Welcome To Tipi Living
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.
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I appreciate your insight. I’m ercting a tipi this fall, and will leave it up in Northern Wisconin winter until late Feb or early March. I’m hoping you will share you opinion on the size of fire needed to heat an 18 foot tipi. I know that Laubin says 18 to 22 inches, but does not relate the comment to size of tipi. Do you have any experience you can share? Thanks….Duke
Duke - I agree with Laubin and what he writes in “The Indian Tipi” for the most part when it comes to tipi size. I personally use a 19.5 foot tipi but have used tipis from 13.5 feet to 24 feet. There a a few factors to consider when choosing a tipi size - first and foremost is how do you plan on using your tipi? Will it be for recreation of for living? You will also need to consider such things as heating your tipi, mold and mildew, transport, and bugs.
Richard: Would you review our new website: http://www.tipilifestyles.com ? My partners and I are offering a week-long tipi retreat/Plains Indian cultural experience in Red Lodge, Montana, the last week in August.
thanks, Casmith
Cathy - The site looks great! It was real nice talking to you the other day about your tipi retreats. I think it’s a great way to spread the word about tipi living and tipi life in general. The Red Lodge are is beautiful and a perfect setting for such work. Be sure to tell Linda Holley and let her spread the word too. I’ll give her a call in the morning and let her know what you’re up to