Sleeping Cloths for Camping
Having a change of cloths in the sleeping bag does not take a lot of room. It is healthier in my way of thinking. I sleep better and my cloths get time to air out before the next days use.
Like most of you! I have TDW (The Dear Wife) wanting to go camping with me. Her problem is; if it is under 70F, she sleeps cold. You know the Happy Home Rule? If Mama Is Not Happy! No One Is Allowed To Be Happy! Well it applies to camping as well.
I started having her wear a stocking cap to bed at night. I learned long ago most of our heat loss is threw our head. Maybe if she wore a sleeping cap, like I do, she would not be so cold. Well it worked.
This last week, up in the high lonesome, it got down to 45F at night. She slept warm and threw the night, without waking me to tell me she was cold. I want to know? How can someone with an army artic sleeping bag, with a wool liner, in 45F clear weather. Is Cold? No Guys, I am not saying she is cold in bed! She just sleeps cold.
I have used a sleeping cap and keep one in my sleeping bag all the time. I started doing this over 30 years ago, when I was in the army.
I also have a pair of cotton gloves stashed in there. This is for the mornings; I need warmth till the Tea and coffee is ready.
My thin cotton sleeping pants and a clean T shirt are stashed in the sleeping bag too. In the winter the thin pants are replaced with a pair of heaver pants.
I keep a spare change of sox in my sleeping bag. Wool is a must with me. There is nothing like putting on clean, dry sox before bed, after a long walk in the rain or when you have had your feet in boots all day and your feet have taken a beating. The pair I have are for my sleeping bag only. Extra thick cushion soles. For those nightly walks out to the tree. I change my sox in the morning to what I will wear during the day.
My sleeping sox stay in my sleeping bag. I let them dry from my nights use as I have my morning coffee. This time allows my sleeping bag to dry out too. Letting your sleeping bag air out for 15 minutes or so in the morning helps with dispensing the water vapor it has absorbed during the night. It also keeps it from smelling funny when you open it for your nights rest.
Don
