Re: WY itinerary

On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 22:48:42 -0500,
  sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

 On 3/19/2025 9:32 PM, bfh wrote:

sticks wrote:

On 3/19/2025 7:15 PM, bfh wrote:

>
I thought about getting one of those electric oil radiator
heaters. I'm sure we will turn off the heat when we're not
in the unit and out exploring during the day. This would
be the second reason for upgrading the array. Making sure
to have enough power to keep the furnace blower working
overnight.

>
We never heated the TT during bedtime.That's what sleeping
bags and people are for. No offense, but you guys are not
talking about "camping" - you're talking about a fully
equipped and mobile efficiency apartment - which is not to
say that that is bad. Everybody has their own requirement
for the level of comfort they want.

>
Probably.  I call it RVing.  I've done my share of sleeping
in a bag on the ground, pop up trailers you'd cook in on hot
summer night, and having to go days without being able to
take a shower.  I didn't buy this thing for a competition on
how "rough" I could get.  I want to NOT stay in hotels, be
able to get close to the outdoors, have all the comforts in
life I can now afford, and enjoy the time with my wife.

Well said, sticks.  I've done my share of camping, including
backpacking the Grand Canyon and the Divide around Leadville. 
Slept on the ground and roasted or shivered on a number of bike
rides across Nebraska--even a couple with my wife.  Those days are
done.

I'd add that running the furnace gives me better confidence none
of the plumbing in the trailer will freeze.  We had a water hose
(outside the trailer) freeze last year about this time in
Kodachrome.  All that said, we'll run the furnace at a pretty low
setting when it's cold--probably low 60s.

It was 19F again today where I will be shortly at 6,000 feet. 
Yeah, I got no problem turning on the furnace.  But, I will
be leaving that comfort to go into Bryce Canyon and do an 8
mile hike at 9,000 feet in elevation.  When I'm done with
that, which will probably be much colder and snowy up there,
I think I will be looking forward to a heated coach, and a
nice warm meal.

 
Do you ever sit around a campfire?

 
 Of course.

We do too, probably close to half the nights we're out.

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA