Eureka Medium Solar Shade Tent

Enjoy a comfortable day at the beach with this medium-sized, cabana-style Eureka Solar Shade, which provides restful protection from the sun and wind. It's also a handy addition to your campsite or picnic party. Featuring a 7-foot, 6-inch wide floor, this medium Solar Shade is just right for two chairs, a small table, and a cooler. The front privacy door panel can zip closed or roll out of way as needed, and a hood over front opening provides shade without compromising side to side visibility. It also has three windows with toggled privacy covers that allow air flow. It's nicely light (6 pounds) and easy to carry, thanks to the included carry bag with shoulder strap. Other features include:

• Four wind guyout loops and four sand pouches for alternative anchoring
• 8.5mm fiberglass frame, post and grommet attachments, and power mesh pole sleeves make set up easy
• Sewn in floor with taped seam
• Two storage pockets
• Two clothesline rings
• Center height of 4 feet, 6 inches

About Eureka
Though the exact year is unknown, Eureka's long history begins prior to 1895 in Binghamton, New York, where the company still resides today. Then known as the Eureka Tent & Awning Company, its first wares were canvas products--most notably, Conestoga wagon covers and horse blankets for nineteenth century American frontiersmen--as well as American flags, store awnings, and camping tents.

The company increased production of its custom canvas products locally throughout the 1930s and during the 1940 and even fabricated and erected the IBM "tent cities" just outside Binghamton. The seven acres of tents housed thousands of IBM salesmen during the company's annual stockholders meeting, which had since outgrown its previous locale. In the 1940s, with the advent of World War II and the increased demand for hospital ward tents, Eureka expanded operations and began shipping tents worldwide. Ultimately, upon the post-war return of the GIs and the resultant housing shortage, Eureka turned its attention to the home front during the 1950s by supplying awnings for the multitude of mobile homes that were purchased.

In 1960, Eureka's new and innovative Draw-Tite tent, with its practical, free standing external frame, was used in a Himalayan Expedition to Nepal by world renowned Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person documented to summit Mt. Everest only six years earlier. In 1963, Eureka made history during its own Mt. Everest ascent, with more than 60 of its tents sheltering participants from fierce 60+ mph winds and temperatures reaching below -20°F during the first all American Mt. Everest Expedition.

For backpackers and families, Eureka introduced its legendary Timberline tent in the 1970s. Truly the first StormShield design, this completely self-supporting and lightweight backpacking tent became one of the most popular tents the entire industry with sales reaching over 1 million by its ten year anniversary.

Eureka tents have also traveled as part of several historic expeditions, including the American Women's Himalayan Expedition to Annapurna I in 1978 and the first Mt. Everest ascents by a Canadian and American woman in 1986 and 1988. In recent history, tents specially designed and donated by Eureka sheltered Eric Simonson and his team on two historic research expeditions to Mount Everest, this time in a quest for truth regarding the 1924 attempted summit of early English explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. During the 1999 expedition, the team made history finding the remains of George Mallory, but the complete mystery remained unsolved. Returning in 2001 to search for more clues, the team found amazing historical artifacts which are now on display at the Smithsonian.

Customer Review: Great Tent
We took this tent in our luggage to Kauai. It is light weigh, easy to set up and sturdy. We were at the beach and it was quite windy. The tent with stood the wind no problem. It has a window on each side which is great for air flow and the front can be closed to create a changing area. there is even a line build in to hang things on. It kept us out of the sun when we needed it and was easy to roll up and put away for the next time. One of the best items I packed for our vacation!!
Customer Review: great investment
We bought this solar shade to take on vacation to the beaches in Belize and Mexico. It traveled extremely well, was very easy to set up and was a relief to have, particularly where shade was not available. We used it with a family of four and thought it was great. The only thing I will probably do in the future is add some of my own velcro strips to the back "window" flap. When the breeze blew, the flap would not stay shut with the two little tabs provided. Easy enough to fix on my own, though. Would highly recommend to anyone wanting to ensure they have access to shade - fits in a suitcase for travel as well.

