It will be my fifth year this year (miraculously got my ticket!) and I'm bringing a virgin (
). I want to make his experience magical, and I'm thinking of upgrading my shade structure. I usually do tarps over metal fence posts, but this system never fails to disappoint. I want to do a monkey hut. I have to buy new tarps every year because the wind just destroys them by the end. So...How effective would a monkey hut be with another material for the covering? I'm thinking some sort of lightweight cloth (sheets, tapestries, etc.). My biggest concerns are: will it keep the inside as cool as tarps and will it hold out much dust.
I have had success in the past with using tapestries as part of my structure, and they held up in the wind great, but it was mostly to replace tarps after they broke. So it was hard to tell if I was still hot and dusty simply because my structure sucked, or because cloth isn't very effective.
Thank you!
