Guess where I'll be tonight...

**samsara** · 10-20-2011, 17:24

in my back yard for my first hang

**HamMike** · 10-20-2011, 17:32

have a good nights rest Sam!

**Deadphans** · 10-20-2011, 17:42

Nice have fun!!! I know I couldn't stop smiling lol

**SilvrSurfr** · 10-20-2011, 17:49

Wow. What a sweet looking backyard. Nice hammock too!

**islander** · 10-20-2011, 18:20

Wow! Good to hear.
Why in the world have you been waiting?
Remember the Forums previous slogan, "Every Day Hammock Hanging above Ground is a Good Day"

**samsara** · 10-20-2011, 18:53

Originally Posted by SilvrSurfr

Wow. What a sweet looking backyard. Nice hammock too!

I wish I could claim my yard but I live on a state forest so my yard and my view belong to the state... it's pretty darn nice either way

Originally Posted by islander

Wow! Good to hear.
Why in the world have you been waiting?
Remember the Forums previous slogan, "Every Day Hammock Hanging above Ground is a Good Day"

I have been trying to figure out how I was going to do my bug netting. The mosquitoes are really bad here (I live near a wetland and half of my yard is normally standing water in the summer). After seeing the simple method and tutorial by fronkey I decided to order some netting and go for it.

We'll see how my first night goes

Dave

**Fronkey** · 10-20-2011, 19:17

Looking forward to your report tomorrow. Have a fun night dude!

Fronkey

**samsara** · 10-21-2011, 07:47

A funny thing happened this morning... I wasn't in a hurry to get up! Normally my back hurts to the point that I'm happy to get up and out of bed (have to get up is probably a better description). This morning I woke up at about the same time as normal but this time I was happy to lounge around in the hammock and finally had to drag myself out when it started getting late.

Things started out the way they often do for first overnighters... I went out and was trying to get my sleeping bag into the hammock and my boots off as the mosquitoes were literally swarming around me. Since I was rushing things a bit I sat on the hammock and put the netting over me while I took off my boots. As I went to lift my feet into the hammock I tipped a$$-over-teakettle! Now all of my sleeping gear was on the ground and my feet were tied up in hammock/netting while I was laughing. I got everything thrown in and safely into the hammock and then spent the next 20 minutes killing mosquitoes that were inside the netting with me.

It was a good nights sleep, I still have plenty of things to improve and get used to, and I need a UQ now (this is my next project that I might start tonight).

All in all it was a resounding success!

Dave

**FLRider** · 10-21-2011, 08:13

Originally Posted by samsara

A funny thing happened this morning... I wasn't in a hurry to get up! Normally my back hurts to the point that I'm happy to get up and out of bed (have to get up is probably a better description). This morning I woke up at about the same time as normal but this time I was happy to lounge around in the hammock and finally had to drag myself out when it started getting late.

Things started out the way they often do for first overnighters... I went out and was trying to get my sleeping bag into the hammock and my boots off as the mosquitoes were literally swarming around me. Since I was rushing things a bit I sat on the hammock and put the netting over me while I took off my boots. As I went to lift my feet into the hammock I tipped a$$-over-teakettle! Now all of my sleeping gear was on the ground and my feet were tied up in hammock/netting while I was laughing. I got everything thrown in and safely into the hammock and then spent the next 20 minutes killing mosquitoes that were inside the netting with me.

It was a good nights sleep, I still have plenty of things to improve and get used to, and I need a UQ now (this is my next project that I might start tonight).

All in all it was a resounding success!

Dave

Great to hear that! How cold did it get down where you are? It was down to 41 when I woke this morning here in Gainesville, and under insulation is absolutely needed at those temps. Did you use a pad? Or a sleeping bag? Or something else?

Fortunately, it also means that the skeeters are too cold to bother anyone, making for a topless night (insert bad joke about adult entertainment here

).

Sorry to hear about the acrobatics, but it's certainly a learning curve on getting in and out of the hammock. Glad you weren't hurt.

**samsara** · 10-21-2011, 08:59

Originally Posted by FLRider

Great to hear that! How cold did it get down where you are? It was down to 41 when I woke this morning here in Gainesville, and under insulation is absolutely needed at those temps. Did you use a pad? Or a sleeping bag? Or something else?

Fortunately, it also means that the skeeters are too cold to bother anyone, making for a topless night (insert bad joke about adult entertainment here

).

Sorry to hear about the acrobatics, but it's certainly a learning curve on getting in and out of the hammock. Glad you weren't hurt.

Lower to mid 50s... I used a couple of comforters (it got crowded in there) and used my sleeping bag (old bag that is rated for 40ish) and was warm enough. Unfortunately it wasn't cold enough here to slow the skeeters down too much. They were buzzing me and wishing they could get through my netting when I got up in the morning.

The fall was good for some comic relief before bed

. While I do know how to safely get into and out of a hammock it was the rush to avoid the skeeter cloud that made me not pull it apart enough and not pay attention to what I was doing. Lesson learned

I did learn that I'm not really interested in having anything in the hammock for insulation other than a TQ since everything you lay on goes all over the place and is difficult to adjust to exactly where you want it. I have the materials to make the IX UQ from diygearsupply so I might even try to work on that tonight. I also need to make something to keep my stuff in that I can hang off of the ridgeline. So many projects...

Dave