There are eight declared national parks in , that is areas of exquisite natural qualities, which encompasses one or more preserved or by human use bit changed ecosystems. Only traditional agriculture and tourist-recreational activities are allowed. In , eight national parks were declared. Position of our national parks clearly shows natural diversity of . So three parks are pronouncedly mountain - Risnjak, Paklenica, Northern Velebit, three are of island type - Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni, and two are clear example of rich karst hydrographic - Plitvicka jezera (Lakes of Plitvice) and Krka.

NATIONAL PARK PAKLENICA

National park Paklenica is situated in behind of Starigrad and encompasses two canyons, Velika and Mala Paklenica. National park Paklenica is magnificent karst phenomenon, and steep sides of canyon are high up to . Paklenica is an area of unique and unusual touch of sea and mountains, rich in forests of beech and black pine trees, caves and abysses. On the area of National Park Paklenica from sea shore to highest tops of Velebit there are around 800 herbal sorts. Of these, some 40 are endemic, plants of small spread.

NATIONAL PARK RISNJAK

National Park Risnjak was made national park in 1953. The importance of National Park Risnjak is in the fact that in not so big area, thanks to knot area of Gorski kotar, there intertwine different climate influences: sharp Alps climate, mild area of the , continental characteristics of Panonska nizina and mountain freshness of Dinaridi. Risnjak has an important role in health tourism and it is especially attractive for trips - mountain climate, fields for winter sports, mountain tracks, hunting and fishing.

NATIONAL PARK NORTHERN VELEBIT

National Park Northern Velebit was declared in 1999 as eight and the youngest national park in . Area was made national park because of expressed differences of karst phenomena, richness of living world and exquisite natural beauties on relatively small area.

NATIONAL PARK KRKA

National park Krka is on the area of and river Krka is karst phenomenon which, penetrating towards the sea, shapes numerous lakes, cascades and rapids. On Island Visovac on the lake of the same name, between two most beautiful cascades - Roski slap and Skradinski buk - there is Franciscan monastery.

NATIONAL PARK KORNATI

ational Park Kornati is group of islands of some 140 islands, isles and reefs situated in middle part of Croatian Adriatic. Because of its exquisite regional beauties, interesting geomorphology, big indented of coastal line and especially rich biocenosis of sea ecosystem in year 1980 greater part of sea ecosystem of seascape of Kornati was declared national park. Today NP "Kornati" encompasses are of some 220 km2 and includes 89 islands, isles and reefs in total, with approximately 238 of coast line. And regardless of this, relatively big number of islands, coastal part of park makes just something less than of total area, while the rest is sea ecosystem.

NATIONAL PARK MLJET

Island Mljet is the greenest Adriatic island, and the third of island belongs to National Park Mljet. Island Mljet was made national park because of exquisite natural beauty, richness of flora and fauna, composition of salty lakes representing unique geological and oceanographic phenomenon, and because of great cultural - historical heritage, which, in continuing series from time of Illyrian tribes, Roman Empire, Republic of Dubrovnik, reaches to present days of life of modern man who made stabile living conditions here in harmony with intact nature.

NATIONAL PARK BRIJUNI

Island Brijuni by southwest coast of , was made national park in 1983. it encompasses area of , and is made of fourteen islands and isles, of which the biggest are Veliki and Mali Brijuni. Islands is grown in and sub-Mediterranean vegetation, offering tourists feeling of intact nature. On the island there are zoo, pheasant grove and safari park, with numerous different animal species from all over the world. Traces of man on the island date from younger neolith , and amongst numerous archeological sites the most important is prehistorically village on hill Gradina. In bay Verige there are remains of representative country villa of Roman temple, and on the western coast late antique Byzantine castrum and Byzantine basilica of Saint Mary from 6 century.

NATIONAL PARK PLITVICE LAKES

National Park Plitvice Lakes is the biggest and the oldest national park and one of the most famous European parks and natural monument placed on the List of world heritage of UNESCO. This is forest, mountain area in which there are 16 bigger and smaller lakes. With numerous sorts of birds and small game, in Park there are also deer, bears, boars and wild cats, and in the waters trout. National Park Plitvice Lakes is the famous tourist destination and trip site.

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