My beautiful, comfy bed after a long hard day of backpacking. I love tarps instead of tents when there are no mosquitoes around. The only downside is that one night a mouse nibbled a hole in my jacket which was right by my head. On a side-note – these tarps are just a piece of plastic like you can buy in a big role at Home Depot. They cost almost nothing and are perfectly functional once you learn to use a pine cone and a clove hitch to tie them off. Fancy gear is nice, but you don’t need it to get outside. I’ve survived some nasty storms under these.

This series is during spring 2020, when all my trips are likely going to be cancelled for this next summer due to COVID-19.