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yobie
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May 03, 2013

How hot is it really in the summer. Arizona/New Mexico

So my wife and I were planning a trip from amarillo down to Roswell then going down to route 10 to 8 across Az & Nm heading to san diego. We planned on boondocking most of the time to save money. I'm familiar with camping in below freezing conditions, but the heat in an rv is unfamiliar to me.

Do you think it would be too hot to boondock this far south in July? We have a generator able to run our AC as well as a large battery bank. I think its doable, but I'm worried about the dog if we go into town for a few hours. I guess we could just stay route 40 but there was more we wanted to see down south.

Anyone done any boondocking down south in the summer heat or should we reroute our trip?

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  • CA Traveler wrote:
    The good news is that virtually all boondocking areas will be vacant and there will be plenty of open sites in RV parks.


    ha and that is probably because no one is stupid enough to do be there in the summers.
  • Unless you find good shade you'll have a very tough time keeping the interior temperature below 90 even with the generator and A/C running. The sun can provide as much as 1100 watts per square meter of heat load in this area!
  • Depends on altitude also. Once you drop down the Mogollon rim near the NM-AZ border it will get hotter.
  • The good news is that virtually all boondocking areas will be vacant and there will be plenty of open sites in RV parks.