Tentaholics is waiting for me.

Okay, I have purchased another tent.  Yes, my apologies, but I have.  You may start the tentervention and report me to tentaholics anonymous.  In my quest for the perfect tent, I have located one that I can set up SOLO in under 2 minutes (staking not included) with minimal effort and it is large (an "8-person," i.e., me and the doggies) and tall enough to walk around in, supposedly water tight (it is either very watertight, or leaks like a sieve, depending on who you believe), but with large mesh windows in the front room, etc.,  so that I can use it as a screen room, and I can put it up quickly enough that I should not need the separate doggie shelter, which is good -- one shelter, not three.

The Coleman Instant 8.

The only downside to this, was the lack of a veranda/vestibule/rain fly -- tent supposedly does not need a rain fly, so it doesn't have one.  But necessary or not, I would prefer to have a fly over the tent door, if not the whole tent  (in case those Instant-8 haters are right).  Plus I want a veranda for sitting, cooking, yoga, whatev.

 

So last night, about 11-2 am, I'm laying there pondering the solution (because that stupid Texidor I was drinking must have sulfites or something in it, because it makes me itchy, and the two cans of pork and beans I ate were working their magic) and it came to me:  I will make my own rain fly.  Yes, I will.  And it will solve all my problems.

Now, I could just use a plain old tarp for this rain fly.  That would be adequate.  Or I could use the 4-pole Coleman rain fly that I already own.  (And I will use the poles from that, anyway.)  But I'm thinkin' -- what a great opportunity for some stripes!  So, I have given it a lot of thought (because I had nothing else going on from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.) and I am going to make something magical for my new tent.  Something worthy of "Diva camping."  I envision something grand.  (It will probably be more like, WTF?)  And this should be the last of my tents and screen rooms.  I could even send a couple of those things back.  Maybe.  If this works out, I promise to CONSIDER returning the enormous Swiss Gear 8 -man tent and the large Wenzel screen room with a floor and 8 fiberglass poles, both of which I like quite a lot.  (BTW, check out the Sierra Designs Wu Hu  tents -- sweet.)

So that's what I have been doing instead of working out or blogging.  I will keep you posted.