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29 minutes ago, desertrat77 said:

Last year I finally humbled myself and bought an inflatable sleeping pad.   (Ego, I can sleep on the ground, my 35 year old foam pad still works just fine, etc...not so much any more!).  All that to say I a remarkably similar experience to the one you described.  :) 

When I was 12 as a Scout I had one of those egg crate pads on a wooden pallet, (we could see the shiny spider eyes through the boards under us).  I will be 46 this year and I can't sleep like that anymore.

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18 minutes ago, 5thGenTexan said:

When I was 12 as a Scout I had one of those egg crate pads on a wooden pallet, (we could see the shiny spider eyes through the boards under us).  I will be 46 this year and I can't sleep like that anymore.

I'm at that point myself. 

The shiny night time spider eyes...memories of summer camp in OK....

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Also a fun thing to watch newbies blow up any air mattress and place it on the cold ground.  As it deflates with cooling temps, they always think it has a leak.  This was most fun when the scouts camped on an indoor ice rink.  You should have seen the adults mad at the sinking feeling.

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