Last trip of the year coming up.

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I'm sad it's our last trip. I'm still going to try to find something in my area that seems like a good place to camp in later October/November, when we can still have pretty mild weather here in CT. I already have my trips booked out for next spring and summer, into Labor Day.
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I say, why throw in the towel now in the best camping of the year?
Kids are back in school, camping choices are wide open, bugs are gone, peak pricing over...
We really enjoy this time of year. It's cool enough in the evening to appreciate a campfire, and we like sleeping when it is cold. Perfect for us is 60 in the daytime and just below freezing at night. Windows open, makes you appreciate a nice quilt at night.

That's what your furnace is for!

 

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

I say, why throw in the towel now in the best camping of the year?
Kids are back in school, camping choices are wide open, bugs are gone, peak pricing over...
We really enjoy this time of year. It's cool enough in the evening to appreciate a campfire, and we like sleeping when it is cold. Perfect for us is 60 in the daytime and just below freezing at night. Windows open, makes you appreciate a nice quilt at night.

That's what your furnace is for!

I did turn on the furnace a couple of mornings. I too love to sleep in the cold, but once you get up for coffee, I like to be toasty. The furnace did a great job warming us up pretty quickly.

You're right about the cool weather camping and it's why I chose to reserve an early October site in my first year of owning this camper. I like my state parks, but they all close the end of this week. I've not done any more searching, but better planning for next season will surely get me out there to extend my season next year.

I'll still consider looking around if I note some cool favorable weather in the coming weeks.

 

[JudyK-JAY22rb]

We were without ac power for 3 days on this last trip due to hurricane Helena in upstate SC. My rig has 2 group 24 batteries but no solar.

Thru experimentation we found that our Honda i2000 would meet all our power needs as long as we were aware of what was on. I always thought the microwave would overload the small genny but it did a great job. Also we had other ways to make coffee but like our drip coffee and it worked fine, even with some fans going. We have not even tried the ac because we didn't really need it but without a EasyStart on one of my units, that is out of the question.

I checked the charging voltage and also monitored the battery voltage when it was under load and the i2000 kept the batteries charged with just a couple hours of running daily.

We were in a campground that had no power but there were multiple generators running, some 24-7. Only complaint I had was the noise at night. I would get used to the drone and then I could hear one shut off for a few minutes or so, I surmise for refueling. We assisted my relatives all we could and decided to cancel the rest of our trip to Maggie Valley. The cg there was partially flooded with no power or internet. We had an uneventful trip back home after finally finding a tank of diesel.

Glad you got out there and stayed safe Norty. I thought about you and your trip, once the hurricane was set to hit. Yeah....the generator noise can be a nuisance. Our state parks has the time restriction on them, but sometimes if it is HOT, it'd be nice to be able to use it in the night.

My little 1800 CAN run my rooftop A/C, now that I have have SoftSart installed, which is great for daytime. The nighttime is when I panic about being too hot. I know the EcoFlow can't run the actual A/C through the night, but at least it can power the rooftop fan.