A camp in a pocket dimension where time somehow is frozen/slowed, could both serve to bridge both the unimmersive aspects of the current camp AND bridge that narrative dissonance that comes from the story where we supposedly are in a desperate race against time - while also being free to sleep/waste an unlimited amount of time.
There could be a magic item that triggers a Dimension Door to the camp. This would be a sort of homage to the original Baldur's Gate too where The Cowled Wizards and others used Dimension Doors frequently.
