I always bring it and always string it up but sometimes i leave it inside the skins until it's time to sleep. we get a lot of morning dew here in northern Virginia and I'd rather not wake up damp.
I always bring it and always string it up but sometimes i leave it inside the skins until it's time to sleep. we get a lot of morning dew here in northern Virginia and I'd rather not wake up damp.
I always hang my tarp. At least in snakeskins and make decisions before bed and some radar forecasts.
Hanging in the woods, paddlin and catching trout- My kind of living...
This pretty much sums my view on it. If I camp in the summer months, the tarp is as much for shade as it is for weather protection. In my normal camping seasons for Fall through Spring, the tarp is always deployed as rain/snow and wind are a given in these seasons.Originally Posted by Shug
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Brian
Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment. - Unknown
Living in S fl I too always set up my tarp.... I normally pitch it into a lean to style tho... one side almost vertical and the other as horizontal as I can get it. That way no rain I have a nice view but still some privacy and wind protection. I'd much rather wake up to a pitter patter then the oh **** of trying to pitch the tarp groggy and half asleep
100% of the time strung up (I keep them packed in snake skins) 99% of the time deployed.
Sometimes I like to hike and think, And sometimes I just like to hike.
Hiking is'ent about waiting for the storm to pass its about learning to hike in the rain.
I love sleeping under the stars! (but, just to be safe, I almost always have my tarp strung up between trees, in snake skins, just in case!!!)
FYI: If you want to know what type a certain bear is, sneak up behind it and kick it. Then,
run like crazy and climb up a tree. If the bear climbs the tree and eats you, it's a black
bear. If the bear just pushes the tree over and eats you, it's a grizzly bear : )
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me, either, just leave me alone.
--unknown
I use the bath shower scrubbie schrinchie things for snake skins. Dirt cheap and also don't hold water in when you roll it up
Just did three nights on North Manitou island in Lake Michigan. Had clear forecasts so didn't string the tarp up even in snakeskin mode. But usually, yeah, up the tarp goes, pref. in porch mode.
Oh, and PS was willing to take this risk as the weather was quite warm, too, much reducing the chance an error would be dangerous.
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If I'm in the mountains, it's always deployed. If I'm in the Midwest, it's usually strung up in snake skins, and I check the radar before going to bed if I have cell reception.
Yes, I use my phone when camping :-/
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