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In reply to the discussion: Where's the Worst Place You've Ever Spent the Night? [View all]louis-t
(23,292 posts)1977, I was in a band playing in a Paincourt pub, they had rooms for us in Mitchell's Bay. It was about 10 below, the heat barely worked, and the windows were so drafty there was snow piling up on the window ledge and floor. I put on every piece of clothing I had with me and my arctic parka plus a single burner stove I had with me cranked on high and still barely slept. The next night we rented a room at a motel and when we woke up, 3 feet of snow had fallen. Roads were all closed and we were stuck there for 2 days with no food.
Runner up: 1974, just outside Ludington, MI in a campground. We dragged the tent down a sand cliff to the beach. 6 am, the tide came in with a vengeance accompanied by severe winds. I awoke and pulled my foot back inside the tent. It was swollen the size of a football from bug bites. We packed the tent and soon found how hard it is to climb a 30 ft. sand cliff dragging a 80 lb. tent. By the time we made it to the top, the whole area where we had been was underwater.