Hot Tent Camping In A Kodiak 12x12 Canvas Tent From Cabelas 

I am from S. Louisiana and cooked with cast iron pots most of my adult life and have always used metal utensils on cast iron, never had any problems. I understand not using metal utensils with non-stick cooking pans because you won't want to scratch the non-stick off, but with cast iron, totally fine. Have a great weekend 😊❤😊

Hey Sean probably already heard this from 100,000 other people but you need to get a cap on that stove pipe outside, put some wire cables probably three of them stretched out and staked in the ground to hold that stove pipe really tight. The cap on their it'll give a lot better draw with no rain getting into your stove and less wind damage. Blessings to you all!

I have tip for you as far as cast iron. I was told by another RU-vid channel creator(Homesteading with the Zimmermans)that her Amish grandmother always had her husband take her skillets and grind the interior cooking surface till it was shiny and smooth as a baby's bottom and never had anything stick to it ever again!! That hack went against everything that we were taught by our elders but we took a chance and did it! It worked great! Metal will never damage cast iron pans!! Whoever told you that must have never cooked cast iron pans! Lol

My mom ,grandma and great grandma cooked in cast iron all my life, they all used metal to cook with,I am almost 76 years old.thank you for your service. God bless stay safe and happy

The handle on that pot should be put on the other end so it goes out away from the pot- not over it like you have it❤also get shoe spray waterproofing and spray the top part of the tent to help protect from leaking ❤

Dutch I been cooking with cast iron pans for 52 years and used metal spatulas,spoons , extra . And it don’t hurt them. I have had my first set of cast iron pans since age17 and I’m still using that same set. And on 62 years old.

My son is a marine and was in Iraq 4 years after you. Thank you for your service. The snow around the creek and tent sure looked beautiful.

After years of off grid tenting I have found that a waterproof nylon fly over the canvas tent with about 3 to 4 inches air space between the two of them works really well. Wet snow comes off easily and keeps you warm as the wet canvas will make it very damp inside even with a fire burning oven/heater. A cheap woven tarp works good but the nylon still is the best and easy to put away afterwards.

Sean, the guy lines need to be perpendicular and at a 45° angle. You may need to move the tent inland a bit to get some firm soil for the stakes. Or maybe get longer and more heavy duty stakes.

Oh my gosh! This has to be the prettiest video ever! The campsite, the stream, the forrest area, and the deer running through the trees, priceless! WOW! The coyote and then the bobcat! Way cool! Thank you for your service. My son was over in Iraq with the Marines, also. He was in there about the same time as you were. He had to do 3 tours over there. Really scared me cause some of his buddies didn't make it back. So thankful you both made it back. God bless. 😊❤

The picture of the tent with the snow and trees is picture perfect! You are sure blessed! I really enjoyed your video.

If you ever take it down and store it, make sure it's totally dry and clean, it will mold in storage, ask me how I know, lol

Sean I think that cast iron is the only thing you can use metal on , you can't hurt the cast iron skillet with metal cutlery!!! Just scrape away 😄👍 Oh this was 10 days ago 😮

Sean, I'd get a fire blanket instead of a fire extinguisher because youd have a mess to clean up. A bunch of firefighters made one which would be good. Most people even forget how to use a fire extinguisher. The blanket you just throw over fire. They are reusable too.❤😊

Dutch when my Dad was in the Army back in the 1950s when they first got to Germany they had to sleep and live in tents the first couple months. It is nice to see things haven't changed much in 50 some odd years in military operations. But that tent living also where my dad had to endure long lines to wait to eat. Until he died he had a hard time waiting in lines for anything.

🇦🇺I don’t live in the snow but here it’s more like hot and humid. But when camping we would always use a tarpaulin to stretch over the tent in case of rain. We used larger poles and tent ropes with springs attached to keep the line taut and heavy duty stakes. That way you can take down a tent without getting it wet. A wet tarp can go over a washing line to dry out or in our case a Hills Hoist. We had bags marked with what should be inside. Cooking bag: Pot, frying pan, Billy, utensils for cooking, tea towels, lighters, water proof matches, dish liquid, scrubbing brush etc Other bags were: Crockery bag, medical bag, washing bag: line, pegs, para cord etc. We would camp for two to 4 weeks. Take two vans, one with the kids and cloths and camping bags. The second with 5 tents, many tarps, solar lights, camping toilet, bikes, pool table, dart board. We were foster parents, the youngest kids were in our tent, the teenagers had or shared a 5 person tent each. We would have up to 10 children including our 3.

