Too funny, Mr. T. I have one of the better backpacking air mattresses (hand pressure blows it up), and under that is a truck silver-bubble windsheild cooler, and then the tent and a ground cloth (blue plastic tarp). On the air pad (really, comfy, by the way) is a sheet, blanket and the down sleeping bag I last used while in a snow cave in Switzerland --so it is older than most of you, and still works great!
And just in case, I also have my Hennessy hammock. At under $40 a night for camping with electricity and water, I am not complaining at all. Now, if it starts raining, maybe....
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On highway 49. Note terrible traffic.
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At the top of Highway 36. Again, nothing but bears and me.
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The walnut grove near Oroville.