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Hey Clay, how about a pic of your bike packed? All this talk and in my mind it looks like you have a VW Beetle on the back seat lol.
I camped one year at Spearfish with an REI Halfdome2+ and decided that with my crappy knees, it didn't have enough headroom. So I called REI and said that there was nothing wrong with the tent, but it didn't quite work for me. The REI girl said, "We guarantee your satisfaction, not our product. Bring it back and we'll give you full credit." So I bought a Halfdome4 and when I returned the Halfdome2+, the REI guy said, "We've made two customers happy today -- you and the guy who'll buy your old tent at our garage sale."
Beautiful Old English. Had one (Frodo) when I was a kid. Second one (Hannah) came with the wife.
I noticed that there weren't as many REI branded tents as there used to be. Makes me wonder if they're about to: 1) release a whole bunch of new tents for 2015; or 2) get out of the tent-making business.