Man, taping poly over the opening is exactly why you lost your draft, that's just basic air flow getting choked off. A blocked flue would've been acting up before you ever touched it, so blaming a mystery blockage is a stretch. Pull the plastic and check the draft again before you go tearing the whole thing apart.

$140 at Lost Lake could've bought you a decent whiskey and a hotel room, just saying. My cheap pad has done fine for three seasons of car camping, you just gotta learn to sleep on your side. But hey, if the fancy one means you actually sleep, that's your money and your back.

Got shown up by my own kid last summer when she pointed out I had Cassiopeia upside down on my planisphere. I told her the W shape looks the same either way and she just stared at me until I flipped it around. Now she calls it my "learning moment" every time we go out back with the scope. Kids have no mercy when you mess up the basics.