Keeping the Yurt Cool

Last time we camped in the Mojave Preserve with the yurt was April sliding into May and the days were starting to get warm, not summertime hot yet, but getting up to 90 degrees F.  90 in the Mojave is pleasant if you have shade but even 70 feels hot when you are in the direct shade.  The trick, in other words is to find shade.  A yurt has plenty of shade with the roof on but a lack of ventilation.  To remedy that, we pulled back the roof canvas for additional ventilation.

Pulling back the roof canvas gives us more ventilation. The view is from the north . 

The view from the inside with the roof canvas pulled back.

For even more ventilation, we pulled the roof canvas off completely. Here's some photos of the roof with various fabrics, artfully arranged on the roof to cast some shade.

Chenille bedspread arrayed on the southern quarter of the roof for daytime shade.

And from the inside.

Add a sari.

And at another time we used what may have been a tablecloth.