I purchased a budget model gander mountain branded blue 3p budget tent in 2017 during the liquidation sale, and it has served me well for almost 10 years, but Friday night as my wife was setting it up she broke a tent pole! I jammed the broken end of the pole into the connector, and splinted the splintering pole with a green switch of buckthorn and a bunch of tape, but old blue isn’t long for this world, and I’m afraid it’s time to put old blue down. This tent isn’t our biggest, or our most expensive, but it was the first tent my wife and I started camping together in, and currently the only tent we have for backpacking that fits both of us and the dog. I guess it’s time to shell out $500 for a new 3p backpacking tent. Feel free to recommend your favorite. Drink to the memory of old blue this weekend! #activity #camping source