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My family really wanted to go camping last summer and decided we would go to Cape Henlopen so we might camp, go to the beach and fish all at the same place. Our children also really enjoy the hiking trails located throughout the park, which is ideal when they are tired of the boardwalk. Because it was off-season, we were able to get a camping site right away. We packed our camping gear, some hiking and fishing stuff and we were on our way. When we finally got there, we were surprised when we opened up our tent to see large holes that were in it. We all questioned how this might happen until we realized we allowed our neighbors to borrow our tent and they must have gotten caught in a storm one night. We, however, did not wish to turn around and head home but we couldn’t find a shop that sold tents in Delaware that was within a 20-mile radius. It was then that we knew we needed to get imaginative.
The good news is, we had brought several poly tarps for fishing and camping. With a lot of resourcefulness and determination we started gathering branches, rocks and everything we could possibly salvage from our old tent. It was then we took inventory of each and every poly tarp we brought to the beach. My husband had luckily brought every tarp he bought when our hardware shop had poly tarps for sale. We had plenty of materials to make a tent and then some. While we knew it wasn't going to be the most attractive tent in the world, my household was happy that we were still camping.
We started by laying down 2 blue poly tarps on the ground to make sure we did not get any dirt or sand in our sleeping bags. Then we affixed them to a brown poly tarp, and a canvas tarp using rubber tarp straps. We then secured the blue poly tarps to the ground with rocks and pegs that we still had from our old camping tent (not everything can be as nice as we had wanted). Finally we covered the entire thing with waterproof canvas tarps to keep the rain out. It wasn't pretty but it was dependable and we might easily use it for a week after we used the rods and pegs from our old outdoor tent and some strong branches from around the camping spot. Then the storm came. I have never seen my husband fix anything as quickly as he did when he threw duct tape on every blue poly tarp, hay tarp and rubber tarp strap after he heard thunder in the distance. Somehow he managed to secure every nook and cranny in the tent to make certain not even a drop of water could come into the outdoor tent. The next day we looked around us and saw that everyone else in the park had actually retreated to their cars after their camping tents had flooded that night. Our poly tarp outdoor tent, branches, duct tape and all, had actually stood victorious among the camp. remove frames
