Tarp over tent, Pawtuckaway again

Finished "product", kept us perfectly dry and comfy during rain on this campout. There were good trees surrounding the nice flat camp site so I could orient the tarp and tent however I liked. We all fit in fine. Atrium was roomy enough to stow chairs and firewood overnight.

Truckers hitch at one end of the tarp ridge line

Oops, a bit blurry, back side of tent.

Improvised stakes I sharpened with an axe.

Stake in action

Taut line hitch on guy rope

Guy rope goes up to a pole (nice straight stick), then to tap wall/roof where it is tied to a stone

Close up of pole and stand-off

Close-up of attachment to tarp.

For want of knowing the right name of it, this is a taut line hitch attached to the tarp grommet near the ridge line, but the knot is around the ridge line itself. This way I can pull the tarp taut along the ridge line.