I recently had the pleasure of 12 days walking the Great South West Walk in Portland (Victoria, Australia). On one day I arrived into camp early and spent a leisurely afternoon enjoying the peaceful surrounds.
A hiker arrived just after 4pm. After chatting with him briefly he went to set up his tent. The campsite had a lot of room to pitch a tent - there were only four of us there but for some reason he pitched his tent right next to my tarp. So close that when he was pushing in one of his tent pegs he actually tripped on one of my tie-outs! Dude, why so close?! I was a bit taken aback and said nothing. After he finished setting up he must have sensed something was amiss and he asked me while gesturing at the tarp "Is someone sleeping there?" When I said yes he asked "Oh! What is it? I've never seen one before." When I told him it was a tarp with a hammock underneath he was quite surprised. He thought maybe someone was hanging clothes underneath, like it was some kind of drying room! We had a laugh and he moved his tent.
This close...
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I had another admirer come visit but this one kept a respectable distance...
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