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Well, we didn't buy any chairs for this trip, but I must say the Helinox is the likely choice when we do decide to drop the cash.

Hi all; This year we are flying to our spring break destination area, and thus we have to pack all our camping gear into suitcases for checked baggage. Sleeping bags are already small, we have a backpacking tent & stove/cooking gear and a soft-sided cooler, but we are stuck on what to do for...

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It's in the "Overland Trip Reports" section, called "Old Ladies Overland Adventure Society, or Mom & Me Drive an XJ from NC to Utah". ;-)

So, as a follow up: -- Big Agnes Big House tent was a total winner. I have never loved a tent so much. You can STAND UP in it, it holds up to wind astonishingly well for its height, but it's still lightweight and easy to pitch. Perfect for Mom and as it turns out, perfect for family car...

day 15/16/17: Santa Fe to OKC to Memphis to home Another brief visit downtown... DSC00844 by katuah, on Flickr DSC00843 by katuah, on Flickr On the way out of Santa Fe, we could not resist stopping at the Mexican pottery warehouse on Cerrillos Road, where we bought random items of basketry...

day 14: Aztec Ruins to Santa Fe (repeat) Woke to find the Jeep and everything around covered in a sparkling layer of frost. Beautiful! We rolled into Aztec with plenty of time to check out the Aztec Ruins NM. The reconstructed kiva was fascinating, as I recalled Craig Childs' discussion of it...

day 13: Canyonlands to Durango, better this time Determined to enjoy ourselves even in all the crowds, we drove up to the Islands in the Sky for some short hikes and general gawking. The obligatory stop at Mesa Arch... DSC00728 by katuah, on Flickr followed by a new-to-me trail to check...

day 12: Blanding to Moab: Easter Jeep Safari, Arches With our Maze permits cancelled and the fuel tank O-ring leaking, it seemed to both of us that it might be a good idea to begin making our way home, rather than pushing too much further west into more remote terrain (we’d hoped to go out...

Day 11: Bluff to … Blanding, inadvertently. This day was bookended by broken Jeep parts. It started off really well, when I finally found the source of the popping noises - a missing nut off an engine mount bolt. Apparently the torque of the steering was sufficient to cause popping from the...

Day 10: Bluff Once again, I started the day with Jeep work. By this point I’ve managed to narrow the general origin of the noise to the steering box area, but I can’t seem to pinpoint it any further. I have a tub of spare parts but I didn’t bring a spare steering box (lol), so going down the...

Day 9: Cortez to Bluff This morning we easily find the Sand Canyon trailhead. I have no idea how we missed it the day before. Too busy talking I suppose! DSC00376 by katuah, on Flickr DSC00380 by katuah, on Flickr Never seen this side of Sleeping Ute before: DSC00382 by katuah, on Flickr...

Day 8: Cortez to...well, Cortez-ish (McElmo Canyon). Start day with more work on Jeep. More bolt tightening, more worry. The noise just will not go away. In two more days, we are scheduled to go into the Maze, and I’m starting to rethink the intelligence of this if I can’t find the source of...

Day 7: Chaco to Cortez Hiked Mom until her boot sole came off. Literally! We took the long walk out to see Kin Kletso, Casa Chiquita, and the petroglyphs, and my mom’s boot came apart on the way back. Considering they probably have had hundreds of trail miles all across the Four Corners...