Your question does not make much sense. Sounds as if you have a hole in your tent above your head. Repair it. If you are talking about a Bivy sack. All of them I have saw have been about useless when the weather gets rough. For around $100.00 you can get a Eureka Timberline 2 tent. If you set it up and in the sun for a day then seal the seams with a good seam sealer. Then do the same for the Rain fly. You will not get wet.

I bought our used tent trailer last June (2008) and we love it. We found it on craigslist, and for us it was a good experience. We wanted a camping trailer that would fit in our garage, so a big travel trailer was not an option. Here's what I learned: - A good used tent trailer is clean, free of mold, and the wood around the sink area is not swollen with water damage. No smoke/dog/food odors whatsoever. Very clean and in good working order. - Have a trailer repair/service shop check out your trailer before you buy - they'll be able to tell you if everything works as it should. Worth the money. They'll also be able to show you how everything works. - It takes a few camping trips before you really get the hang of it. I was nervous about the propane furnace, how the 3-way (gas-elec-battery) fridge worked, and the leveling of the unit. But now that I have it figured out, I'm good to go! - The guy we bought it from kept it in a large clean shop/garage, so it was dry all winter. No mice. I wouldn't buy one that's been kept outside. - No toilet/potty in ours. We only camp in parks with showers and restrooms. I did buy an outdoor shower, though, for use at the campsite for private quick cleanups. - Be careful about the weight - the trailers with the extra storage are typically bigger and weigh more, especially by the time you add the rest of your camping gear (chairs, bikes, rafts, food, etc.). - I wish our camper had a bike rack on top; it's a difficult trick carrying bikes on the racks that go between truck and trailer. - Bear Country: check with the park to see what they say about tents and tent trailers. Food lockers are common in those areas. We survived a severe lightning storm in our tent trailer last summer at Lost Lake in Oregon (and my teenage boys thought it was awesome). - We don't have a generator. Just a good battery. Extended camping trips of 3 days or more might benefit from having a generator, but you'll add weight with that. An extra battery might be easier. - Find a good rv forum like TrailerLife to get a lot of your questions answered. - We have two large propane tanks, and that is more than adequate. The water tank under the trailer holds something like 30 gallons, and you shouldn't fill it until you get to the campground (weight, see?). - There is a bluebook for RV's. Check before you buy. - Our brand is a 10-year-old Jayco, and it's very good. - I bought one of those cabela outdoor kitchens to use since I like space and convenience when I'm cooking. The indoor sink is just used for quick cleanups. - The gas hot water and furnace is awesome; I wouldn't go camping without it again (think cleaning pots/pans, warm water for showering, etc.). - My husband is not mechanically inclined, so it's up to me to make sure it's set up properly and running right, and I do just fine thankyouverymuch. - Getting it level at the sight is SOOO important. There's a lot to learn about using one, but once you figure it out, you're ready to go camping any time. My greatest helper was the trailerlife forum. Really found the experts there extremely knowledgeable and eager to help. Hope this helps. Good luck, and happy camping!! (I can send you pictures of the trailer and the setup if you'd like.)

Yes Sir, Campfridge--you hit the nail on the head! When we started camping, we had an old WW I Army wall tent, an old gasoline stove, a card-board box full of utensils, and a home-made ice box. Took some blankets and a roll of plastic sheeting, a hank of clothesline, a bag of snap clothes-pins! Stuffed it all into a 20 year old Mercury Station wagon, and went out to Shawnee State Park, in Pennsylvania! Put the tent up on a site, the wife did the cooking, and the kids (2) had a blast. (The other campers must of thought we were Gypsies, because they wouldn't let their kids talk or visit with ours!) The first night, along about 3 a.m., there was a very bad thunderstorm, and that old tent leaked like a sieve, the rain ran inside (no floor), and there was a no-ditching rule in camp! It didn't take us long to find out how dry and comfy it was inside the car, for the rest of the night. Next day, i strung the clothes-line between the trees, and placed the plastic sheeting on it, and clamped it on with the clothes pins! that covered the picnic table, but didn't do much for keeping the rain out. By the second day, my wife had enough, everything was soaked, and we packed up and left for home! And, 20 miles from the park, the sun came out! And that was the catalyst for my wife to buy a new tent, an ice box, and some sleeping bags! And, we bought a better looking car! The old one was a '53 Mercury Station Wagon, that the previous owner had pried off all of the wood trim, covered the holes with masking tape, and painted it with spray bombs! UGH!! But, it ran good! So good, the guy i sold it to ran it for a long time! And, that was our first camping trip!

If I were But you, I would also have my house checked for termites. But don't be surprised if you are told you need a different kind of treatment. Because as you have already seen on this thread people have stated that they had their ground treated. some have used oils, and others have had theirs tented. I had termites in my garden and put down baits to kill them. It did not kill them at all. Then the house next door had their house tented. Not long after that I found some termite damage in my house. I called the same people that my neighbor used and had them come out. I thought maybe some of their termites had escaped and came to my house. Nope. I had a different kind of termite. They had to drill holes in the slab of my house to poison them. We didn't even have to leave the property because the poison they put down would only hurt the termites... unfortunately because I was hoping it would get rid of the palmetto bugs as well. I had asked about the termites in my garden and he gave me some stuff to put down and said I needed to keep the pets off for 12hours. A few years after that I had a wind storm take down a live tree, when we went to cut the tree up to remove it we found termites in it. I had been under the impression that termites only ate dead wood. WRONG. And guess what it was even a different kind of termite from the one in my house, my garden and the neighbors house...... So I guess there are many various types of termites and different kinds of treatments....... So I tell everyone, have their house checked..... not just because their neighbors have them because you may have them and have a totally different kind..... Good luck.