The pictures really tell the story, but...My son and I made a quick trip to South Dakota over Labor Day weekend. It would have been a 10 hour drive if we drove straight through, but we got a late start on Friday afternoon and decided to pull over in O'Neill, NE to spend the night. I saw they had a free city camp ground and we stop there to see if we could hang our hammocks in one of the tent camping spots. Well, we got ourselves all setup up right as it started to rain. It was a pretty good storm with lots of thunder and lightning along with tons of rain. We found out pretty quickly that these were not very good tent site locations!
My gear: WB Superfly, WB Eldorado, HG 40 Phoenix, lightweight blanket, 2QZQ UQP XL
Sons gear: Yukon Outfitters Walkabout, WB XLC, CDT for both top and underquilt
My Superfly was pitch high to give some airflow, but I ended up having to get out in the rain to pitch it lower due to the wind and splashing from the rain hitting the growing pond we were hanging over. I was also thankful that I had brought my UQP due to the blowing rain and splashing. My son found out that it would have been nice to have his Kelty Noah 9' rainfly over the smaller Yukon Outfitters Walkabout rainfly; however, he hung his hammock tight to the tarp and it stayed dry. The only issue was splashing onto his UQ and that would have been okay as well if his father was willing to give up his UQP, but I decide my comfort and protection of my HG UQ was more important then his comfort and protection of his CDT UQ.
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Originally Posted by FLTurtle
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