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My first night went kind rough.
The park ranger suggested a restaurant "15 minutes away", turned out to be more like 40 minutes away. By the time i got back it was dark and i still had to setup the tent. So it just went down hill from there. I put my headlight away thinking i would just use my flashlight. Turns out the light is dead and then i couldn't find the headlight. So I'm trying to setup the tent in the dark with bugs biting the shit out of me.
So finally I'm safe in the tent licking my wounds.
So to continue the saga... I'm aroused awake around 3am from the sounds of wolves/coyotes howling nearby, too damn near. That freaked me out, so I'm thinking about sending the camping gear back home and continuing with plan b(ail), and just do cheap hotels.
Can someone talk me down?
I'm leaving a friends house in Dallas headed to Albuquerque.
The park ranger suggested a restaurant "15 minutes away", turned out to be more like 40 minutes away. By the time i got back it was dark and i still had to setup the tent. So it just went down hill from there. I put my headlight away thinking i would just use my flashlight. Turns out the light is dead and then i couldn't find the headlight. So I'm trying to setup the tent in the dark with bugs biting the shit out of me.
So finally I'm safe in the tent licking my wounds.
So to continue the saga... I'm aroused awake around 3am from the sounds of wolves/coyotes howling nearby, too damn near. That freaked me out, so I'm thinking about sending the camping gear back home and continuing with plan b(ail), and just do cheap hotels.
Can someone talk me down?
I'm leaving a friends house in Dallas headed to Albuquerque.