Miles is a professional sleeper.
He is also an avid scouter.
The combination does not always bode well.
Most scouts are typical teenage boys, who when given the opportunity to go camping, stay up until all hours playing in the fire pit and eating junk food.
Miles has an internal clock which must ring so loudly that he has to go to bed in order to silence it. At 8:00pm almost every night, regardless what is going on around him, he prepares for bed.
Camping with a group of scouts is not an exception.
It is however difficult to maneuver when sharing a tent.
After a few campouts, from which he returned bleary eyed after attempting to sleep in a tent full of rowdy boys, he decided to take his own one man tent.
This made a huge improvement on the enjoyment of camping.
Miles strives for perfection though.
For Christmas he requested a new tent.
A hammock tent.
He was thrilled with it.
He was the envy of scouters at camp.
He slept peacefully.
Except when trees were scarce.
His tent didn't work so well then.
His attempt to hang it at home to enjoy it more ended... disastrously.
(Bookshelf, bedroom, midnight earthquakes!!)
Clearly a solution was needed.
The design was deliberated on and the materials purchased.
The finished product exceeded expectations.
It holds two hammocks at a time and can be set up anywhere.
And by anywhere, apparently that means smack dab in the middle of the living room for over a week.
Apparently a double hammock stand doesn't accommodate everyone. Miles rarely gets a turn.
Fortunately the rain fly isn't needed in the house. I wasn't sure why the mosquito netting was required though.
I must admit I also found it rather comfortable to lounge.
After a week in the living room I insisted it be taken down.
I must remember to be more specific.
It is now DOWN stairs.
