Aren’t all hammocks for fun? I have to say that if you are not having fun in your hammock, there is something seriously wrong. Perhaps you did not load enough toys into the hammock before you got in. aah, maybe you have been there so long that the problems is that you really need the loo.

Seriously there so many ways to use your hammock to enhance the fun part of your life. In fact while I think of it there are some fantastic forums on the internet all with the sole purpose of talking hammocks. If you visited any of those forums, I am pretty sure that someone will have a great idea to give you as to how to enjoy some time somewhere with your hammock. The chances are even that they might even be local. I am in Africa, and can give you a list of brilliant places to hammock in, just ask.

Make up a list of activities that you enjoy doing, and then cross refer that list to places where you know that you will be able to hang up your hammock, and bingo, you have a new favorite spot to visit.

If you are using your hammock properly then you would have hooked it up to your hobbies long ago. An example is, I love nature, so what I do is combine nature and some activity. Say fishing or a picnic. If you take your hammock along to a good fishing spot, you will find that the way you relax and enjoy the day is completely different to any other way. I find that when I used to do that, I was not putting bait onto the fishing line, so as not to be disturbed by the actual fish. I also discovered the art of sleeping behind sunglasses. When you do that nobody’s sure if you are asleep or awake. Either way they tend to be fairly quiet, which is great.

After many years of using hammocks I am very sure as to which activities I prefer. First prize is a quiet beautiful place and a really good book. Second choice is the hammock chairs in a group around a fire, and then good company. I am one of those fools that think ridiculous thoughts up about aliens and corriolis force as soon as I get to sit around a fire. I think that I can hook up with my ancestors if I stare into a fire long enough. If I drank less wine then I would remember. But then why would I want to drink less wine?

It would be remiss of me if I did not remind you all that one of the most fun activities that you can get up to in a hammock is sex. If not full sex the very fact that you are piled up together in a hammock gives you the chance to at least talk about sex. That on its own can be a lot of fun. (Just a word of warning here – if your wife AND her sister are in the hammock with you, stay away from the subject).

I leave you with this statement; I would love it if you all shared your fun times spent in a hammock with me. Please.

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