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Originally Posted by cujet
However, the goal of all of this, as far as I am concerned, is to achieve an excellent quality of life without excess waste.
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Which is really my point, too. What I see is a lot of people being persuaded by advertising that they need this or that - the big truck, the travel trailer, the snowmobiles, jet skis, and all the rest - in order to improve their quality of life. But what usually happens when they buy all this stuff is that their quality of life decreases - they're behind on the payments, maybe losing their house 'cause they took out a home equity loan to buy the toys, having health problems because of the lack of exercise, and more. All that's increased is the bottom lines of the toy sellers and advertising agencies.
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Efficient large vehicles are part of that equation. Not riding a bicycle in the snow, with grizzly bears pawing at my 20 pound tent.
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No, 20 pounds was for ALL the camping gear: tent, sleeping bag & pad, stove, food, and more. The tent's maybe 3-4 lbs.
Also, and I realize that since you're from Florida you may not know this:
1) Bears hibernate in the winter.
2) About the only place in the lower 48 that you're going to find grizzlies is in parts of Montana.
3) If a grizzly wants to get into your travel trailer, or your truck, it will, as easily as it gets into your rip-stop nylon tent.