Lil Alex, thanks for the advices! I've had my tent set up for about a week and a half now - what I did, was first to rake and clear the area on which
I was going to set my tent, of any stones, rocks, debris etc- then there was one small indention in the ground- on top of it I layed some straw to
even it out a bit.
I then layed out a very large tarp on the ground, big enough that I could fold it over in half evenly, and it was still big enough to cover the ground
area of the tent. After I had the tent set up on top of the tarp, I neatly folded over any slack from the tarp towards the sides on the tent, so that
the tarp neatly meets the edge of the tent with just a little protrusion.
Day before yesterday, I bought another large tarp-same size as the ground one- this one to go over the top of the tent, it's big enough so that It
covers the tent and reaches the ground on all sides. After draping the tarp over the top of the tent evenly, I again neatly folded in the slack on the
back and sides towards the edge of the tent, and then layed bricks down on top of the tarp at even distances. I am only using one "door" of the
tent, so on the right door I bricked it down as with the sides and back. The left door, the one I use, I figured out a way to fold the left tarp slack
back behind my ice chest on the outside left of my tent, and then roll up the left tarp side to align to the tent's door- so that I can get in and
out without fooling with or ducking under a tarp everytime. I guess if it rains hard, I can just unroll the tarp from around the door and let it fall
to the ground to have complete water proofing- I'll need to figure out ventilation in that case.
So, as far as I know, this tent is pretty well water proofed, but I can't be sure because after all i'm a beginner and have never done this type of
thing before.
If anyone has any further advice, by all means do tell- because it's looking like i'm going to be staying here more like 2 months rather than just
one.
Thanks again!
Edit- I have connected my wireless router to the computer back up in my relative's house, and the wireless receiver in my computer is picking up
quite a good strong signal out here in my tent, though it is rather far from the main house. So at least now, I don't have to drive 25 minutes to the
library in order to check the internet
[edit on 19-11-2007 by Ice_Man]