I finally learned to take along a 4” piece of foam to sleep on, or I take my Aerobed along. It is like sleeping in my own bed with my own pillow. And I have a one person tent. I take off the rain fly on top and can gaze at the stars. There is nothing quite like camping under the stars.
I did try a cot one year. And froze. The air circulates under the cot and you can’t keep warm.
Oy vey!
That's for sure. I have a cot too. It's great for storing your stuff underneath, but in the mountains of Utah, you can freeze in July. {{{shiver}}} just thinking about it.
On a weekend trip up to the observatory at Green Bank, West Vitginia, I stopped the vehicle in a secluded valley and asked my wife to step out with me. The stars were so bright in comparison to the landscape, you could literally seen a penny on the ground behind the Rodeo and the cattle far in the distance. A solitary light came over the horizon and we followed it all the way to the opposite horizon ... probably a satellite. America is getting so much light pollution, such places are now like hidden gems! There is no sensation to equal standing under a stralite sky with the Milky Way spanning from horizon to horizon. You truly feel the vastness of His creation then.