to offer.

Jennifer Smith writes for Dominica-Guide.info, Aruba-Guide.info, and other Segisys travel Web sites.

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