Tom R,
looks like sound advice all around. I am recently back from my annual Idaho deer hunt, where my Idaho hunting buddies have been running a little tent city for 10 years. They are possessed by the "30 point buck" and prep all year for this thing. We had about 5 cords of wood ready to burn and well managed common area. Three tents go up on Labor Day (20x10 wall tent, 1/2 lodging 1/2 cook tent wall tent; 12x10 lodging; and a Cabela's Alaknak 12x12) and are there until Dec 1. I recently joined in the tent fray with 12x12 Alaknak. Last year I talked with the guys about what to buy in the large tent with wood stove department and their advice was the Alaknak. It is realitivity easy to setup (so the intructions say). It took me about an hour this year by myself. Dries out fast, has a floor, handles the wind ok, and can be setup with a stove. There is plenty of room for one and my family of four uses it with bunkbeds. We spent several nights with 8" of snow and below zero temps without too much of an issue. The stove worked great. On the downside it can develop condensation problem, but that has not been problem yet for me, since I have a stove and let the tent vent. The vestibule is great for cooking and storage. That said, when we aren't hunting we are in the classic wall tent plotting the demise of the ghost buck. The wall tent guys have gotten away from the bare dirt floor and now lay down tarps with astroturf. They have considered getting a new tent with floor in it as well. One thing they did say was that the next tent will have taller sides. One last item, I was able to get my tent down and packed before they got much done with wall tents so that may be another advantage too. good luck