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Yes, I’m still looking at campgrounds. Went too late today to talk with anyone at Badin Lake and Arrowhead Campgrounds.
Looked and saw group campsites designated with letters instead of...

Twistytee, thank for your experience while we toured Morrow Mountain State Park group campsites, for possible move.
Good thing you made a campfire at Beech Camp, I wasn’t up to lying form until...

I do not use weak cord for tarp guylines. I use 2.2 Lash-it
Also I don’t use coiled wire key ring, that is supposed to break first, like a breaker fuse.

I used to tie guylines when possible to...

Another option, continue at Yates and hope for no sad events happening.
No one can predict the future, when and if there will be an unfortunate chain of events.
But if our spider senses are sharp,...

I called Morrow Mountain.
Group campsites like 5 and 6 do not allow any alcohol. Their Rangers are law enforcement officers. Their powers can range from verbal warning, expulsion from park, or...

A number of Yates campers and Old Pro Yates campers have spoken to me about moving Yates Time Change Weekend Camp to a nearby PAID campground with a group campsite just for us campers. Preferably a...

Great to get into Uwharries! Perfect backpacking camping opportunities abound.

A loose group of us backpack in Uwharries almost every month. Sometimes these trips are short notice and some are...

Saturday morning, this old man’s fingers were cold.
I put off Hammock Camping Knot Demonstration until afternoon, when it was warmer.
My mistake. All the other excellent demonstrations took up...

Hammock campers needing a great place to hammock camp and fish (catch&release) have an ideal campground at Wooley Swamp Farms, Snow Hill NC.
Prices are reasonable, and David Madures, owner, is...

Google Maps lead us straight to Wooley Swamp Farm.
Got some great hammock trees here. And great parking at hammock!

This is a beautiful campground. Water is available, but for convenience I have...

LowTech good idea fasten to seatbelt anchor.
Iceman good idea with post attached to trailer hitch on rear of truck.

Good luck [emoji256]

Keep car keys in your possession at all times.
Worst case scenario, someone needs to run to the store in your car…dragging your carcass nestled inside zippered bugnet hammock…down road.

Jokes...

Yes Mooseman, I volunteered to James, a knot tie demo just for hammock camping.

I love knots, while many of my best friends avoid knots, choosing to use hardware. That’s ok2!

Sometimes it’s...

I’ll second Cougarmeat, those 1” spider daisy chain straps are great. I use them, have carabiners on each end of hammock on continuous loop and hook carabiner to straps.
These straps have loops...

Beech Camp! Plenty of water and loads of great trees for hammocks. Mostly beech trees!

Thanks LowTech for giving us in the field observation of your tarps over time.

Has anyone that hung their tarp on top of their ridgeline, noticed any abrasion?

I’ve been hanging tarps directly on top of ridgelines, for ten years, and have never noticed any abrasion, although...

Hahaha, I don’t know

You are welcome LowTech. And thanks to British actor and radio personality, Barry Farrimond, for giving us his namesake knot in 2007 at a Welsh bushcraft festival.

Camp near others who are camping in national forests and campgrounds. Sometimes you have to venture away from main camp to find trees that are good for your hammock.
At campgrounds and marked...

This lightweight Lawson cord could be good with Farrimond friction hitch. Farrimond friction hitch is the only slip and grip hitch that can be tied in the bight—that is without access to either end...

I’ve always had ridgeline below tarp. I believe there is better support for tarp, to be on top of ridgeline.
And I’ve tied a nail knot onto both ends of ridgeline, to act as drip lines.The nail knot...

And your taut line hitch will hold even better, when you change to the midshipman’s hitch.
Midshipman’s hitch looks exactly like taut line hitch with minor but important differences.

Up until...

Andy, save two trees4me, I’m ready to backpack Uwharries.

2024 Friday 800 am April 5 until Sunday April 7
This is on Facebook, there is a $20 charge for two nights—Friday night and Saturday night.
It is ok to sleep in Sunday morning.

