A Tour of Our Campsite

The Yurt Ger

We built the ger in the early spring of 2007. For 15 years it’s been our home away from home.

Our ger is 16 feet in diameter with 6 foot tall side walls. This provides us with a great amount of room for our camping adventures.

360 degree panorama of the interior
Queen bed for the wife and I
The boy’s bed
The girl’s bed

Each of the intersections of the khana gives us a place to hang things. On longer trips, I’ll lash a closet rod to the underside of the rafters and hang clothes from it.

My closet
The smoke hole can be left open for ventilation or closed for bad weather. Those five candles do a reasonable job of lighting the whole structure at night.

Next to the ger, we have an EZ-up with the kitchen and dining room.

The table is made from a single sheet of plywood, the three pieces slot together easily.
8 foot long collapsible kitchen counter. It has a stove, sink, fridge, and dry goods storage.

Looking at the above image

  • Sink and dish drain at left end of top panel.
  • The green basket holds cooking tools.
  • Two burner propane stove at right.
  • Underneath 4 milk crates (someday to be replaced with wooden boxes, I swear) for dry goods storage.
  • Orange bucket is gray water. I have to dump it about once a day.
  • Five gallon water jug. There is a pump to draw water to the sink.
  • Fire extinguisher in between the clean / gray water
  • Green ammo box is the tool box.
  • Cooler kept out of the sun, makes the ice last longer.
  • First aid kit is between cooler and divider panel
  • Paper towel holder is out of sight on the panel to the right of the cooler
Detail of water pump and sink. The water pump is designed for 5 gallon water jugs and recharges the internal battery via USB.
The kitchen counter broken down for travel. 96” X 34 1/2” x 3 1/4”.

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Author: rexplex

With a bachelors degree in history, I turn wrenches for a living. I’m most at peace when I hear the wind in the trees or the gurgle of a brook. I’m a believer in the Renaissance Man, as epitomized by DaVinci engineer, artist, soldier, statesman. As Heinlein said, “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyse a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

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