Okay, so I'm looking for some tips and advice on how to better set up a small area for around 8-15 people in 5 or so medium sized tents, for a three or so day camping break.
I've camped a lot with various friends and family, and over the years growing up doing it, we've started to want a little bit more comfort and sensibility I suppose.
For example, we started setting up a large tarp above all of the tents, attached to large trees and pinned with ground ropes, to keep a relatively big area dry. The problem with this obviously is that we can't have a very big fire underneath it, but it really is great to have a dry communal area. Underneath it we put most of the tents facing each other in a small circle, and a couple of tents off to the side sometimes for, ahem, certain couple's privacy. A couple of people bring little chairs but most of us are just happy to sit on logs we find. We get our fire and firewood set up early on etc.
So are there any little tips we haven't thought up that could really make our setup nice or just things we could do that would be fun and improve it?
I've camped a lot with various friends and family, and over the years growing up doing it, we've started to want a little bit more comfort and sensibility I suppose.
For example, we started setting up a large tarp above all of the tents, attached to large trees and pinned with ground ropes, to keep a relatively big area dry. The problem with this obviously is that we can't have a very big fire underneath it, but it really is great to have a dry communal area. Underneath it we put most of the tents facing each other in a small circle, and a couple of tents off to the side sometimes for, ahem, certain couple's privacy. A couple of people bring little chairs but most of us are just happy to sit on logs we find. We get our fire and firewood set up early on etc.
So are there any little tips we haven't thought up that could really make our setup nice or just things we could do that would be fun and improve it?