I’ve been hammock camping since 2018, once I am in my hammock, it is so comfy and cozy I don’t want to get out!
Day One. Back at ‘Deep Hollow,’ Hercules Glades Wilderness — I decided to get out for a one-night trip to Hercules Glades. Apart from our Eclipse Trip I’ve not been out this month. An overnight stop at my camping spot near Deep Hollow would be just what the doctor ordered. One-minute read.
2024 Solar Eclipse Camping — Eclipse Day, and the weather is looking wonderful. Warm with clear skies. We spent the morning chatting before breaking camp around midday. Two-minute read, +1
2024 Solar Eclipse Camping — Sunday. Two-minute read, +1
Heating water for breakfast.
Morning Coffee, camped off of the Big Piney Trail.
Finally, the sun reaches inside my hammock.
Enjoying the view from my hammock.
Day three, sunrise from my hammock — Well, I’m still alive! That’s a good thing. My AFIB has abated, and if I’m feeling okay, I’ll take the longer more arduous route back to the trailhead.
Enjoying the view from my hammock.
Hammock set up at ‘Paddy Creek Trolltunga’ — It’s good to be back, I had to put in a long hike (with AFIB) today to get here, but it is such a great place to set up camp.
My new Hammock Gear Circadian Hammock — My first impressions are that it is wider, and the structural ridgeline is slightly shorter than my Chameleon’s. That appears to result in my being able to lie flatter, and I’m not bashing my head on stuff hanging on the ridgeline when I get in and out of the hammock.
Camped below the shut-ins.
Hammock Camping in Piney Creek Wilderness, February 2024.
I’m trying out some daisy chain webbing for my hammock suspension.
Breakfast in my hammock. Irish Wilderness, Missouri
All this bushwhacking is scratching up my feet and legs.
Morning tea in my hammock — Irish Wilderness, Missouri.
Day Four — View from my hammock, February 2, 2024 — I survived the night 🙂 (at my age I sometimes wonder!), but my heart was still in AFIB. I had enough water for breakfast (12oz), a cup of something hot (10oz), and about 4oz for the trail.
Gear all packed — Irish Wilderness, Missouri. February 2024.
My winter backpacking gear ready to be packed away — Well, I already had a lot of my stuff laid out on my ground sheet while I was playing “Hunt the glasses,” so why not?
Hammock Camping in Irish Wilderness, lost & found, and a bad back — I have managed to lose, and subsequently find three items of gear on my hike so far. But in looking for the lost gear I’ve crocked up my back. Two-minute read.
Camp at first light, Irish Wilderness — The pre-dawn light got me out of bed to enjoy the sunrise.
Sunshine at last — Drying out my gear was my excuse for not rushing to get on the trail. The frost on my tarp needed a chance to melt and dry. I lollygagged around and didn’t start packing up camp until eleven-forty. Taking it easy, I didn’t leave camp until twelve-thirty.
Camped at Fiddler Spring, Irish Wilderness. +1