Thanks everybody for your thoughts and all the great suggestions. I looked at the websites you provided and there are some great looking tents out there ... at great prices too. But I think I'm going to go for something that I can find in a local store. There's something nice about being able to see and touch a product first hand without having to rely on a picture from a catalog ... especially when you aren't familiar with the product. Plus, I'm chomping on the bit to buy something soon. (Our summers are very short where I live). I'm not sure I want to risk going through mail order and find out that what I thought looked right for me on the picture doesn't look quite the same in person.

So many of these tents are made up of a great deal of mesh (which I would guess is to keep the weight down and condensation away). I don't remember so much mesh being on the tents I grew up camping out with. With open windows or doors, it seems to me that a person would lack a lot of privacy ... and also the ability to block out unwanted sunshine or even wind. Yes? No? ??? (Thanks)