[Ansteorra] GW camping in cold/hot weather tips

[Lady Eithne]

I am pleased we are such receptacles of knowledge and different ways of
solving problems.
I do have another suggestions, last year, our house had 2showers in camp.
Using propane heaters with
hot water on-demand that pumps water from a reservoir.
In a large camp, it is not a luxury, but a necessity. I have a large camp to
run and with a shower in camp
I can shower between cooking and serving feast.

In Service to the House, the Shire & the Kingdom, and to the Pursuit of True
Honor,
Lady Eithne ingen meic Cináeda
GrandeDamme FalconRose Keep at Loch Callendre,
Kingdom of Ansteorra, SCA


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:11, Elizabeth Crouchet <ecrouchet at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for the tips about Estrella but we were speaking of Gulf Wars.
>
> Most of the Gulf Wars site is very sandy loam, like much of east Texas, but
> not as red.  It drains rapidly and well but by no means is it dry right
> away. The roads have been packed with clay so they stay wet a long time.
>
> The site is also not flat anywhere and this can help contribute to leaks. A
> good tent set up properly on level ground rarely has issues.
>
>  There is no level ground at Gulf Wars. There is always a little slope,
> some
> hole or another or some such that keeps your tent poles and edges form
> being
> perfectly level. This leads to leaks. Try to anticipate and deal with it.
>
>  Sometimes all that is needed is a shim under a pole. This also applies to
> camp tables and even beds! This is a good time to use up all those little
> scraps of wood hanging out in the garage.
>
> Cross stake or double stake the corners that take the most stress. And wind
> wires are a good idea. You might only need them once while you are there
> but
> you will be glad you had them.
>
> Layer everything. Your day clothes, your night clothes, your bedding, your
> rain clothes, even your food. Calorie counts on one day may be more or less
> than on another.
>
> And if you are layering. Take a shower around dinner time and put on fresh
> clothes. Start the evening fresh and go party.  These will be the clothes
> you wear all day tomorrow. Still doing double duty with the clothes, just a
> matter of when you wear what layer first. Outer layers can be reworn many
> times in one week. It is a perfeclty preiod concept to just change your
> under layers, just add a shower to that.
>
> Claire
>
> PS: you know, all of this should be colated into a book or .pdf article.
> Any
> volunteers?
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Bree Flowers <evethejust at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > Tents, floors:
> > The idea that the ground will absorb it
> > is not always true though. If you're on clay you may find it just sits
> > there.
> >
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