green and tan
are those team colors BTW?
Anyway

A very long time ago and far far away, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />I spent a summer BPing and carried an 8x10 sheet of plastic as my only cover. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />Back then we called it a ground cloth <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> although it was not cloth at all, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> and we laid our stuff on it and slept under the stars. (this is all per Colin Fletcher) <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> If it rained you simply pulled half of it over you. It weighed 6 ounces. Now days you have to buy a tarp made of UL silnylon and it weighs a pound and costs $120 on ebay. Its the same thing guys. And a huge number of tarp setups are simply tube tents without the benefit of a floor. Tube tents were great - light simple and effective AND they kept you clean - tube tents were a great improvement over plastic tarps.
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />Jim YMMV <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />