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Yurts

Posted by faithor1979 (My Page) on
Tue, Dec 19, 06 at 17:34

My boyfriend and I are planning a two week camping trip in September. We are going from Portland, Oregon down to Crescent City, California then over to Grants Pass, Oregon. Neither one of us aren't really experienced campers but it's not nearly as expensive as renting hotel rooms and I think it will be fun. We've decided to rent Yurts at the parks we'll be staying at.

I went and looked at a Yurt that is pretty close to where I live, it doesn't look like they have much for a mattress/pad on the bed. Does anyone have any advice on something I can take for more padding that won't take up much room in my car?

Thanks :)


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RE: Yurts

What the heck is a Yurt???
Must be something they have out west!
OR:?
Don't the nomads of the Russian steppes use them as houses?
Please-oh-please---fill me in on yurts! So i can go to bed!
Rustyj


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RE: Yurts

Yurts are round wood frame buildings covered in a type of fabirc, although I think the frame and cover materials can vary. The idea is that they are round and can go anywhere as long as you have a flat platform to set them on. I live in upstate Ny and hear of alot of homesteaders and seasonal people who have them. When we vacationed in Seaside Heights, NJ, we checked out campgrounds that had them. They look very romantic.
Why not bring a roll of foam, the kind with the little finger like bumps. I hear alot of people like them.
I don't think all yurts come with the same type mattress, it depends on the owner and what they decide to put in them. Call ahead and ask what else you might need to bring

Here is a link that might be useful: Yurt link


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RE: Yurts

For those that don't know what the yurt is, there's a thumbnail size image on this page to the lower right...

Nehalem Bay State Park

Not sure if that's a campground that you picked. It's my all-time favorite.

The Yurts don't have thick padding and the couch is a Futon bed. But consider an inflatable queen size air mattress. Those can fold small and the air pumps are quite tiny.

If you studied this, you know you need to reserve months in advance - maybe 7 or 8 months in advance if you want two nights in a row. If you only need single nights, it's a lot better, but still reserve a few months in advance.

At least there is heat, light etc.. We had a trailer, and I use a tent and small cargo trailer now, but I still reserve Yurts myself. So streamlined. No set-up time at all. And there are lights and locking doors.

Harris Beach is a fine campground for coastal beauty. Quite few Yurts there too. They are very privately situated there.

There are quite a few Harris Beach images in this next album:

Coast Album w/ Harris Beach Too

Plan ahead, and you will have a fine time.

By the way, if you reserve a Yurt at Nehalem Bay State Park, try not to get one in A LOOP with a number below 10. The area around them is not as grassy or tree surrounded. They are okay. But try to get a Yurt that's on the INSIDE of A LOOP. Not on the exterior of the circle, but the interior.

The one around number 38 or 40 on the inside corner is one of the best, too.


 
 

 

 


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