Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
If I take a day off and stay at the same site for two nights, my tent is not coming down just to save it from some UV. It is staying exactly where I put it in the first place.
In hotter weather I often look for a shady spot that is flat enough for shade for the rest of the day, but that is because of my personal comfort, not the tent.
I have been known to take a minute or three to take my panniers and sleeping bag out, unstake and move my tent to a much nicer, cooler shady spot--for both me and tent, if easy to do.