Originally Posted by
stardognine
Never carried a tarp before, but have seriously considered it. My old REI Quarter Dome T2 isn't as waterproof as it should be, in a heavy rain. 🤬
But I just scored a really old REI tent today, at a thrift store, that's like new, but missing the rain fly, lol.🙄😉 Hopefully, I can use it with my old rain fly, and stay dry. It looks like a good long stretch of rainy days coming up, starting Thursday. With temps in the 30s F, so staying dry gets a bit more important.
But at least it'll help with this darn drought, huh? 🙄😁😉
Well, I found the real issue, the cords inside the poles are kinda disintegraty (that's a real word now, I just made it up). Not the end of the world, I'll fix them. 🙂
That thrift store also had an REI base camp-type tent, for mountain climbers, for just $10, but it probably weighed around 20 pounds, lol. Not really practical for bicycle touring. 😟