LS, sorry to hear about the hospital!! I'm trying to rig up a really big and high rain tarp, like they do in the Northwest. I am trying to create a dry area over a picnic table, with room to do chores. The photo at the beginning of the thread illustrates the idea -- the tarp is at a diagonal, with the roof line about 8 or ten feet above the ground, and the side "triangles" staked out wide.
The trick is to support one end of the roof line at the trailer (not difficult) and then support a couple of poles way at the other end (not easy). But thanks to the suggestions above, I think I can do it.
Now the only trick is getting to go on a trip, instead of sitting at home.
