North Florida Newbie

Hello Hangers!

New hammocker here in the Gainesville area. Been camping most of my life, with and without the BSA, hence the nickname, and had been looking at getting off the ground for a couple of years. My back has been begging me to do something different, and the camp cot that makes camping tolerable these days is so against my normal camping ethos (pack it on your back and go away from the paved roads) that it makes me nuts.

Pulled the trigger on the Hennessy Explorer Deluxe Zip with the Typhoon fly and the 4 season system - nice rig once I got it set. First camp out is this weekend - OA ordeal! Will let you all know how it runs out, and of course, I plan to tweak things some.

Happy to be here, love what I've seen so far, and don't ever plan to go back to the ground if I can help it.

Lots of hikes in the future planned - Baden Powell style sleeping for me from here on out!

YIS,

Ted

Hello OldScout and Welcome to the Forums from Canada!

Welcome from right next door!

You'll like it here.

There's the Second Annual Florida Hang coming up in January. The sign-up thread is here.

In addition, though it might be short notice, there's a NE Florida hang coming up the second weekend of October.

Hope to see you out there.

Welcome Ted!

In case you haven't heard yet, the 2nd Annual Florida Hang is going to be MLK weekend in Ocala National Forest. It's shaping up to be quite the shindig.

You will find tons of knowledgeable information here...well maybe not from me..but others.

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Welcome from right next door!

You'll like it here.

There's the Second Annual Florida Hang coming up in January. The sign-up thread is here.

In addition, though it might be short notice, there's a NE Florida hang coming up the second weekend of October.

Hope to see you out there.

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Darn you are quick! Good job!

Welcome aboard from Florida. Start planning to be at the 2nd Annual Florida Hang, looks to be a big time.

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Darn you are quick! Good job!

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Heh. I only beat you by about thirty seconds. You're right on top of it, too...

Man. January might be possible, though working call schedule around Scout campouts and another outing gets tricky. Possible, but tricky. October 7th weekend belongs to the ICU, though. Sad, would love to go hang in Jax with y'all. Will make it happen soon!

Well, feel free to let me know any time you want to go out. My schedule's pretty set, too; I work Tue-Sat evenings, so it might be easier to do a Sun-Mon sometime depending on your schedule. Mom worked in geriatrics (still does, actually) for a good long while, and being on call is always an adventure.

Hope things go well with your first hang!

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Man. January might be possible, though working call schedule around Scout campouts and another outing gets tricky. Possible, but tricky. October 7th weekend belongs to the ICU, though. Sad, would love to go hang in Jax with y'all. Will make it happen soon!

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We can have another one for you, no problem!

OldScout:
Welcome to HF from Bama...........looks like you are covered for invites to a group hang!!!!!!!

welcome toH.F. from N.Y.

Welcome from Mobile, AL

Welcome OldScout from South Florida. It's great to have you here.

So, you can't make Oct 7 - what about Nov 11? Here you go...
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=39279

If you don't have a ride, you can always hop on the back of FLRider's bicycle!
Yeah, you know where his name came from. :lol:

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Originally Posted by MAD777

Welcome OldScout from South Florida. It's great to have you here.

So, you can't make Oct 7 - what about Nov 11? Here you go...
http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=39279

If you don't have a ride, you can always hop on the back of FLRider's bicycle!
Yeah, you know where his name came from. :lol:

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Hey, man! I need that space for the hammock! I like y'all and all, but I'm not sleeping on the ground for ya! :lol:

Sadly, I'm not going to be able to make that one...

Ah, well, I'll definitely catch everyone at the Buck Lake hang.

Welcome from West Ky.

Me and a buddy hang somewhere in NFLA about every weekend after Halloween. You're welcome to join us anytime!

Don't be surprised if you wake up a lot on your first night in the hammock. I always do, and I've been hanging for several years. I have even hung in the back yard a night or two before a long hike just to get ahead of the game.

Welcome to the forum!!

( I was OA around 68 or 69...still think about ordeal...)

Welcome from N.C.!

Welcome from Ga.

Welcome from central Alabama!

Thank you everyone for the wonderful welcomes!

Well, was a great weekend - didn't get any pics of the setup unfortunately though.

Had to sleep on the ground the first night, but not due to the hammock or the weather - rather, it was part of the experience, and I'll leave it at that, so it was OK.

Second night was amazing. The under-pad/under-cover system was almost too warm -temps didn't get below 70 though - and I ditched the pad and sleeping bag quickly. Rigged the tarp high and after the first adjustment (getting rid of the underpad and sleeping bag - was gone, gone gone into the best sleep in a long time until they were waking me up at 0630 for breakfast!

Next up, I'll be working on making a portable stand for those trips when we go to State parks - ain't no way I'm going back to tents and ground if I can help it!!

:cool:

Way to go OS!

Welcome from the Tampa Bay area! :)

Welcome to HF from Mass.

Hey from Tennessee