[pct-l] Tarps and Scorpions

[t.n. turner]

I agree Monty, the desert is beautiful and really the only place I cowboy camped! I only heard about one person and a scorpion, that was in 2004 around Scissors Crossing, but it was hearsay so....

I used a tent mostly to keep the mosquitoes away from me, oh and those biting fly things, oh and the ants! California is one big ant colony, well not really, it just feels that way<smile>!! Other than that, I never really gave snakes, scorpions or other big nasties much of a thought. Go, enjoy and try cowboy camping in the desert, nothing like waking up to a gorgeous sunrise in the desert!!!
tammy


> From: montypct at gmail.com
> To: todddeluca at gmail.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:08:03 -0700
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tarps and Scorpions
> 
> > should REALLY be afraid of in the desert!
> 
> I hope not too much.  The desert is beautiful place.  Sometimes my favorite.
> It can be safely traveled.
> When the fear gets high, that good feeling gets low.
> Find the safe methods and enjoy.
> 
> Monty
> 
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd DeLuca" <todddeluca at gmail.com>
> To: "PCT-L" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Tarps and Scorpions
> 
> 
> > Thanks, Bill and everyone else, for helping me understand what I
> > should REALLY be afraid of in the desert!
> > I feel much better now.  :-)
> >
> >
> > -Reason
> >
> > On Mar 25, 2008, at 2:08 AM, William Skaggs wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I'm a tarp user in the mountains, but I mostly use a tent
> >> in the desert nowadays, mainly for one reason: friggin' MICE!
> >> It seems like there's always one that sets up shop about
> >> six inches from my head, and skitters around all night
> >> long, making it impossible for me to sleep.
> >>
> >> (Also everything gets full of dust and sand if you sleep
> >> out in the desert.)
> >>
> >>   -- Bill
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