PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:
Yosemite Sam1 wrote:
What's the "intolerable" hot season months for Arizona camping? Can't the a/c handle it?
Sorry, been camping so far in high mountains. Although the valley heat in Yosemite is also oppressive in summer but a high noon stay inside the RV makes it pleasant.
I don't know specifics about Arizona, but 100+ at 10 am til 7 pm, and 80+ the coolest at night near Dallas for 80-90 days per summer, the AC can 'almost' handle that (50-Amp, both running near constant 24 hours per day). The humidity is low.
I find 95 day and 80 night temps near Houston or New Orleans with 80%+ humidity worse. The humidity at times limits the AC to about a max cool of 84 degrees inside.
As we say in Texas - the best place for a Texan to camp in the summer is Colorado.
We get to experience the Phoenix area this July, if the travel opens up. A granddaughter lives there, her mother has custody. I'll let you know how it compares.
And if you want to know why a full-timer would put up with that - family, many older and in ill health.
Thanks for the info.
Yeah, I have to avoid them in summer. I was in Gilroy, CA with temperate in the mid 90s and high humidity and I nearly passed out.
Same in Havasu where I have to run to my car and had a blast of the a/c for relief.
Temp of 84 inside the stuffy RV may not altogether be tolerable. Back to my high mountains and dense forests, lol.
Would time them though late spring or fall.
Looking at situations in Like Tahoe. Nevada side has no lockdown, but national forest campsites are federal and therefore closed even if it's on the Nevada side.
