How it used to be...

[mitch]

One of my last winter camps before going to a hammock. 28* leaves under the tarp, a wool blanket. OH, and 2 hot bottles of water!

Do you guys and gals remember the "old days" haha

[Doctari]

Sadly, no!
BH (Before Hammocking) my camping began after mid spring, & ended early early fall. Cold weather camping was beyond my understanding or desire. No real reason for it, I like cold weather. I think it was training for me, my parents always camped during those times I so,,,,,,,

I do like your picture! Wish I had those memories. I have to say, if not for tenting, I wouldn't be where I am hammocking, so it's all good.

[trigger hurt]

I've got a couple like that. No hot water bottles or heat reflector, though. Just cold as heck in a wall tent.

Sparkleberry Lake near Sumter, SC. Went duck hunting for the weekend with some childhood friends, their uncle and a couple of his co-workers. Temps got down into the mid-30's and it rained some. It was fun though.

[gargoyle]

At least your outside doing something!! And good use of the rock. Good backwoods skills like that can be carried over to your new hamock set-up. Nice to know the different tarp configurations will work, if needed.

[gargoyle]

My childhood camping experience. It was the sweetest thing in the world, and I got the top bunk!!!! oh, yeah!!!
(I just googled the image, and ours was the same putrid aqua marine color, too. Those wings were the bomb, back in the day)

And this behemoth. Probably 80 lbs of wet, smelly canvas. Steel poles, and took up the whole trunk. Leaked like a sieve. I think the stakes weighed as much as my hammock and tarp do now?
But, man, we was camping.!!

Oooh, the memories!!

[Cannibal]

Do you guys and gals remember the "old days" haha

Not at all.
Thank goodness for drug and alcohol abuse in my 20s.

[Hawk-eye]

Well back in the day my "light weight" gorge tent was a single aluminum pole, but it nested ... canvas miner's tent. It was an official BSA model ... big time stuff. Don't remember how much it weighed but as many fond trip memories as I had with that beast ... I hope somewhere it's rotting in peace ... or pieces!

NOTE: Picture off the internet ... doesn't show pole

[mbiraman]

One of my last winter camps before going to a hammock. 28* leaves under the tarp, a wool blanket. OH, and 2 hot bottles of water!

Do you guys and gals remember the "old days" haha

I look at that and i see someone doing the best with what they had. Looks good to me,, not that i'd want to go back. I use to use a gas light to heat up my tent before bed, sometimes use it in the morning to get up to.

[millergear]

Oh yes! Sleeping under a 10 x 10 cotton tarp leanto, waking up often to add wood to the fire. Carrying a 2 1 /4 pound 3/4 Hudson Bay ax, one pound oak framed bow saw, army surplus feather bag, British Army surplus pack frame, snowshoes and mukluks. I still love winter camping (mostly in Florida now!).

[TinaLouise]

I remember one camping trip in the mid 70's, whole family was in one of those huge canvas things... it started raining and we all had to bail out to the van.

My husband & I used to pack a tent on the harley and go camping. I can't remember how much we had to drink (alcohol that is) to be able to go to sleep because we didn't pack anything to soften the ground, no sleeping pads for us!!! And I can remember our first air mat... we'd have to get up around 2am to put more air in it.

TinaLouise