These tents are from a job we did
for the Adolfo Camp of
the
Rancheros Visitadores in Santa Ynez, California; they're used for their
annual equestrian event. All 60 of these fine tents were made in our shop in
Durango, Colorado.
Manhattan Rooftop Living in a
David Ellis Tent
Fine Living on TV recently did
a show about our tents! Featured in the photo is one of our tents.
See the article
We
travel to one of the most spectacular areas of the Western United States,
deep in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan Mountains. This area was
heavily glaciated and the valleys have textbook geologic features. We camp
in a beautiful meadow in the canyon of the Florida River.
www.overthehilloutfitters.com
Down
in San Antonio I got to know Rusty Rankin. He throws down
a nice camp, but better than that he dishes out the best chuck wagon cookin'
I have eaten anywhere. He'll take his rig right out to your ranch and set
up camp and be your cook for a week.
Ross Anderson “architect” decided to drive stakes and set up camp on
top of his NYC office. With the Manhattan skyline as a back drop the
translucent tent makes him feel like he's spending the night in a
lantern.
Beyond the four corners is a little place called monument valley where Ron Pfieffer will take you for an epic week of Cowboy soul searching. www.rondviewoutfitting.com
Out on the Red River in British Columbia you can take a boat ride into the
box canyon of the Shenandoah. Where else would you set up the tent but on
a barge in the river.
Whether you have a lower forty or a vacant lot, a canvas tent has the ability to have little to no impact on your
most favorite place in the world. Your comfort level can be as primitive
or as comfortable as you wish.
I could be one of two things: a great outdoorsman or an experienced
fabricator, I am the latter! My love for constructing a premium
tent or lodge exceeds that of living in one so I heavily rely on others to
understand the practical application of my product, and I have been
blessed with the finest.
People like Val DeMars; he harvests tepee poles and spends 250 days
a year in a tent. Then there are local Colorado outfitters like Tom
& Cheri Vansolen, Jimbo Humphreys, Ron Pfeffer, Pete Turner, Rick
Baird, Dirk Ross, Terry Palmer, Denny Schilthuis, and my good friend Will
Ghormley, amongst other ranchers, cowboys, hippies and reinactors.
For fifteen years I have sewn their tents, tarps and lodges. The knowledge
of your lifestyles enrich my own. God bless you all.
COWBOYCAMP