Sean, take a garage broom with ya next time you’re expecting snow. 😊. No necessarily to sweep it off, but from the inside, you can lift more of the tent ceiling at one time, rather than hitting it so it falls off.

I would love to see you and your kids make a teepee or wood shelter in that area that would last forever. Also a solar fleece blanket under the sleeping bag or on top works great or fleece sleeping bag liner for the girls. You could take along a buddy heater to turn on when you sleep so you dont have to get up so many times. Thank you also for your service.

Always set it up on dirt; use additional line attached to the top and going up in trees; it's not meant to be left out and not tended.

It’s fine to use metal utensils. If you 😢 scratch the seasoning just re oil it

May understanding from back in the day, you never touch the inside of a canvas tent because it will cause it to leak. With that being said, the newer ones may not leak like those did back in the 80s.. I too remember being in those big canvas army tents. They always smelled like an oil of some kind

Hey Dutch - couldn't hurt to add an extra top fly. I am sure you could rig up a fly pole. Space it about 6-10 inches above the top of the tent. Yes I know you are saying, what about the stove pipe. This could be for when you are NOT in the tent OR extra pipe patches (pipe protection) are available. I spent many, many, many a night in a canvas tent with a fly both in winter and summer. Found having the fly in the summer was great for keeping the heat down and protection from sun damage to the tent. Luv your set up! Our stove was not as nice but 30 years of camping I have seen many stills. I like yours the best so far. Have fun making memories with your family. 🌻🤟🌻

Such a pretty area down by the creek 😊! Your chicken and rice lunch looked really yummy 😃! I could barely see the deer 🦌 running but wow! Thanks for sharing the tranquility of the creek and snowy tent🙏🏻😁💕!

HI SEAN, YOU CAN USE METAL UTENSILS ON CAST IRON IT WILL NOT HURT IT SINCE CAST IRON IS ONE OF THE MOST DURABLE METALS. GREAT VIDEOS GOD BLESS

Ahhh, you can always use metal on cast iron! Always! As long as it is seasoned, metal is what you use. To get the pan smooth eventually, you use metal

It's so beautiful out there. Know why you like being out at the creek. Enjoy 😊. Stay Blessed 😇🙏🙏🙏..

tent tec tip. When knocking Snow off the tent, start from the Bottom and work Your way up...

I only use metal in my cast iron and that's all my grandparents used. I inherited their cast from the 1800's

I Love this,brings back memories with my Father,82nd Airborne Paratrooper..😊

Thank you for your service. I always you metal on my cast Iron skillet and mine are older than you. You are right you do not scratch at them you are not digging for gold.

Beautiful scenery!! I got cold just watching it. I can’t imagine what it was like back in the day.

Snow buildup can sometimes happen on a larger tent with different room elevations. I built a wooden frame for my Ozark Trail wall tent for use in Tennessee, it's been 4 years up now. Love ya'll ❤️

If you haven’t water proofed your tent you need to do that. We use to do a lot of tent camping 🏕️ you have a beautiful spot right there. Enjoy with your family. God bless!

My folks had an old Army tent that our family of 8 went camping in. I remember how hot it use to get inside during the day in it.

Hey Dutch, great show as always. I know you have some rebar laying around. Just take a footlong piece, put a hook in the end, tie a rope to the hook so you can pull it out of the ground. And there you go free hook for your tent that will never come out.

You are a truper when it comes to doing things with the girls and they learn how to do the out door and have fun with their dad so many men don't take their girls growing up camping and spend time teaching them so I just wanted to tell you that you are a great dad

I was just waiting for the honey to spill over the way that table was wobbling when you were cutting the chicken.

Stove pipe needs a cap but like I suggested a cabin in the woods would be better. All you need is a one room cabin with a cozy fireplace. In my day I loved going camping in a tent but the old bones get to not like it. While your young build that cabin. Then it will always be there. Only have to maintain the small cabin. Oh love that iron stove. Where did you get that? Love the outdoor cooking. Every recipe so far I'm going to try.

From the looks like you are in a flood zone, you also need a cap for the stove pipe, another thing is that you should have some sort of cover for the top of the tent ,or move the tent so you have protection with the trees, just have to watch for dead fall.

Good evening from Syracuse NY everyone thank you for sharing your adventures and your farm

Gotta say, really enjoyed this video so calm and relaxed with nature all around! It’s like how I love to send my free time ☺️🇨🇦👏👏👋🏻👍🏻🙏🏻🫶🏻🫂xx

Hey Dutch,what a beautiful setting for lunch😍. I'm so glad the tent withstood the wet snow! JO JO IN VT 💞

Creek flowing and snowing is a pretty winter scene..

