Tom McQuinn wrote:

This is my third year in a row at Osh and the second time I've had a
department store tent fail me. Never again. My 'C' brand tent with its
'guarantee' to keep me dry is going to a yard sale and I don't care if
it sells for 75 cents. It isn't worth the closet space it would
otherwise take up. I am very interested in any brands of tent that
anyone could recommend. Because if I do this again I intend to stay dry
somehow. I did notice that some of the manufacturers make rain flys
that will keep water out as long as the tent is standing. I gotta get
me one of those!

Did you use seam-sealer on the department store tent before you used it?

I've had a couple of bad experiences with thunderstorms camping at Oshkosh, and
finally got this tent for this year:

http://www.arequip.com/Products/Blac...Lighthouse.htm

Caution: Black Diamond calls this a 2-person tent, but I wouldn't recommend it
for more than one person, even if the 2 people are very good friends.

I went to sleep with the lightning flashing and thunder crashing on Monday
night. There were (maybe) 10 drops of water inside the tent. I had spent half a
day with the tube of seam-sealer before leaving home, time well spent.

You can see it set up on the North 40 he

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B3B15378B

Dave