Ultralight Camping Trip

Last night we decided to try our ultralight camp gear. The whole set up weighed a few kilos. That included  the exploding 2 man tent, sleeping bag, 2 camping pillows 2 thermarest air beds, a can of insect repellent, bed sheet and a couple of ikea extra light but warm little blankets( these only cost about $3,warm without weight,  dry quick when wet and are perfect for layering)

The first problem we encountered was rain and plenty of it. Richo wanted to turn back. He is such a towel chucka! 

I wasn't keen on putting a new untested tent up on muddy ground so we put it up (or it put itself up) on the back of the ute. Great no snakes, water inundation or mud on the tent or more importantly inside it. Richo was sceptical at first but quickly saw the merit in my suggestion. We tucked our shoes under the fly which kept them Warm and dry and allowed ample airflow inside without rain. We were off to a better start.

Then we had to blow up the air beds and pillows in the dark, inside the tent in the drizzling rain with the dogs who were confused as to why we got out of the warm car. Tilly had never seen the air beds blown up before and as they unfolded thought is was some sort of new cramped game I had invented. By the time I got to the last inflatablable Richo stopped wingeing and decided his new Cpap machine ( which is the worlds smallest and lightest machine and was purchased for just such an occasion) would blow up the last air bed. I was dizzy from blowing up things and wrestling with an excited to terrier to even mention the fact he could've suggested THAT earlier.

Our girls enjoyed a hearty feed of sticky pork ribs on the back of the ute between showers before they decided this camping idea wasn't too shabby after all.

This is our entire kit. The tent was watertite, wind and mozzie proof. They reckon it takes 2 seconds to put it up, I doubt it took that long. A little longer to put down but it wasn't dark or raining so that didn't matter. We were well rested and everything performed perfectly. It was our first trip, just overnight and we stayed warm, dry, bug free and had a reasonable nights sleep. The chihuahua loves camping and Tilly treats everything as a new adventure. Everything packed up into 1 bag plus the tent which actually has backpack straps on it. Looking forward to Doing it again soon.