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Everyone is making flags I assume, and hanging glow sticks to find their campsite at night. How are you going to find yours if everyone is doing this now? I have a few more ideas....
I made a flag pole and had the idea to put a cap on top of it. It would be made of PVC pipe with holes drilled in it to put LEDs through it. Pop your pre-soldered LEDs into the holes and hot glue them in place. Now attach a Photocell resistor to the top so that the LEDs will only turn on when it is dark out. You can also attach a relay so the LEDs will flash too. I'd run the wires for this down the inside of the pole and hook it up to some batteries and possibly a switch to shut off the LEDs when you are at your site to save battery power. Remember to use LEDs with a high mcd rating, that is what tells you how bright they are. If you don't know how to wire up LEDs, search google. there are tons of sites that will help you do the math on what resistors you will need and how to wire it all up. Also check ebay, I buy 100 LEDs with resistors for like $4. DON'T BUY LEDS FROM RADIOSHACK! THEY ARE $1 EACH!!
Now the reason I chose not to do this project this year is because I have run out of time to work on it, I'm still working full time, and trying to get all the rest of our stuff ready for bonnaroo. The other reason is because I got a handheld GPS on ebay for a steal and it is accurate within 9 feet, so I'll just be using that. You can set waypoints on it and then just look at the screen and know which direction you are going, how fast you are going, how long until you get there and the distance traveled. It will also tell you what your elevation is too. Pointless, I know. I has a built in compass, Sunrise and sunset times, and GPS games you can play. I'd say not bad for $100. Just an idea for some of you out there. What works for me might also work for you. Maybe not.
maybe just take a flashlight and slide that onto a pvc periscope, and slap a Elbow connector over it have it point towards centeroo. there will be a giant beam of light pointing towards you and you just follow it home! :-) change the batteries as neccessary...
I also found something cool in a military surplus catalog i got from when i ordered a bunch of ice packs for our cooler, it's a mine marker. Its a pole with a amber strobe light on top and a stake on bottom. I though that would be cool to put on the top of a flag pole, but maybe annoying for your neighbors.
Post by antsmarchn on May 29, 2008 23:10:11 GMT -5
Forget the flagpole. Leave a trail of breadcrumbs and just follow it home at night. For those of us with Navi systems, that actually are willing to take them into centeroo, mark your campsite and just follow it home daily.
I think it was 2005 where I got crazy lost. It wasnt that we couldnt find our tent, we couldnt find our campsite. It took a lot of walking and time (and a stop at almost every single campsite), but we finally made it home.
Post by tentseasurfer on May 30, 2008 11:42:21 GMT -5
I found my tent when the sun came up 3 of the four nights.
This year I have a flag, reflective tape,l.e.d's. I will not get lost again!!! It was kind of fun, except Saturday at 5:45 a.m. I was ready for a few hours sleep and would have paid $50 for directions to my tent/
The first time you leave your campsite walk about 50 feet... STOP!... turn around... find a landmark that easy to see (usually a flag of some kind)... commit it to memory... walk another 50 feet and repeat.
Post by Whatsnew_c on May 30, 2008 13:36:53 GMT -5
And because you're pretty much parked in rows and there are street names it's much easier than you think. Just count the rows of cars until the next street so when you get to that street you just count the rows of cars to where your tent was.
Everyone is making flags I assume, and hanging glow sticks to find their campsite at night. How are you going to find yours if everyone is doing this now? I have a few more ideas....
I made a flag pole and had the idea to put a cap on top of it. It would be made of PVC pipe with holes drilled in it to put LEDs through it. Pop your pre-soldered LEDs into the holes and hot glue them in place. Now attach a Photocell resistor to the top so that the LEDs will only turn on when it is dark out. You can also attach a relay so the LEDs will flash too. I'd run the wires for this down the inside of the pole and hook it up to some batteries and possibly a switch to shut off the LEDs when you are at your site to save battery power. Remember to use LEDs with a high mcd rating, that is what tells you how bright they are. If you don't know how to wire up LEDs, search google. there are tons of sites that will help you do the math on what resistors you will need and how to wire it all up. Also check ebay, I buy 100 LEDs with resistors for like $4. DON'T BUY LEDS FROM RADIOSHACK! THEY ARE $1 EACH!!
