Fall Weekend

Ben and I spent some time noodling around in the woods behind our house...I'm going on a kayak-camping trip in a couple weeks, and wanted to test out a new hammock-geek piece of gear...a hammock sock which encloses the sleep in a cocoon, thus extending the comfortable sleeping temperature in the hammock by a bunch (one shortcoming of hammocks is that the contouring fit, which crushes the insulation under you, exposing you to cold air underneath you)...


Ben loved it so much that after I was done hanging and adjusting the fit and drape of the hammock sock, he climbed inside...Gail came out to check out the cocooned Ben...


The added (and non-smooshed) insulation of the hammock sock, in combination with the draped nylon over the top of the hammock (running over a ridgeline, so it doesn't drape over your face) makes for a nice and toasty space...


Miles thought we were silly but had fun running around, and under, both Ben and me while we were play-testing the hammock...in the pic above, you can see the hammock sock joining the hammock...I used a bit of stretchy shock-cord so that there is some give and take in the fit between the two (this prevents the insulation layer in the sock from getting crushed)...


Ben liked it so much, that he insisted that we try it out tonight, despite the fact that it will be below freezing tomorrow morning...we'll report back in the morning!