One Apple A Day #163
El Bolson, January 4th, 2017
“Carpa” is the Spanish word for the camping tent.
Today is our first day on the road so we can’t think of a better way to end it than sleeping in our newly bought tent.
We found a small and essential camping called La Chacra on the outskirts of the town. It’s a lovely place with a lot of trees and a romantic new age feeling that promises a peaceful and quiet night.
We choose the place for our tent with care, and we immediately start the assembling process. Luckily for us, no one is watching because we have to work for a good 20 minutes to have it mounted and anchored. Not bad considering that, according to the guy who sold us the tent, this is one of the easiest to mount.
After a quick look around and we realise that our tent is the smaller in the whole camping. The only one comparable is the one of a guy travelling solo by bicycle. We decide that it’s not an issue, we have only to sleep inside the tent, and we have no plans to play cards.
Proud of our work we drive to the centre of the town for dinner.
We are starving and tired, so we enter the first restaurant with a table available. All the emotions of being here, the first day on the road, the wind, the long flight. They all hit us while we are drinking our beers. We almost fall asleep at the table. Andy asks questions that he immediately forget and Nemo replies saying things totally out of context. It’s time to go to sleep in our beautiful tent.
And this is what we do, apart from sleeping. During our sleepless and reckless night we learn a few things:
Never put your tent in the corner that everyone is avoiding because it’s probably the coldest place in the camping
In cold and humid conditions, it helps to put something underneath the tent to isolate it from the soil
Be sure to have fully inflated your mattress before going to sleep
If you are two people, it’s better to have a tent for three if you want to have some space to breathe.
Avoid onions for dinner if you are planning to sleep in a very small tent