Dave-Sparky wrote:
We are currently planning to make the Albuquerque Balloon Festival this year and have been looking at the dry camping area as a possibility.
My wife is concerned about the reports of dusty and muddy (if it rains) conditions as well as the smell and hassle regarding the pumper trucks and lack of electrical power as we curenly have only one battery and no generator or solar.
Any past attendees care to comment on the condition reports she has seen?
Dave
You can pay top dollar & have dust or mud. Everywhere is dirt.
Upgrading your battery bank is never a bad idea. The only thing left is the genny. That is something that once you have it, you have it. A whole new world of camping opportunities are now open to you. Most of us get by just fine with a Honda or similar, inverter genny. Most of the time it will run at a low speed hardly making any noise. Leave the fridge & water heater on propane. No need to have enough power for the A/C. The nights are cool.
Don't be tempted by saving a few hundred & getting a cheap, noisy, running at full throttle all the time, open frame 'contractor' genny. You will be the most unpopular person anywhere within earshot of the thing anywhere you go with it except maybe at a NASCAR track.
Honey trucks are a non issue.