question you where living in a t.p. , what did you do soooo wrong to diserve that kind of punishment ?
I never did answer this, sorry
It wasn't punishment it was fun.
When I graduated college, at the tender age of 49, I was asked to stay on a semester and help teach Introduction to Forestry. That job only paid $3000 for the 15 week semester and I didn't want to blow most of it on rent. So I bought a tipi, cut and shaved my own poles and set it up on a free state campsite for the semester.
Had a ball. It was quiet so I read a lot, experimented with cooking and just enjoyed living and working outdoors. Sure it got down to -21 F one night but I never noticed as I have a good army surplus artic sleeping bag that was made in December 1952. I was born in January 1953 so we are the same age and both still work.
I did have a fire ring in the center but only used it a couple of times. Only had pine to burn and the knots pop out of the fire when you burn it so I didn't want to leave it unwatched for fear of burning down my house. But I did have a propane radient heater that gave off enough heat that I could sit in my bag one a cold night and be exposed from the waist up in comfort.
My bathroom was a box over a hole in the ground. That was fun when it was below 0 F. Didn't bother me because by then I was used to the weather.
One thing is that I never had a cold or was sick in any way that whole time. I think we get colds more when we rely on heated housing. In fact any colds I've gotten in the 5 years since have been short lived.