Now the reason I chose not to do this project this year is because I have run out of time to work on it, I'm still working full time, and trying to get all the rest of our stuff ready for bonnaroo. The other reason is because I got a handheld GPS on ebay for a steal and it is accurate within 9 feet, so I'll just be using that. You can set waypoints on it and then just look at the screen and know which direction you are going, how fast you are going, how long until you get there and the distance traveled. It will also tell you what your elevation is too. Pointless, I know. I has a built in compass, Sunrise and sunset times, and GPS games you can play. I'd say not bad for $100. Just an idea for some of you out there. What works for me might also work for you. Maybe not.
And I thought the PVC pipe flag was complicated to build.
I think I'll just do what I did last year and remember my address.
Everyone is making flags I assume, and hanging glow sticks to find their campsite at night. How are you going to find yours if everyone is doing this now? I have a few more ideas....
I made a flag pole and had the idea to put a cap on top of it. It would be made of PVC pipe with holes drilled in it to put LEDs through it. Pop your pre-soldered LEDs into the holes and hot glue them in place. Now attach a Photocell resistor to the top so that the LEDs will only turn on when it is dark out. You can also attach a relay so the LEDs will flash too. I'd run the wires for this down the inside of the pole and hook it up to some batteries and possibly a switch to shut off the LEDs when you are at your site to save battery power. Remember to use LEDs with a high mcd rating, that is what tells you how bright they are. If you don't know how to wire up LEDs, search google. there are tons of sites that will help you do the math on what resistors you will need and how to wire it all up. Also check ebay, I buy 100 LEDs with resistors for like $4. DON'T BUY LEDS FROM RADIOSHACK! THEY ARE $1 EACH!!
Now the reason I chose not to do this project this year is because I have run out of time to work on it, I'm still working full time, and trying to get all the rest of our stuff ready for bonnaroo. The other reason is because I got a handheld GPS on ebay for a steal and it is accurate within 9 feet, so I'll just be using that. You can set waypoints on it and then just look at the screen and know which direction you are going, how fast you are going, how long until you get there and the distance traveled. It will also tell you what your elevation is too. Pointless, I know. I has a built in compass, Sunrise and sunset times, and GPS games you can play. I'd say not bad for $100. Just an idea for some of you out there. What works for me might also work for you. Maybe not.
And I thought the PVC pipe flag was complicated to build.
I think I'll just do what I did last year and remember my address.
Corner of 2nd Street and 8th Avenue.
Hey! That's where I lived last year as well! Here's a picture of our street sign Monday morning as everyone was packing up
when i go to roo, i keep a pocket notebook in my back pocket. i write down experiences and bands i've seen. in the front i also take note of what streets i'm close to... if i can get there, i'll find my flags flying over my canopy... it's that easy... :-)
Post by starfire55 on May 30, 2008 21:27:48 GMT -5
Hehe - the first year we went...and we got LOST! We ended up in a nowhere spot of field, climbing through barbed wire!?!??? NO idea on that one! WOW! That was lost...then we saw these two dudes in a giant hamster wheel, for real - probably some hay bail thing, but we humored their hamster wheel story to death! It was funny! WOW
you know, no matter what's happened at the previous roos i've been to, i've always managed to make it back to my tent safe and sound...i prefer just winging it...
i guess i'm just a maverick like that old hamster that's running for president.
Post by jambandjohn on May 30, 2008 23:01:59 GMT -5
Here's what you do, before you leave your campsite set a timed fuse to touch off a huge fire ball about the time you figure the last band you plan see goes off the stage, then just follow the fire trucks back to what used to be your campsite.
The second night you're on your own, can't do it all for ya...
You know, it's mandatory... I've gotten lost on the first night, every year.. This is the way I stumble across most "things" and learn of cool places...
