Tried outdoor camp.. Unprepared for weather

[Firesong]

I've been hanging indoors for months now. Had a chance to do a night in northern Alberta on my way to visit my daughters. We were planning to camp while I was there. Prior to picking them up I figured I would set up my hammock and use a nemo bug out as a bugnet and set up a tarp.

Insert storm weather
Gusts up to 90 km/h plus rain.

First off the buyout I had was a bit small for the application and the wind too crazy with the temps dropping to 9 Celsius not including rain and wind factoring in.

Oh well.

Picked up the kids and camped in the kamparoo. I set up my hammock and didn't get to use it at all. My girls took it over. I forgot to bring extras.



Great time. Made me finish my bugnet (almost done) yesterday.

[mm53bar]

Looks like a great spot though! Next time you'll be ready.

[nothermark]

Good story, beats the heck out of hated it! Make more hammocks! ;-))

[oruacat2]

It's funny, but the trips you end up talking and laughing about years later are NOT the ones where everything goes as planned.

[Firesong]

The girls and I always have a great time. Great team and even better they feel comfortable in the bush roughing it. I'm sure they will embarrass some boys with lesser knowledge

[kayak4water]

O Canada, you're off the ground!

I hope to go all night in my hammock with my new DIY Apex 6.0 Underquilt. Couldn't finish inside at 66 degrees F (motion sick and cold) nor outside with a pad (cold).

No bug net yet, but no bugs yet here.

[MAD777]

Well, I'm glad you got to test your setup before the girls had a bad experience. It sounds like they are natural hammockers and probably would have not seen it as an adverse situation, but more of an adventure. Carry on, Dad!

[Bamaman35]

Ew.... The dreaded forgot to bring extras. I calculate all of my weights by a factor of three. One for me, two for my kids so I get to use my gear!

Sorry you had a rough trip man, that's what memories are made of though!

[hikehunter]

If every father could have the same problem....there would be little to no troubles in the good right world.

[Swoopy]

"it's not an adventure until something goes wrong"...