Camping questions for the experienced.

[liltommy]

I volunteered at the sm100 last weekend. I don't get out camping alot and saw sometime I wondered about. I'm setting my camp up and a guy pulls up to the site next to mine. He scopes it out, then pulls out a jug of liquid (water?), pours some on the ground and stares at it for a minute, then gets in his car and leaves.

What was that all about?

One more thing. I don't mind sleeping on the ground and the cold wasn't a problem. But everything felt wet and clammy the whole night. Any secrets to cutting down on the clammy feeling (other than drinking more beer before going to sleep).

Tommy

[Squirrel Girl]

a guy pulls up to the site next to mine. He scopes it out, then pulls out a jug of liquid (water?), pours some on the ground and stares at it for a minute, then gets in his car and leaves.

What was that all about?A pagan ritual that has to do with fertility.

But everything felt wet and clammy the whole night. Any secrets to cutting down on the clammy feeling (other than drinking more beer before going to sleep).What were you surrounded by? A tent? Did the tent have waterproof walls, or breathable walls and a fly? Did you (bad idea), leave your sleeping bag out where it could get dewed on before you put it in your tent? Also, sharing your sleeping accomodations allows greater body heat and you don't notice extraneous matters so much! ;)

[ODG]

Go to Walmart or the Coleman Outlet in Hagerstown MD and pick yourself up a Coleman Tent fan. It really helps circulate the air in the tent and keep you from feeling sticky. One D battery will last you about 2 nights.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=830A350T&categoryid=6000

[Jackson]

Go to Walmart or the Coleman Outlet in Hagerstown MD and pick yourself up a Coleman Tent fan. It really helps circulate the air in the tent and keep you from feeling sticky. One D battery will last you about 2 nights.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/colemancom/detail.asp?product_id=830A350T&categoryid=6000


The tent fan seems like a good idea, especially if your tent isn't very breathable. But this item made me laugh - Not exactly in the spirit of roughing it.

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/detail.asp?product_id=830A430T

[liltommy]

No its not humidity caused from breathing that forms by the morning. This is just a dampness that forms from the cold night air. It was there when I originally went to sleep.

I could of used one of those lights over the weekend. I had to find my site in almost complete darkness with no light. I was standing right in front of my vehicle and wasn't sure weather it was mine or not.

no ideas on water guy.

see yall

[jks9199]

I have no clue on the water, since I presume that there was some form of latrine in the area, unless maybe he was looking to see how wet the ground already was? I've never done anything like that...

As to dampness, a ground cloth under the tent can also help. It can help if you make sure the tent is open during the day, and closed up before dark, and air your sleeping bag/blankets out. But a certain amount of dampness is pretty unavoidable, especially if you've got significant temperature changes.

Jim

[Jack Sparrow]

Re: the water guy, perhaps he was checking to see how quickly the ground absorbed the water?? That way he could see if he was about to camp out on already-clammy ground?

[markie]

It is a long drive and a guy needs to pee sometime. :p

[Squirrel Girl]

I still think it's Pagan. I heard on the radio today that Pagan Pride Week is coming up.