Yosemite National Park's Upper Pines closed...
...Thru Thanksgiving evening due to heavy snow. I-80 at Truckee is also closed for this evening and on mandatory tire-chain for non 4WD vehicles.
Forum Discussion
profdant139 wrote:
Interestingly, there is a new trend where folks actually buy weighted blankets in order to sleep better. I think we (the cold weather campers) have inadvertently discovered the same thing -- turn off the heat. Spread every blanket you own. Sleep like a log.
But heaven help you if you have to get up in the middle of the night! ;)
Wow ... talk about an opposite approach: I just ordered a new 24V DC electric blanket because the old one finally gave up the ghost. The one I ordered is made up of super light weight soft fleece material with ultra thin wires that can't be felt at all.
I like to sleep at home with only this e-blanket on top - with no sheet between the e-blanket and me and no other covering on top of the e-blanket. When I get the temperature set just right, this way of sleeping gives me the illusion that I'm sleeping on a cot outside at a temperature so perfect nothing is needed to cover me to be comfortable - just like sleeping on some South Sea Island beech.
Now, if only I could find enough room in our Class C to hold the batteries to run this blanket several nights without charging so I could sleep this way when drycamping! :h
