First overnight backpacking trip with my son! Hammock style!

**peripatew** · 04-07-2013, 22:40

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Took my son out for a quick overnighter on Friday. We've slept plenty of nights in the backyard, but just haven't been able to get out at all this past year. The weather is finally warm enough, so we made a break for it! Titus is 8, so it was just a quick 2 mile in, 2 mile out hike. Light rain while hiking, and a DOWN POUR while sleeping. He loved every minute of it. Thankful for synthetic clothing!

He has a HH Cub, which is perfect for him. I brought the stock tarp, but quickly realized that wasn't going to keep him dry at all. Luckily I brought an extra 10x10 that I swapped it out for. I still have this looming feeling that it would have been a miserable night for him without it. Hooray for overpacking!
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It was a soggy take down of camp, but it's Oregon, so we're used to that. Temp at night was 40F. We both stayed warm, him with a ccf pad and 20F bag, me with a 20F incubator and 25F bag.

We saw 22 rough skinned newts, and zero humans.

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It was an awkward spot to hang, but we wanted to be close to the waterfall and to each other. You can see that the 10x10 was really saggy, but, he stayed dry!

Now I'm on the hunt for a good tarp for him.

**sjarvis** · 04-07-2013, 22:49

Awesome trip! My 10-year-old son also likes to hang. We're headed out to a Cub Scout campout next weekend and are looking forward to being out in the woods (instead of the backyard, which we do a lot, too).

Thanks for the report and photos!

**Chug** · 04-07-2013, 22:56

Seen those tree's eh looks like Oregon Tree's.. Lol.. Then Reading the info you posted.. Looks like you two had a good time.. and nice cozy sleep.

The high winds and rain hit your area last night?.

**gophin** · 04-07-2013, 23:13

Sounds awesome, I'll have to check out the HH Cub for my 8 year old nephew. My sister and brother in law don't camp at all, so I get to be the fun uncle

**Thom** · 04-07-2013, 23:31

Check out the guide gear 8.5x8.5 tarp. It is what I use and I stay plenty dry.

**Junebugdawn** · 04-08-2013, 00:13

Looks like y'all had a great night out. Those are some BIG trees!!!

**bhinson** · 04-08-2013, 01:14

Can't wait for the snow to be gone and a bit warmer
So my son and I can get out and do an overnight or two

**Jayson** · 04-08-2013, 01:34

Awesome! My youngest daughter (11) loves her HH scout. We usually hang side by side under the same tarp. That way our half the night chatting doesnt keep everyone up.

**Darkwing** · 04-08-2013, 01:53

Props to all the parents that get their kids out into the piney woods.
I'm still waiting on HH scouts for my 6 & 3 y/o but they should be here any day now.
Just sucks that we got snow again today and yesterday.

**bigguy** · 04-08-2013, 03:06

I was so excited to start doing this with my son(he is 3.5 now), but I really don't think he is going to be into camping. He wont finger paint at school, cause "its messy daddy." Also i don't think he will be able to handle being away from his mom for a night. Some time in the next few months, by October at the latest, I intend to take him to my family's property for a little over nighter. Mom will be in the house, so if he freaks out at any point in the night mommy wont be to far away.