moondawg
Well-Known Member
I'm sure you've had at least ONE campout where it rained. 
It just would'nt be camping unless it rained...right?
One that I remember is when my brother and I went to our annual November camping trip in Arkansas. It was raining on the way up there. I remember seeing several creeks along the way that were pretty high.
Once we got the the campsite, it was like a monsoon. Rain and wind that would not stop, and it made it tough to set up camp. A few people had arrived a day or two earlier and had the kitchen set up, complete with popup shelters. Pitching a tent was a challenge...we set it up underneath a shelter and then moved it to the spot where you wanted to stake it. There just wasn't anywhere you could go to stay dry. My generic "waterproof" boots were SOAKED. There was a LOT of grumbling that evening...everyone went to bed early.
It was dry in my tent for the most part. A little rain got in as I got in the tent, but it wasn't bad...it could've been a whole lot worse. I remember the wind was awful, I thought the tent was going to collapse. I heard stuff being knocked down in the kitchen area due to the wind.
We woke up the next morning and one of the popup shelters had collapsed due the the wind. We set it aside and realized that it was broken. No problem, we'd duct tape it back together. That worked, but it was windy that day, and we watched in disbelief as the shelter frame rolling away like a tumbleweed in the wind. That damaged it even more. We just set it up in the middle of the campground and used it to dry our drenched clothes from the night before.
Other than that, the rest of the trip was nice and sunny.
It just would'nt be camping unless it rained...right? One that I remember is when my brother and I went to our annual November camping trip in Arkansas. It was raining on the way up there. I remember seeing several creeks along the way that were pretty high.
Once we got the the campsite, it was like a monsoon.
Rain and wind that would not stop, and it made it tough to set up camp. A few people had arrived a day or two earlier and had the kitchen set up, complete with popup shelters. Pitching a tent was a challenge...we set it up underneath a shelter and then moved it to the spot where you wanted to stake it. There just wasn't anywhere you could go to stay dry. My generic "waterproof" boots were SOAKED. There was a LOT of grumbling that evening...everyone went to bed early.It was dry in my tent for the most part. A little rain got in as I got in the tent, but it wasn't bad...it could've been a whole lot worse. I remember the wind was awful, I thought the tent was going to collapse.
I heard stuff being knocked down in the kitchen area due to the wind.We woke up the next morning and one of the popup shelters had collapsed due the the wind. We set it aside and realized that it was broken. No problem, we'd duct tape it back together. That worked, but it was windy that day, and we watched in disbelief as the shelter frame rolling away like a tumbleweed in the wind. That damaged it even more. We just set it up in the middle of the campground and used it to dry our drenched clothes from the night before.
Other than that, the rest of the trip was nice and sunny.
