Serious question, did I mess up packing for a rainy 3 day trip in the Catskills?
Last weekend I went up to the Catskills with two buddies and it rained about 14 hours straight on day two. My old 2 person tent from college started leaking at the seams around hour 3 and the floor turned into a little puddle. I had packed one of those cheap blue tarps but forgot paracord, so we ended up draping it over a picnic table and sitting under it like sad campers. The one thing that did great was my sleeping pad, stayed dry and warm the whole night somehow. My buddy's rain jacket soaked through in maybe 20 minutes, so he just wore my spare poncho and looked like a giant grocery bag. Did I miss something obvious in my setup, or is a little seam seep normal for a tent that sat in my parents' garage for 5 years?