Welcome back to Camping Adventures, I'm Jim Graham a cheap tarp and a cot Let's get started camping Most inexpensive way to do that Before we get started subscribe hit the like button and hit the end of the video leave comment or join the discussions tab I mean any discussions that you want to jump in on Please do let's Make this interactive let's share a lot of information so new new campers can Catch all quick is to what we're talking about let's get this I Have a cheap tarp set up Fairly large one and it's like 12 by 15 kind of an odd size Picked it up at Harbor Freight 1215 maybe 18 bucks somewhere in there. I don't remember about a years ago But I use this poly tarp all the time and as you can hear And I said you know a good old poly tarp This thing is working wonders and this configuration. I've got it set up as A flying lean to monster lean to I've got it stretched out here in the back to give you room toward the sleeping quarters But you have a lot of living room space up front and of course, you know fire pit would be out here which there it is So you have Quite a bit of space quite a living space right along in here underneath the tarp, but then in the back, you know You know for a single set up. I have my cot running this way But if you're going to have multiple people run them this way Versus that and you can get several cuts in there and everyone's still protected The only difference between now and cooler weather would be I would create a PVC frame to go around Set up and go around on both ends and then crop you know and tie it across and then hang a bug net right over Military bug nets are anywhere between 12 to 20 bucks Go online you can find them the brand new issue on brand new issue, but have never been issued So they're in great condition And relatively cheap so be picky, you know some of them can Definitely be overpriced of but 11 11 to 20 bucks. That's pretty good price range But I want you to see just the amount of space that you have And this gets you started. I've used this configuration numerous times You know now I do use my hammock as well So I'd string my hammock between the trees and I'd still have space on this side and space on that side So you know, then you can readjust the tarp any way you need just to make sure you're equally covered And then give you the living space that you want Generally I'll have storage in the back and living space in the front But in this configuration I'm camp toward the back and I have all this space toward the front which Allows me to bring chairs in bring a table under here for food prep get ready to hit the fire pit to cook you food so Very inexpensive again the tarp was like 12 to 18 bucks Don't remember what the cot was about that over 10 years ago You know just be Looking around find something that suits your needs or if you're going with the hammock you can find hammocks between 50 60 70 bucks Very inexpensive make sure you have a bug net Other than that that's it and we're camping use this set up several times One of the earlier versions of this I used a trifold Beach lounger and set up a blue polytark I thought and it's crazy. I slept like a baby. It was driving rain. I was off the ground It was great, you know And that's what kind of brought you know, I've done this numerous times So you know going back into the 80s and tarp camping like that and then Still do it so Very inexpensive form of camping You know you need your pots of pans you know some pans you know your personal gear and a cheap tarp and a cotton and You can go anywhere you can go camping Thank you for your visit today. I Hope this was a helpful How to to get get started inexpensively I Use this all the time You know, I mean really do So if you like it leave a comment Love the Harry here your thoughts Until next time. I'm Jim Gray. Yeah, we're wonderful