Just got in from an interesting night in the tent. Takes some getting used to but I got a decent nights sleep and learned a couple of lessons that should have been obvious. It was very humid last night so I left the flap on the "rain fly" open to let what little breeze we had come in. Then fell asleep and awoke to the damndest rainstorm I've been in in quite a while. Lesson learned; don't leave the entire flap open. Just enough to let the breeze in so you can get it shut in a hurry. But no harm done; a little water doesn't hurt anything. I was using the warm weather sleeping bag so I just set it aside and got into the cold weather bag and left it unzipped. I'm sure everything will dry out today and I'll get it all packed back up and ready for the trip. The best news is that the tent did not leak and it held up nicely in the wind. I still need a little practice in getting it set up more quickly but that will come with practice.
Result? First night in the tent was a success.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
The amount of open flap is precisely computed by figuring in the number of days between showers. Of course the flap staying closed could be better than a horse-hair lariat around your tent...
ReplyDelete