[pct-l] tarps and stingers in So Cal

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

So Cal is officially in FULL BLOOM woo hoo !!!!!!   the pride of madeiras
are out, you name it it's THICK AND BLOOMING !!!!

s.c.


----- Original Message -----
From: <dsaufley@sprynet.com>
To: "Phil Baily" <pbaily@webuniverse.net>; "jesse ashbaugh"
<jesseashbaugh@yahoo.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] tarps and stingers in So Cal


> Our local weather said the storm that just arrived is supposed to bring 4
inches of rain to So. Cal.  I just hope they're wrong.
>
> -=Donna Saufley=-
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Baily <pbaily@webuniverse.net>
> Sent: Mar 18, 2005 11:47 AM
> To: jesse ashbaugh <jesseashbaugh@yahoo.com>,
pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] tarps and stingers in So Cal
>
> I use a lightweight tent if there are mosquitoes around or it is raining.
> Otherwise, I sleep without either a tent or a tarp. I have never had any
> problem with "scorpions, spiders, or snakes" in the night. Mosquitoes are
> generally the biggest problem in the wet areas of the Sierras. However,
with
> this year's heavy rainfall is SoCal........(I would still bet that it
dries
> out fairly early!)
>                                                 Phil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jesse ashbaugh" <jesseashbaugh@yahoo.com>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 10:35 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] tarps and stingers in So Cal
>
>
> > I have been warming up to the idea of using a tarp but I always get hung
> up on the ground cloth issue. What about the bugs? More specificly,
> scorpians, spiders, and snakes. Its the biting ones that Im concerned
about.
> Have anyone of you tarp users familiar with SoCal had any problems with
> biting insects inside your sleeping bag in the morning? Is this a valid
> concern or am I just bugging out about bugs?
> >
> >
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