Hammock in the desert

Nice view!  I’m really happy to see that you were able to make the hammock work!

Awesome! Did you know of that spot or just happen to find it?

I used one in Salt Creek in the Needles, Grand Gulch, and a float on the San Juan from Bluff to Mexican Hat. Used some skinny little willows 2nd night in the stretch past the Government Rapids  where you always see Ellen’s desert bighorns. (Eating Stone, Ellen Meloy, great read)

I seriously considered using one in the Wind River Range as it would solve the problem of finding even a sorta flat footprint but decided the storm/wind risk made that maybe not a great idea. If I lived around there and didn’t have to plan a trip months ahead and had a better idea of the weather that would definitely be an option that would open up a lot of campsite options. From what I saw of the Chiricahuas I don’t see why a hammock wouldn’t be great there as well. Gets you off the ground away from the ants,  no-shouldered creatures and also those weird/scary little land lobsters with poisonous stingers.

Obx, yes that’s why I went to the hammock recently, the scorpions, rattlesnakes and centipedes are many here. Dirtbag my husband and I hiked wayyyy into a remote area off the AZT to check a series of water tanks he googled, he loves caves so went to look for one and I climbed a hill to wait and found two barely suitable trees surrounded by cowpies. The view was awesome.