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11-13-2019, 09:48 AM
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Lost in the Woods
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Ocean County
Posts: 2,807
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Sad Day - All Tucked in for the Winter
It's strange, seeing the rig parked outside now, all covered and tucked in, nice and warm, for the Winter. Now I have to look at it and dream, waiting for Spring to get here.... 
On the other hand, it went down to the lower 20's last night, so that's not the temps I like camping in, so being in the warm house was better...
Worse situation, now I have no projects to attack on the rig, and have spare time. Got to be really careful, wifey will be looking to start projects for me to complete!!   
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11-18-2019, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Long Island, NY
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Unfortunately a necessary evil for those that have a camping season that doesn't include 12 months . Feel your pain.
What state is Ocean County?
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11-18-2019, 05:07 PM
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Lost in the Woods
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Ocean County
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Originally Posted by 2edgesword
Unfortunately a necessary evil for those that have a camping season that doesn't include 12 months . Feel your pain. |
That's what I get for living in "paradise"...
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What state is Ocean County?
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The communist state of New Jersey (we're neighbors, so you'll understand) 
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11-18-2019, 05:18 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Kingman, AZ
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Reading this makes me so glad we live in AZ. It's 77 here today in bright sun; wearing shorts and T-shirts. Next week we leave for a trip to Quartzsite for 4 days over Thanksgiving to visit friends, and the weather there is even better than here. We will probably be taking the RV out most of the winter, going to Yuma in late December.
Stay by the fire and stay warm..... 
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11-18-2019, 06:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Tucson
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In Az, 85 today. Our next camping trip is dec 26th.
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11-18-2019, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Arizona City
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About 84 in the Casa Grande area today. Nice but Tuesday, Wednsday and Thursday supposed to get some bad weather. Down in the 60's. Need to get out our heavy coats lol
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11-18-2019, 10:10 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Newark, NY
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Ha! I kinda feel sorry for all you folks that live where there's no O* temperatures, or snow to plow, shovel, or snow blow. Having frozen fingers and toes, or the wonderful feeling of a runny nose freezing to your upper lip! You just don't know what you're missing. Gosh, I Heart NY! Really....I think... 
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11-18-2019, 10:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2019
Location: Cheyenne
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Originally Posted by JFlightRisk
Ha! I kinda feel sorry for all you folks that live where there's no O* temperatures, or snow to plow, shovel, or snow blow. Having frozen fingers and toes, or the wonderful feeling of a runny nose freezing to your upper lip! You just don't know what you're missing. Gosh, I Heart NY! Really....I think... |
All depends on how you look at it. In summer I spend days driving to get out of the heat, getting north or high. Camping for us is not spending the days in the trailer AC or floating in a river to stay cool. When it’s 115 outside and waiting for the sun to go down, not cooking and eating cold cuts just doesn’t work like the snow doesn’t. This is the time we can really enjoy the local outdoors without driving for 2 days. IMO it’s just a season flop. It’s like you headed south for a trip. I’ll give you the one difference, we don’t have to winterize our trailers and then dig them out to head south. 😀
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11-18-2019, 10:41 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Newark, NY
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I really do understand. Our summers get into the 90's a few times if we're lucky, and I think we ran the A/C in the TT maybe three times or so. It all averages out, your winter's the best time to camp, as is our summer...your summer's spent trying to stay cool, and our winter it's trying to stay warm. That's because we're so far Northeast of SoCal! Ha!
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11-18-2019, 10:44 PM
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Lost in the Woods
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Ocean County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Route 66 Traveler
Reading this makes me so glad we live in AZ. It's 77 here today in bright sun; wearing shorts and T-shirts. Next week we leave for a trip to Quartzsite for 4 days over Thanksgiving to visit friends, and the weather there is even better than here. We will probably be taking the RV out most of the winter, going to Yuma in late December.
Stay by the fire and stay warm..... |
Real nice, just rub it in and twist the knife a few times...
It was 41 with a cold rain all day today, going down to 35 overnight....
The worst part is having to take poochie out in this stuff...
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11-18-2019, 11:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Lakewood, WA.
