Pitchin' a tent
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:13 pm
Since my trailer isn't campable yet I'll continue to tent camp for a while longer... I was just reading somewhere a recommendation about digging a small trench around the tent in case of rain to redirect the rainwater away from the tent. Currently I just put a heavy duty tarp (a couple inches shorter than the tent all the way around) under the floor of the tent as a ground cloth. So far I have been fortunate and have never had it rain so badly that my tent has gotten water in it except for a few drops when someone has had something against the side. But I've also been lucky and not had it rain alot when I've been out tenting. My question here is... What are the recommendations for the ground cloth and what about the whole trench thing? If I dig a trench, how deep and how wide? I'm assuming just a few inches?