well, camping this weekend was a bust of sorts. we still had a good time sleeping in the tent, hanging out with people, and seeing some beautiful sites. the state parks in wisconsin are really nice. i’ll admit that i haven’t been camping in a while but the showers were nice, clean, and even the outhouses were well kept and clean. heck they even had toilet paper.


we arrived late on friday after driving through heavy downpours. we set the new tent up with help from some party members. after hanging out and chatting for most of the evening the rain came in around 9:30 pm. about that time we all called it a night, we didn’t think it was going to clear up enough to see stars. the rain came down nonstop until about 5 am and was pretty rough most of the evening. needless to say we didn’t sleep that well. i could hardly sleep at all, my imagination kept wandering to mud slides and rain pouring into our tent. no worries though, we were perfectly dry, it was merely my mind playing tricks on me. we did get a bit wet though as we didn’t seal the seams. nothing a bunch of rags and a towel couldn’t handle though.


after talking it over we called an end to our weekend. we both really wanted to camp, do some astronomy, and we didn’t want to leave but at the same time we didn’t want to endure another evening of rain hell. it wasn’t supposed to clear up until monday night so we chanced missing some clear skies and drove home.


we learned a lot about what we need for future camping expeditions and we had a great time with everyone. next time we’ll have more camping tools (axe, hammer, etc), more tarps, more towels, a nice little stove, rope, and a few other odds and ends. i’m looking forward to doing some other astrocamping later this year. maybe next time we’ll have some clear skies.