A query about bedding

[tamarinne]

So I've started my annual preparation for Pennsic (making my list, checking it twice, etc.) and I'm wondering if anyone out there has a clever idea about bedding.

See, here's the thing.  I really don't like sleeping on an air mattress.  They squeak, they bounce, they deflate unexepectedly.  However, they get a high score in terms of compression and packability.  

So... does anyone out there have a clever idea for alternative bedding?  I've been wondering about foam or something along those lines.   Ideally it would be something that either (A) could squish to fit in an already fairly full car, or (B) could be easily obtained in Pennsylvania once we get there (and possibly even left in Pennsylvania in the trailer that our campsite rents there, although that would require an additional degree of heat-, humidity-, and cold-tolerance, since it would be living in an un-climate-controlled trailer for a year.)

Comments

[kr4sh.livejournal.com]

we use a queen size futon that we leave in our storage in PA.. and we are not going to Pennsic this year sooo...

it has some mildew stains but the mildew has been kilt so it should be good to go. if you are interested, let me know

[corwyn-ap.livejournal.com]

The period solution is to make a mattress bag, and fill it with straw or hay obtained on site. Freidrich claims this works well. (not for the alergic of course).

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[ballestra.livejournal.com]

But now you have to be able to tell the difference between hay and straw! Sigh. I wouldn't survive an agrarian era. I don't even know which kind to tie to what foot to learn how to march...

[samazon13.livejournal.com]

I also recommend the dried grasses - one of the few times I chose to sleep outside two nights in a row, I gathered a bed of straw/hay (whatever was handy) and just lay my fleece sleeping bag on top of it and climbed in. It was surprisingly comfortable.

-Samazon