We used PVC pipe to build a frame to secure the tent structure. .

Snow tenting with a stove looks like a great time to relax. Until bathroom breaks.

Dutch, I have used canvas tens fir many years (too old to handle that wright now). Canvas in snow is an issue. Snow would rather stick to canvas rather than slide off. An extra fly (plastic or slippery material) above with an airspace will help alot. You should also tie your pole ropes at 90 degrees from the tent and keep tight. Your corner poles should have two ropes (both at 90 degrees). You might be able to get away without tightening as I suggested in non snow, but, any sagging will cause the snow to build up. Keep enjoying the outdoors and time with your family

The utensils they had back in the day were metal. My Grandmother, Mom and me have metal it didn’t hurt the cast Iron cookware. If you don’t know you can get another cup of tea out of the teabag. 😉 God Bless everyone 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

The cast iron skillet is iron. You're not gonna scratch it with metal utensils. BTW once a Marine ALWAYS a Marine. Thank you for your service and your sacrifices! God bless you & your family❤️🤍💙🙏🙏🙏.

Whoosh, y’all are brave! But what a neat experience and beautiful scenery. Once hubby n I were going to show my parents how fun it was to tent camp. They stayed in a motel. There came a gully washer out of nowhere. We all had a good laugh when we showed up drenched! We folded and stayed with them another night.

My family had a tent like that when I was kid' it brings back memories!

I think the fun was over a couple days ago before the snow. 😂 Ha ha!! You gotta love it!!

Try using some Ground Blind Support Poles for your Tent, and your Blinds. They make different styles.

Hey Dutch, Thank You for your service. I've been out 53 yrs myself, seems like a lifetime ago now. I love the stream side camping site. Keep it going and we'll be watching.

If you're camping and there's any chance of rain, set your tent on a slight slope. Dig a trench around the base of the tent, that will allow any rain to drain away from the tent.

I bought a cool small portable changing / bathroom . I put an actual folding bathroom chair in it, came with disposable waste bags. Good for us girls not having to squat in nature.

I have had cast iron pans for 40 years I use metal all the time always have.

Great video! I love anything outdoor. I am a country girl (okay, old lady) through and through ❤

What a fun winter activity to get out and about.

Sean it looks so beautiful out there enjoy your meal.

Love your videos and enjoy watching them. May the lord bless and protect you on private property. Please keep the snow

We have Kodiak 10x10 flexbow tent. Awesome tent. It's good to put a tarp under your tent to protect the floor, also helps keeping rain from getting under it, not to extend beyond the size of the tent floor. I also found it helpful to put a tarp over the floor inside, easy to clean, we have dogs. Lol. Since Kodiak tent roofs are white, we made the mistake of putting it up under trees that dropped sap on it, hell to clean it off. So put a cool lightweight tarp on top as a fly. Anyhow love your tent

2 guy lines at each point will hold it tighter instead of just one. Not to mention high winds will tear it up if you don't have it tight enough. As for the cast iron skillet you can use ANYTHING in cast iron.

Maybe you put your tent a little to close to creek. soil maybe to soft to hold lines. Yes please put top on your pipe. Love your videos. 😊

My mom only use metal utensils in her cast-iron although I still have all her cast-iron. I just don’t use it for two reasons it’s too heavy for me and I have a glass cooktop that I don’t care to get scratched up or explode. I remember my aunt she cooked scrambled eggs every morning in her cast-iron pan never use anything but metal utensil, and they never had any problems. But then again, nowadays pans are not made as well as the ones close to 100 years ago.

Hey Dutch that spot is great cause at night going to sleep hearing that water running would put me out quickly. Just have to watch that water from rising. Yes put feed in them feeders I got mine out so mommies get good fed to help on their babies to come. Right now I have seen 7 doe back there eating on camera plus got Mineral & Sulfur blocks out too. GB y'all stay safe & take care 😊

Great video! You may want to move a little further from the creek. With the melting snow, any rain is likely to cause high water. Would hate to see your campsite washed away.

This reminds me of camping in Yosemite when an unexpected snow,storm hit in early October in the 1980s would have been nice to see that the ground wasn't level when we set up the tent as those who slept in the low spot found the inch of water from the melted snow s bit of a problem.

I was in the Royal Engineers and yes lived in canvas tents a good lot. I was in the Heavy Plant Sqn, so was kept on the move.....Worked a lot with 45 Marine Command lol...stay safe and see you on the next one.