Wooley Swamp Farms...

Slugger, when you move to Maryland to be closer to your precious granddaughter and daughter, you will be missed.
Slugger, come back to Yates anytime, even without your pop up canopy and griddle...

We are all free to choose our own path, at least for now, and some scientists have postulated there is no such thing as free will, that our choices are predetermined by the universe.

I’m of the...

I thank you all for hammock camping at Yates.
And especially campers who went above and beyond to make our hang Yates
Yes, I thank all of you who stepped up to make this a great camping trip.
...

Winner of “Purdy Boil” contest spring 2024 is
Richard Rendawg Nance.
Second place Bob Joyride Petit
Third place Hickery Kent Hicks
Fourth place Kris Mama Bulla, she is now reigning Ladies...

Thank you Chappy and friends, you got blue tarp up above fire ring. Chappy, you are the man

Thank you Chknbone, we are Yates

Most likely the wrecked tractor trailers have been cleared from road.
Shaw started a good fire in fire ring

Shaw, be great to see y’all. Please help me remember their names. All I remember is how great y’all’s family is.

And your dog too, what’s your dog’s name? You reckon doggo likes cheese?!?!

Are...

Yes thank you Ctiera, just what is needed for chilling food.

Oh God, Maytag, I’m heartbroken

To tarp or not to tarp
Yes, tarps and pop up canopies

I got to remember to get rope tomorrow

I got a hundred feet rope today, braided nylon, will stretch a bit. Mix and match with old rope....

Thanks Slowhike, the alternate route is not as good,much longer on gravel road with all its ruts and mud holes.
Best route 109, turn onto Correll Road, go to end turn right onto Dusty Level Road.
...

I use 2.2 Lash-It for continuous tarp ridgeline and prusik loops to keep tarp taut on ridgeline.

A smaller diameter cord for prusik would grip better, but I use 2.2 for both prusik and ridgeline....

National and State Forests and Campgrounds have their own sets of rules. Look online for any specific locations you will use.
There are also requirements to use bear barrels for food storage in...

Thanks Slowhike, there is probably not good tree spacing for a larger tarp.
I’ve got tarp, (20x30?) Chappy donated for Yates.
Can’t remember if it was set at Yates, or if Peeeeetey set his tarp in...

That’s free and clear in the past. I will take your mostly true stories round the campfire [emoji91]

Way back when, county fairs sold popcorn and pistachios. Red pistachios in the shell. They were dyed red. Red would get all over my hands and mouth, even dyeing my tongue red.
We lived out in the...

Nyrsimon, we will be there, and campfire will be raging and sputtering as it rains.
Phantom guesses
12 Thursday night, 20 Friday night, 30 or more Saturday night.

Some have said they were...

Thanks Slugger you are our youngest Old Pro, cooking up a storm.

After many years, I’ve noticed some of our hammock campers are uncouth!
As partial remedy, when I bring our Saturday lunch...

And if you’ve got time, go to a local group hammock outing. These will be posted on Hammock Forums. You will see many different hammocks, tarps, suspensions and insulations.

Sometimes Facebook...

Not all inclusive, some “Purdy Boil” boosters

Your mug can be a mug with heat exchangers underneath bottom. These look like square rectangular blocks of metal encircling the bottom

A stove that...

Unionmanbirch, in a perfect mathematical model, there could be seven and half inches on each end of hammock, if you have a 117 inch hammock ridgeline.
The world is not perfect, I’ve never had both...

If you can go to a couple of your local group hammock outings, listed here on Hammock Forums, you will be able to see all kinds of different hammocks, tarps, quilts, suspensions in one place.
...

Dutch’s bonded seam winter tarp with doors and internal pole mods has worked well for me.
Dutch made it 12x11&half feet.
He also sells other length ridgelines and widths that are smaller than one I...

I treated camping clothes with permethrin just to be ready…spring can happen anytime now
My booney hat will shed rain drops.
And I look forward to raising hand of winner
“Purdy Boil” alcohol...