I just bought me a Hennessy Hammock, it is a combination hammock/tent.
I liked camping a lot when I was "younger" but as I've had back problems getting up and down after laying on the cold hard ground is getting to be frustrating and painful, I have had enough pain
I put it up in the back yard to test it but it is limited to 7-12 foot base for tying up to trees and I have two trees in my yard and they are 20 feet apart.
It ended up sagging down about 3 feet from hip high to about six inches off the ground. ( I used some tie down straps added to the tree straps they have )
You can set it up on the ground with a little creativity, but I think my two smaller motorcycle straps will work in a pinch and add about 10 feet on each side.
It packs up into a bag about ten inches around and twelve inches long, and depending how good you are at knot tying, it can be set up in about 2-4 minutes easily.
Can't wait to try it out next year on a couple of the outtings we have.... even if we have cabins, I will bring it to try out and show you folks what it is.
JoG, look up a couple of the backpacking sites online and see what folks take, they tend to be "minimalist" and I have found lots of good info on youtube backpack camping too.