Monday evening t'storm arrives at OSH

"Morgans" wrote in
:

It seems like there is almost always at least one BIG rain during the
week.

For those people whose tents do not stay dry, I have found a couple
things to mitigate the "damage."

Have something that you can put your clothes up on, off the floor,
like an old hard side suitcase, or Tupperware container.

Use an inflated air mattress. That keeps you and your bag out of the
water, sloshing in the low corner of the floor.

Agreed. I had a big Coleman mattress and I stayed dry and comfortable,
but after 3 days of rain, the stuff on the floor was getting damp.

Usually, it is just a small leak, but it only takes a small leak and a
big storm, and soon you have a half gallon of water to make the
"wrong" things wet, and unbearable.

Another suggestion (although just a theory at this point!) is to make
sure your plastic ground cloth doesn't extend beyond the edge of the
tent. The sod at OSH absorbs a heck of a lot of rain, but I think my
problem was the plastic cloth trapping some rain rolling off the tent and
then holding it under the tent instead of letting it soak in.

We left Thursday morning, and it didn't rain Wednesday night, but
everything was just incredibly wet from all the condensation. They really
know how to do humidity in Wisconsin!

Mike