Outdoor Activities
Outdoor Activities
Planning a camping trip in Colorado and I need to get new sleeping bags for the kids. I hate to buy a kids bag size when they'll probably outgrow them in a few years. Do you see any issues getting adult sizes for them now? I realize they'll be swimming in them and probably won't stay as warm?
-
- Posts: 30621
- Joined: Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:53 am
- Location: I have four degrees and am a moron. Don’t let that fool you
Outdoor Activities
Two kids per bag. You'll only need, what, like 8 or 9 bags then, no?
Outdoor Activities
my initial thought was just wrap everyone in a tarp to make a kid burrito.Two kids per bag. You'll only need, what, like 8 or 9 bags then, no?
Outdoor Activities
I just bought a 10x10ft EZ-Up and a tent that's made specifically for it. It's awesome in that I can get a 5x8ft air mattress in there no problem. But when I was using it I realized it's going to be hard as hell to keep it warm in the winter given the volume of air in there. The pyramid ceiling is like 8 feet high.
-
- Posts: 11599
- Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm
Outdoor Activities
The ones we bought for our kids were kid sized, but they were still too big for them. Your kids are older I believe, so perhaps going with the adult size won't be such a bad idea. Besides, you could always layer them up with clothes if you think they'll get cold.Planning a camping trip in Colorado and I need to get new sleeping bags for the kids. I hate to buy a kids bag size when they'll probably outgrow them in a few years. Do you see any issues getting adult sizes for them now? I realize they'll be swimming in them and probably won't stay as warm?
-
- Posts: 12531
- Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:50 pm
Outdoor Activities
going to greenwood state park to camp for 4th of july weekend. pros: ill be camping during the most American weekend of the year cons: ill be within a half hour drive of university park, pa
Outdoor Activities
I was really spoiled in Wisconsin in that I lived in a town that was connected to the statewide rails to trail system. Do we have anything like that here in western PA? I like the idea of trail riding but want to minimize dealing with roads and traffic.
-
- Posts: 12531
- Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:50 pm
Outdoor Activities
not sure if serious
-
- Posts: 50581
- Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
- Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.
Outdoor Activities
Yeah, there are an absolute ton of rail trail opportunities in Western PA. I really want to do the one from DC To Pittsburgh some day.not sure if serious
Outdoor Activities
The one I used to ride on when I was a kid in Armbrust/United/Mt. Pleasant etc ran through private property and has since been overtaken by nature. Some of the other trails I looked at used a considerable amount of roadway to connect to parts of the trail. Other than crossings, the one I used to use in WI had no roadway intrusion.
I'll look around on Google.
I'll look around on Google.
-
- Posts: 12531
- Joined: Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:50 pm
Outdoor Activities
The five star trail in Greensburg is still going strong but it isn't a long trail.
The Westmoreland county heritage trail has made a lot of progress in the past few years
i don't know a lot about the Montour and panhandle trails but they seem to be popular with people in the west/south. same with the one that runs along the allgheny across from freeport
and obviously the yough river trail/great Allegheny passage is legit
The Westmoreland county heritage trail has made a lot of progress in the past few years
i don't know a lot about the Montour and panhandle trails but they seem to be popular with people in the west/south. same with the one that runs along the allgheny across from freeport
and obviously the yough river trail/great Allegheny passage is legit
-
- Posts: 11599
- Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm
Outdoor Activities
The Freeport to Butler trail is nice. Not as scenic as the GAP, but much less traffic
Outdoor Activities
I was really spoiled in Wisconsin in that I lived in a town that was connected to the statewide rails to trail system. Do we have anything like that here in western PA? I like the idea of trail riding but want to minimize dealing with roads and traffic.
https://www.gaptrail.org/
-
- Posts: 9329
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:28 pm
- Location: undisclosed
Outdoor Activities
A pretty nice rail trail if you wanted to head north:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/penn ... iver-trail
And a great, paved, little more challenging than a rail trail, ride around Lake Wilhelm:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/penn ... helm-trail
We mostly ride singletrack. Wilhelm is the only paved trail we've found with a couple pretty decent climbs.
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/penn ... iver-trail
And a great, paved, little more challenging than a rail trail, ride around Lake Wilhelm:
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/penn ... helm-trail
We mostly ride singletrack. Wilhelm is the only paved trail we've found with a couple pretty decent climbs.
Outdoor Activities
I'm on the Yough River Trail and can give you any info you need on it. As someone mentioned it's part of the great Allegheny passage.
A branch of it is the sheepskin trail and another branch the Coal and Coke trail. Pretty sure you can go from at least Greensburg to ohiopyle (and beyond) almost exclusively on trails.
A branch of it is the sheepskin trail and another branch the Coal and Coke trail. Pretty sure you can go from at least Greensburg to ohiopyle (and beyond) almost exclusively on trails.
-
- Posts: 11599
- Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm
Outdoor Activities
Love the AllTrails app Willie Kool. Used it on our trip to Quebec and found some amazing trails.
Outdoor Activities
There is a video circulating around the Facebook of a group of rafters heading over ohiopyle falls the other day. The river was absolutely raging. They are so lucky to be alive.
Outdoor Activities
worldnewstonight
ay fayettenam
ay fayettenam
-
- Posts: 50581
- Joined: Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:27 pm
- Location: A moron or a fascist...but not both.
Outdoor Activities
A group of us did a guided tour with the Laurel Highlands company and had an absolute blast about five years ago. It was a torrential downpour on the river and that made it even more fun. That said, I cannot imagine renting a raft and going out unguided when the river is raging like that. Idiots. At least they all had life jackets on.There is a video circulating around the Facebook of a group of rafters heading over ohiopyle falls the other day. The river was absolutely raging. They are so lucky to be alive.
Outdoor Activities
Yeah that river is probably 5 feet swollen further than it should be. We had a TON of rain here on Thursday and Friday. And they usually let water out of the damn on Fridays to prepare for the weekend boating sessions.
Outdoor Activities
need new hiking shoes, waterproof or not? what say ye?
-
- Posts: 7086
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 6:43 pm
- Location: Those who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people with nothing to say
Outdoor Activities
that boat was unguided? plant/grow
why would you not get waterproof shoes?
why would you not get waterproof shoes?
Outdoor Activities
they can be pretty hot and unbreathable during the summer, but then again weather in western pa is basically rainy spring for 7 months nowSource of the post why would you not get waterproof shoes?
-
- Posts: 11599
- Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2015 3:27 pm
Outdoor Activities
Imo, waterproof is best for hiking in the snow.
I have a pair of waterproof boots that I use in the snow, and use my Keen safety boots for all other weather.
I have a pair of waterproof boots that I use in the snow, and use my Keen safety boots for all other weather.
-
- Posts: 9329
- Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2015 7:28 pm
- Location: undisclosed
Outdoor Activities
My Keen Braddock steel toes are waterproof...
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Dickie Dunn, faftorial, genoscoif, meow, mikey, skullman80 and 185 guests