admin August 10th, 2008
I just looked at the date of the last post and I can’t believe how fact time slips by. I was chatting with a friend about building tipis and it reminded me that I hadn’t posted on the tipi living site for a while so I grabbed my camera and took a short trip through the garden and took a few pics of my tipis in August. Hope you enjoy the tipi pics as much as I enjoy my tipis.
admin January 28th, 2008
I’ll admit - the last two years I’ve spent more time in the tipis that I have in my back yard than I have camping in the mountains in one of my tipis. With this in mind, I thought I’d show you a few tipi exterior pictures of my customer’s tipis. But they have to be in the yard ;-).
OK - Tipi #1 in in Cascade, Colorado, tipi #2 is in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, tipi #3 in my good friends in Estes Park, Colorado, tipi #4 is in Franktown, Colorado, tipi #5 is in Hamilton, Montana, tipi #6 is in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, tipi #7 is near Taus, New Mexico, tipis #8 are in Malibu, California, tipi #9 is in Phoenix, Arizona, tipi #10 is in the Trinity Alps of Northern California, tipi #11 is in my daughter’s back yard in Neunkirchen Germany (we made snow angels in front of her tipi to protect it), tipi #12 is in Aspen , Colorado, Tipi # 13 is in Denver, Colorado, Tipi # 14 (pictures 14, 15, and 16) is in San Francisco , California.
Well thous are just a few of the thousands of Reese Tipis that are in folks back yards scattered across the country. Email me a picture of you backyard tipi and I’ll post it here. richard(put the at thingy here)reesetipis(put the dot thingy here)com
admin January 23rd, 2008
I was talking with a friend today on the best way to haul tipi poles - it used to be a lot simpler when cars were larger and more rigid. I’m spoiled, I have a couple of trucks with racks but with rising gas prices I’m leaning more towards a smaller car and a small trailer to transport my tipi poles. I’ll attach a few pictures of some of the rigs I’ve used over the years.
The first two pictures are of a customer’s tipi pole trailer - I really like the idea and this is what I think I’ll be building - now to find a small boat trailer to start with. The third picture is of me and old blue hauling poles in Wyoming - wish I still had that one-ton Chevy! Picture 4 is of old blue near Pikes Peak, Colorado with a load for a photo shoot (you can see many of the pics we took on my screen-saver). Pic 5 is of my Duramax near Cora Wyoming, Pic 6 was taken in Missouri. I think we had 6 tipis and 3 tipi decks on that load - started in Colorado and ended up in New York. Pictures 7 and 8 were taken near Walsenberg, Colorado on a tipi setup in December.
If I get time in the next few weeks (or months) I’ll post more tipi transport pictures. If you have pictures that you would like to post, register here and let me know and I’ll add you to the authors list.
RT January 3rd, 2008
Hello all! I wanted to share a few photos of teepees with you!!! Gotta love a teepee!!
RT December 28th, 2007
Tipi painting is a wonderful art. There is a lot more that goes into it than people think. I have been painting for many years, and started to paint tipis with Reese Tipis Inc. a few years ago. I have learned a great deal and discovered much more through trial and error. Reese Tipis offers a full service paint department and can assist you with any questions you may have while in the process of painting your own tipi!
admin December 27th, 2007
My love for tipis started over 35 years ago after My father purchased a small tent and awning company in Salt Lake City. I was put to work helping around the shop and I was soon helping make and setup tipis (tepees, teepees) with the family. My father sold the business when I was 18 but he and my mother continued to make tipis while I took a leave of absence from the family business to join the Air Force. After a successful career in the Air Force, I decided it was time to settle down and since mom was not getting any younger, and was having difficulty making tipis, I decided I would help. I soon moved the business from Salt Lake to Colorado Springs and have been making Reese Tipis here since 1998.
I still camp in my tipis and spend a fair bit of time in the ones in my back yard. With this blog, I hope to be able to share my tipi experiences with tipi lovers around the world.
