Thanks for the advice. I've taken him to a local state park a couple times before for a short overnight, where he carried his sleeping bag and some water and a couple other small things. The last time out we did have a storm. He was in the tent, and I was testing my new hammock. Since I didn't have my tarp yet (it hadn't been delivered by go time), I just went into the tent with him. He was fine, just talkative (which is his normal self, lol).

I will say storms have never really bothered him, though.

Now I have a second hammock setup, so I'm going to set it up in the back yard and see how he likes it; if he does, he gets to use it.

As for the tent, my only tent is a two-man, and we both fit just fine inside with room for packs, etc. So if he doesn't like the hammock (which I cannot see why! ), that's what we'll do.