Oil Paint, Fire Sorcery, and Mansion-Cabins

A few boathouse friends and I went camping.

Err, cabining.

We rented a cabin. It's one of those bunkhouse deals where different groups of people might all be staying together. But no one else was there except us, so we had a 7-bedroom 3-bathroom mansion all to ourselves!

I still slept outside.

It was a gear test, and very successful.

It rained the first night and I was warm and dry in my hammock.  Sleeping outside in the rain was very peaceful and cleansing. The second night was much colder, and was at the bottom of my comfortable temp range for my gear but it was still ok. As I suspected, I was fine in anything above freezing.  Temp Sunday morning was 35 when I woke up. I didn't put up my rain tarp, but the wind sleeve worked just fine and that is a good thing to know.

I love my hammock!

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I painted 2 paintings, both are 6x8 oil

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Aimee and I turned into fire sorceresses.

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We ate so much good food. In true boathouse style, we take our food seriously.

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We went for a wonderful hike.

Bear poop.

Don't piss off Anthia!

I climbed the fire watch tower.

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My pack weighed 38.6 lbs.

If not for the hammock and oil paint, I could have fit everything into a regular backpack!