Sleeping in Daylight

Hmmm. What about thick black mascara on your eyelids? It will make them more opaque and will amuse everyone you meet!

On second thought, maybe not. ;)

I bought the little "eye masks" but I don't think it will be a problem for us. I, too, can take a nap in daylight if I'm tired.

We leave Monday. Whoohoo!

Dale

We found that the best way to darken the bedroom area in our MH was to close the blinds with the slats in the reverse mode, then use clip on clothes pins to hang a heavy bath towel from each window valence and cover the roof vent with a piece of foam board covered with decorative cloth (secured with velcro). Worked great and we were able to get our normal 7-8 hours. It was very evident to us that with all the daylight throughout the evening that we weren't going to get the normal ques from mother nature that trigger sleepiness. Because of that, it was tempting to stay up late and get just a few hours rest but both the wife and I cannot function well without a good nights sleep. This worked well in 2009 and 2010 and hopefully will again this year. We leave Illinois June 7th. Mike

joe b. wrote:
...I saw people working from "can see to can't see" for a schedule. You work when you need to, and sleep when you can. So depending on how a person is raised, will have a good deal of how that person deals with the 24 hours of daylight in the north.

Thanks my problem exactly I worked road construction in N AZ which had a limited construction season and the "can see to can't see" was exactly our schedule. In the winter plowed snow which was start before there's traffic and quit when your done. Been retired for 11 year and still up and out of bed at the first hint of light.

I appreciate all the great advice from everyone, I think I will have what I need but not cover anything until I have the absolute need to sleep. As mentioned this is a Top Of the Bucket List trip (I also have the Iditarod on my list but it's not on the wife's)so don't want to miss anything if we can help it.

SideHillSoup wrote:
... and don't forget the roof vent, we also had dark curtains
Soup

That reminds me, the roof vent over our bed is covered with a BLACK vent cover. Maxxair has black covers but most RV suppliers carry the translucent ones, but will order in the black ones. Or just paint the inside of the vent cover with black paint. It really helps!

Because we also have a Fantastic Fan in the bedroom, we have the larger Maxxair II vent cover in place ...

joe b. nailed it. :)

For several years in my early career, I worked the night shift: 11 PM to 7 AM. Since most of my friends were from work, we all just kept the same hours on the weekend too. To this day, I have no problems sleeping under most conditions. I've even slept under the #3 arresting gear wire on a carrier.

But the hubby is a much lighter sleeper. I fitted our little RV with the stuff mentioned by Alaska RVer earlier, the silvery bubble wrap stuff. It doesn't get totally dark, as there are light sources I can't block, but it's good enough for him to sleep.

Pull the shades down...

Some real good advice from a lot of the northern locals.
I worked on airport radios and navigation equipment for 25 years up here. Slept in a lot of houses with no shades. I still sleep with my back towards the window and I close my eyes and it is dark.
In the summer you need to take power naps and chase weather, tides, sunrise and sunsets. A couple days of that and the power naps will work out.
Have a good trip
dennis

I agree with Sue. As a guy that worked over 25 years of shift work I figured out every trick in the book to sleep during the day.
Tin foil and ear plugs worked for me, and don't forget the roof vent, we also had dark curtains
Soup

Simplest fix is tin foil.

Stick on with electrical tape. Easy to install and easy to remove and easy to replace. Not costly and you likely have a roll in the kitchen.

Then you easily try Joe's advice too ... now that we have daylight until midnight we're often staying up and spending time outside late in the evening. But we both like a dark room when we sleep so there are blackout curtains on the windows, which look like normal curtains but block light. In winter, they also provide a bit of insulation value on our drafty windows!