No Flashlights Needed Up Here

We have not used our flashlights YET on this trip.  It stays light all the time.  They say that there are about 2-3 hours of darkness in the summer, but it doesn't seem like that to us.  When we go to bed around 10:30 or 11:00, the sun is still shining.  It sets around midnight and is then what I would call dusk or twilight.  It never gets dark and you can't see any stars. 

I go through an elaborate procedure every night before we go to bed.  I made blackout curtains for Rita's windows which I hang.  Then, we realized that the opaque glass door panel lets in a lot of light so I now hang as piece of black felt over the door.  The final step is to hang something to block the light from the skylight in the center of Rita's roof.  Then, we are finally ready to go to sleep.  You are probably thinking that it would be easier to just use an eye mask like they hand out on airplanes, but I can't seem to sleep with one on. 

Here is the material I used for the Rita's curtains.  I lined them with special blackout material. 

Sally