We have always used a tent, although my wife has been hinting around at a trailer for the last little while. Up here you can't leave any food or dirty dishes out around, or in your sleeping quarters, so it has to go in the truck before you bed down. This makes a tent easier, since you can pile your foodstuffs in the truck, and not worry about it till morning. Course when all there is between you and a large hungry bear is a layer of nylon, you start to wonder sometimes if you'll be foodstuffs yourself, before morning... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />