Like last year, scout camp has exhausted Ingrid. This time I was there too and I feel about as tired as she looks.

For me, it’s mostly due to lack of quality sleep, and I imagine it’s the same for Ingrid. I never sleep particularly well in a tent/sleeping bag situation. Sleeping on a thin mattress makes my back and hips hurt. This year we actually invested in a lightweight inflatable mattress and that definitely helped, but it’s still not like a proper bed. I wake up again and again throughout the night because I am uncomfortable and need to shift into a different position but I am constrained by the sleeping bag which doesn’t let me move.

I think next time I’m camping I will try opening the sleeping bag all the way and using it like a normal blanket, so I can move freely and not wake every time I need to turn over.