Cool weather camping
For those of you that dry camp in cooler weather without running the heater, what type of blankets do you use? Do you use sleeping bags?
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Geocritter wrote:
pile the blankets on the bed (usually 3-4 will do it)
Yep. And, as others have said, a hat. A scarf also keeps in a shocking amount of warmth.
For me, the key is to preheat the bed so I am not spending hours gradually warming it up with body heat. I use the elec mattress pad for that, but you could use a hot water bottle.
And keep an extra blanket handy to pull over you at 5am :).
Oh, and put a lightweight sheet on TOP of all your blankets! You will be amazed. It 'floats' over the sticky-uppy bits of your top quilt and traps lots of warm air.