So beautiful and peaceful with the snow fall. God is good ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Sure is beautiful with the snow out there. Good spot.

Really enjoying the outdoor cooking and the camping content! Hope to see more!

Looks pretty with the snow falling and the creek moving!

Careful when you touch a wet canvas tent it will leak. Best to pull snow off with a broom

Thanks again for another awesome video I really enjoyed it and as always I'm really looking forward to seeing the next video

I think it would be cool if you could build some kind of a platform over there close to the river to put the 10 on the platform that way you wouldn't have to worry about it flooding cuz you can have the tent up on the platform

A spark arrestor in top of the stovepipe. It'll keep water out of the stovepipe too

Dad always had a tarp about 2 inches bigger than the bottom of the tent that he put down first. For insulation and keeping the racks from ripping the bottom of the tent. And we used to have the old canvas style tents. So you didn’t put anything touching the canvas or you’d cause a sweat leak. We could never afford a stove like yours ; so we always froze our butts off.

Hi . The good thing with cast iron pans is that you can use anything in them , I think your thinking of none stick pans that scratch easy. Keep the great videos coming Thanks

What would be nice would be to build a wood platform off the ground with a metal top to set the tent on. You wouldn’t have a snow problem anymore. I’ve seen it done on wrangle star videos. I think that’s the name of his videos. Anyway take care and that looks like a big coyote and bobcat 👍🙏

Hi dutch we have never had a canvas tent but we have a 3 bedroom 8 person tent we use screw in tent pegs with a hexagonal top so you can use a spanner/Ratchet socket super easy. I heard we was goong to have a storm the week of our camping trip so glad I had them when we woke in the morning there was only 1/4 of the full tent field left all around us were battered torn and broken tents (I'm sure the fact we also have metal poles for our tent helped) we are in the uk but you can buy them anywhere from Aldi to Ebay to Amazon we started out with four for each corner but loved them so much we upgraded all our pegs to screw down oh to help anyone with arthritis or hard ground a portable drill with the right socket works great especially taking them out. Hope this helps thanks for the lovely video camping in the snow with a wood stove I would of just sat by the fire watching the snow fall and stream flow by

For sand or gravel a piece of angle iron about 1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/16 with a pointed end and a hole with a ring at the other ends works very well for tent pegs They should be about 8 to 12 inches long and you will never be with out these ever again. They also work good on dirt ground. Also make your self a garden hook to be used to pull them out.

I seen the deer takeoff running. I really enjoy your really videos.

Just remember what is cast iron is made of, a form of metal. What did people use on cast iron pans over 100 years ago?

Cast iron skillet use metal am 70 years old we cook burgers, chicken,fish,made sloppy Joe BBQ sauce onion put on bun,down cooking beans with ketchup and chilli powder onions,ground beef good hot

Please put a spark arrester on your stove! Love the tent!

Hi Dutch and Family. Great video. Looks like fun. God bless and love yall ❤❤

My only advice is to make sure this canvas tent is 100% dried before you store it. It will mold if you do not 👍🏻

Sorry that the weather didn't work well for your tent being up.

Awesome video I use to love camping when I was young. Take care and stay safe. God bless

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Oh wow! Terry Ho is a friend from years ago. So glad you’re using his yum yum sauce. He’s a good family guy.

I would probably move it a foot or so further from the water and rocks. A canvas tent is super hot in here he summer. I would get a vinyl tent for the summer. Unless you have a small fan or a/c with a generator. I have never been camping in winter much less snow. I like your whole set up of cook stove/heater. Way to go.

So Peaceful 🫶

Greetings, We (the lady of the our manor and myself) are fairly new in the discovery of your channel. I really appreciate the edumercation on getting back to a modern take on how the pioneers lived back in the day, especially on the creek property. Something that I've been curious about is whether the creek supports fish? You might have shown it or discussed it in a precious video that I might have missed? I know that there have been signs of different animals using it as a drinking fountain an and such.

I am surprised your camping in the snow ❄️ ❤

When my dad used to take us tent camping if we touched the canvas, we would have a drip on our head

Been there, done that, pushing accumulated rain out of my RV porch awning!

When u know it's going to snow bring a broom with u to sweep tent off. Make sure the tent is tight all way around, no sags anywhere. Guide ropes tight too. Make sure your guide ropes don't stretch. It's a pain when that happens.

A push broom would make it much easier to get the snow off. Hit it from the inside still.

Cast iron is a harder metal than the metal utensils therefore it will not get scratched using them.