Tarping

We got the tent! Yay!! No photos yet, but I promise, there will be some soon. Very soon. I will be doing a video review of the tent soon, when we get more stuff in there. It has been set up for  a week or so. I did discover some things.
The rainfly needs to be staked down. The first night we got some gusty winds;  in a panic I pulled the poles down. Well, one side room pole broke. A few days later, the other side room pole broke. then we discovered we should probably stake down the fly. We did, and there have been no more problems. It has rained, and this tent is water resistant. There was some small puddles of water (very small, like a couple spoonfuls) at some of the seams, but nothing crazy. I feel confident that this tent would weather a storm pretty good.
Over the weekend, I decided to see if we could set up a dining fly using tarps, rope, and a few poles. The instructions I got online used trees, but it said poles would work. We messed around with it for at least an hour, with no luck. It was very frustrating to see. I'm going to try again with a smaller tarp and more rope, maybe a few more poles I need a higher ceiling anyway, the eight foot limit of the poles was not cutting it. Of course, we didn't get it up all the way, so I don't really know.
I need to get the kitchen set up and practice cooking on it. I wanted to do it today, but we are going out for dinner, so hopefully I can work on it tomorrow. A smaller tent, more poles that are longer, and my kitchen should set up on a snap.
It's almost time, and I'm getting excited to see the days go by. Soon, we will be living the adventure instead of just preparing for it!