Many folks don't have sufficient time for a weeklong trip and sometimes it can be difficult to get away for just a weekend. The Sub 24 Hour Overnight originated, I think, with explorer-author Alastair Humpreys who wrote about getting outside more often by using the space closer to your home as a base for adventure. And it doesn't have to be a full-on adventure; sometimes we go out just to test new gear or escape a snoring roommate!
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I left work yesterday for a county park about 50 miles from home. The park is set up for motor home camping, hiking and mountain biking and has a handful of tent sites for car campers. It's sufficiently off the road and in the woods that you can trick yourself into thinking it might be somewhere more remote. My goal was to test out a new top quilt and practice pitching a tarp that I bought over the winter but don't have much mileage on. I wasn't about to drive the distance to "the real mountains" to test this stuff since I had family obligations the next morning.
20 degree quilt set, the TQ is a new one from EE. Low temp was 46 degrees and I was warm to the point of being a bit too warm in a set of light synthetic sleep wear. Bright orange interior because I have the damndest time figuring out where to shove my feet in the dark!
HG DCF basic tarp, my 1st with doors. Still exploring all the pitching possibilities. For those on the fence between "raw" DCF or cammo, I can tell you that a Park Ranger's 55,000 lumen LED light bar shines right through the white material and burns your corneas!
Nature's field goal post
In at 3:30 pm, out at 7:50 am in time to resume parenting duty.
Where do you go when you need a nature fix?
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