Thursday afternoon, our new tent arrived. Friday morning, @clareartista and I set out on a hike, out of the city and into the hills/mountains, to give our tent a test ride rest.
We carried the thing with us, as well as some food and two bottles of/for drinking water and left home around 9 in the morning, to avoid having to walk during the hottest hours on what seemed to be (one of) the warmest day(s) of the year, so far.
It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes of walking (mostly) up hill, to reach the spot that Clare, who knows the area, had in mind to set up the tent.
These 105 minutes included a couple of short breaks to put some food into our bodies, to drink water and rest our muscles.
It was/we were so warm that we transitioned from shoes to bare foot walking. And later, due to uncomfortable terrain, to flip flops.
We were glad to find out that the tent was relatively easy to set up ( we both have plenty of camping experience )
and ended up spending a handful of hours in a peaceful meadow, a stone's throw away from a mountain fountain with fountain mountain water that is known in the area and frequented by quite a bit of people.
Luckily, nobody disturbed our peace. Although we heard a couple of cars arrive at the fountain, in the time that we were there, and we were temporarily disturbed by the biggest and noisiest insect in the world aka a helicopter... 🚁
Unfortunately, the tent got the full sun on it after an hour (or two) and changed into a bit of a sauna, so we ended up having to sit outside of it, before we eventually decided to pack it up again and slowly walk back home.
Insect life was also getting a bit too active by then. It probably didn't help that we had parked our tent on what might have been an ant's nest... 🐜 🐜
We arrived back in town, early evening, after a fun day and some serious fitness. The tent isn't heavy, but carrying 17 Kg of tent gear ( divided over 2 people ), plus food and drinks, on a 'hot' day is quite a bit for those of us who have never been in the army and grew up in coldish countries ( Scotland and The Netherlands ). It also didn't help that Clare forgot to bring a serious sun hat ;<)
I almost forgot that we spent quite some time foraging wild asparagi in the area around the meadow that we camped in, as well as on the way back to town.
At the side of the road we saw many beautiful flowers and plenty of orchids - ( What a treat! )
We arrived home feeling tired but very satisfied. It was a successful test of our new tent. We were also happy to find out that the tent was fairly easy to pack up, which isn't the case with all tents and walking down hill is always easier than going up hill haha!
Long story short, we are already looking forward to giving our tent a serious test run ( over night ), once we manage to acquire a vehicle in the very near future.
TO BE CONTINUED...
"A mountain fountain with fountain mountain water."
This made me giggle, hahaha. That's a beautiful place, and I'm glad to see yous twos having a great time together, bro! As I told you yesterday, I intend to be here more regularly from now on, so I'll update myself with your life a bit.
Nice cap, by the way!
Mmmmm: most satisying day on all levels - it was a super steep hill, and intense-issimo sun - it did feel very good to have such a lot of exercise, and I cannot wait to take it for a more intensive outing!
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A beautiful place to camp and enjoy the contact with nature.
Greetings!
I agree. Gracias!
Nowadays I experience the same almost every day.
The only exception is that nowadays I do not have a home.
Nowadays the tent is my home.
I live in a tent in a cave/tent living community in the rocky semi-desert on Tenerife since the spring of 2023.
When the tent becomes too hot, I either walk in the rocky semi-desert (or in the nearby cities) to find some shadows, or I simply go into one of the caves (mostly our storage cave, or our community cave).
Hopefully one of my friends will bring a caravan to the island in/around October-November, and hopefully I will be able to buy it from him.
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you had me at “test rest”
Those pesky helicopters! I find the best thing you can do is just imagine they are slapping holes in reality with every flap of their wings and allowing worlds to blend, the pulsating can be hypnotic.
How wild were the asparaguys?
Oh my sit on a ant nest is not fun for sure, they get pissed off so easily
Under the sun it's tough inside there, but in the end you look happy that's what matters
Congratulations, you're now a member. You know, it's been over 10 years since I camped in nature. Your post leaves me wanting more jeje
Grazie/Gracias for making me a member!
Perhaps this will inspire you to dust off your camping gear, once again ;^)
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how awesome,
I love tents.
enjoy !
Hmm
Maybe my man and I will be under the tent someday
Looks fun right there
I hope so too
although I suggest staying inside it and not underneath it ;^)
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Beautiful place .
Wow your tent looks so beautiful and creative 😍