PNW_Steve wrote:
When I first started looking at solar I expected that I would boondock extensively as I have in the past in the US.
Unfortunately it has been made quite clear to me by folks who have traveled extensively in Mexico recently that boondocking in Mexico is not a good idea except in limited circumstances.
That means I will be spending the majority of my time in parks with hookups.
Your initial post was TAD unclear. Not clear whether you are going to boondock less in both US and Mexico, or boondock less in Mexico, while keeping doing it same as before in the US.
If you will spend most of your time in parks with hookups, then you don't need a big solar. 100W portable system would be enough, to reduce the generator time a little, on those rare occasions when you do drycamp.
A pure "boondocking", i.e. in wilderness or unoccupied land, might not be a good idea in some places in Mexico, but in terms of energy it is no different from doing it on a dry camp. Maybe I was traveling in a different Mexico, because I don't know why "drycamping on the camp" is not a good idea, at least during October through May when you don't need A/C. The biggest - or the only - drawback is that such camps are often noisy, because gringos are trying to live a "North-of-the-border lifestyle" without a NOB power supply, and often - without any solar. Which means - running generators all day long. On the camps where generators use is regulated, it's quiet, and cheap, and - usually - less crowded.
To each its own, of course. You don't need solar if you are on hookups.