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Oh no, not the cover, yeah I know what you mean the wife was saying the other day that it's too bad we can take out the RV out, and the weather here is really not bad but we holding back because we might be going out of town soon for a funeral.
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11-19-2019, 07:45 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Kingman, AZ
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Originally Posted by RetiredOne
Real nice, just rub it in and twist the knife a few times...
It was 41 with a cold rain all day today, going down to 35 overnight....
The worst part is having to take poochie out in this stuff... |
Actually our weather is predicted to rain for the next 3 days, so my clean, uncovered RV is going to wet and dirty. We are sorely in need of some rain so I can't complain. Just hope it clears up for Turkey day and doesn't spoil our planned trip. I did but a cover for ours when we bought it, but have never used it because we always seem to be on the move....
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11-19-2019, 08:49 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Owens Cross Roads
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We are so lucky being from lower Alabama. Our method of winterizing is taking the short sleeve shirts and shorts out of the MH and putting long sleeve shirts and long pants in.
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11-19-2019, 10:05 AM
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Lost in the Woods
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Ocean County
Posts: 2,807
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Originally Posted by Route 66 Traveler
I did but a cover for ours when we bought it, but have never used it because we always seem to be on the move....
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I originally wasn't going to go the cover route, and just let it sit for the months over the Winter, but with the custom vinyl wrap I did on the exterior, I figured I would try and keep the sun from baking it during the time we weren't using it. We'll see if that plan helps the vinyl.
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11-19-2019, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Worcester
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Don't feel too bad.. We camp about 90 nights at our seasonal site from May-Oct on Cape Cod.. By the time mid October comes around, I've had enough for the season. I find ZERO enjoyment camping once daytime temps drop below 50... Looking forward to May now!
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11-19-2019, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 3,431
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Originally Posted by Route 66 Traveler
Reading this makes me so glad we live in AZ. It's 77 here today in bright sun; wearing shorts and T-shirts. Next week we leave for a trip to Quartzsite for 4 days over Thanksgiving to visit friends, and the weather there is even better than here. We will probably be taking the RV out most of the winter, going to Yuma in late December.
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Originally Posted by Scott_Trailer_Newbe
In Az, 85 today. Our next camping trip is dec 26th.
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Ha ha! Those are summer temps here.
Much as I'd love to camp year round, I could not deal with your 120 in the summer for weeks at a crack. I don't care what they say about dry heat, that's still crazy hot! That's the other extreme. Not for me.
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11-19-2019, 01:56 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: Kingman, AZ
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We are at 3500' where I live, so we only get a few days a little above 100 degrees. I lived for 10 years in Quartzsite and there it got as high as 122 one summer, averaged 110-115 most of the summer. That's why we finally got tired of it and moved here. We were told it seldom snowed here, but last February we got almost 18 inches of that stuff!
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11-19-2019, 03:46 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: SE Wisconsin
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Originally Posted by Route 66 Traveler
We are at 3500' where I live, so we only get a few days a little above 100 degrees. I lived for 10 years in Quartzsite and there it got as high as 122 one summer, averaged 110-115 most of the summer. That's why we finally got tired of it and moved here. We were told it seldom snowed here, but last February we got almost 18 inches of that stuff!
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I think someone from here may have sent it to you! 
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2013 Jayco Jayfeather X20 E (sold)
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11-19-2019, 03:50 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Long Island, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetiredOne
That's what I get for living in "paradise"...
The communist state of New Jersey (we're neighbors, so you'll understand) |
Oh, I definitely understand 
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11-19-2019, 06:15 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Newark, NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Route 66 Traveler
We are at 3500' where I live, so we only get a few days a little above 100 degrees. I lived for 10 years in Quartzsite and there it got as high as 122 one summer, averaged 110-115 most of the summer. That's why we finally got tired of it and moved here. We were told it seldom snowed here, but last February we got almost 18 inches of that stuff!
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Where I used to live, that would be considered a 'flurry'. After going through the '77 blizzard, with over 100" of snow, and 20' to 30' snow drifts, I got out of Dodge, and moved to the southern side of Lake Ontario. The east side's a killer for winter conditions.
Now, here 18" is a bad storm. Go figure!
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