Hi Everyone,

How many times have you been camping or hiking and needed an alarm to wake you for those early morning starts? While I was at Mt. Hood I came upon this scenario again. We needed to wake up at 3:50am so as to get Francie's feet taped and her ready to go by 4:30am so she could hear the instructions at 4:45am and start bell at 5:00am. Wow- that's alot of am's!

Well I had turned off my phone to save the battery cause I knew I didn't have much left and I had forgotten my car charger. I know, way to go. She informed me about the need for an alarm and I didn't think there would be much sleeping due to the anticipation of the coming morning, kinda like Christmas eve for a child, but volunteered my phone anyway. Not too long after setting the alarm and snuggling in I heard a small chirp and thought, hmm, I wonder what that was. We were on the roadside in the mountains and so it could have been a bird or something. Then, I heard it again. No, not a bird but my phone letting me know it was about to expire. So I turned it off, knowing it wouldn't last til 3:50am hoping to save what battery I might have left and that we would indeed be awake by 3:50am. Dun dun dun! Well, we were awake on time, having not gotten much sleep because of the excitement and knowing we didn't have an alarm.

This morning I found a neat solution to this "alarm-ing" situation. :) A queen size air mattress with an alarm clock built in. How cool is that!! I also found one that will serve the music needs of those who like to fall to sleep to the sounds of Enya, Tim McGraw or whatever else instead of nature. A mattress with a built in mp3 adapter. Amazing!

You can check these cool mattresses out along with other sleeping comfort needs at www.SleepingBagStation.com. I may just have to try one of these out for myself.

Until next time- enjoy that early morning alarm,
Jen