Camping freezing night temps...talk to me
Hubby and I prefer boondocking to anything else and we have done a lot of it. We are exploring staying in higher elevations where it would get down lower than our 29+ degree comfort range (mine mostl...
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I live in Wyoming and a couple of times we had to travel in the MH in subfreezing or even subzero temps.
- Being at elevation buys you a little time, both freezing and boiling points drop. We live at 6000' elevation and I checked one day, boiling point of unsalted water was at 206 F. (normal at sea level is 212 F, for those of you who don't remember your highschool physics. lol)
- When it was going to be really cold, we left the RV water system winterized and carried 5-gal jugs of water to drink/cook/wash hands/pour into toilet after use. Also carried RV antifreeze to pour down the drain after end-of-day use, just as a precaution. The various substances in both black and grey tanks dropped their freezing point further and we didn't have any problem although I tried to keep them close to empty. We did use the heater ovenight to keep the living area reasonably warm. No one was particularly wild about having to use the water jugs but DH and I were even less thrilled about having to pay for expensive water system repairs and the kids didn't have a choice. ;)When our water got low, we just stopped at a grocery store and bought more jugs of water. Worked fine for us.
- Being at elevation buys you a little time, both freezing and boiling points drop. We live at 6000' elevation and I checked one day, boiling point of unsalted water was at 206 F. (normal at sea level is 212 F, for those of you who don't remember your highschool physics. lol)
- When it was going to be really cold, we left the RV water system winterized and carried 5-gal jugs of water to drink/cook/wash hands/pour into toilet after use. Also carried RV antifreeze to pour down the drain after end-of-day use, just as a precaution. The various substances in both black and grey tanks dropped their freezing point further and we didn't have any problem although I tried to keep them close to empty. We did use the heater ovenight to keep the living area reasonably warm. No one was particularly wild about having to use the water jugs but DH and I were even less thrilled about having to pay for expensive water system repairs and the kids didn't have a choice. ;)When our water got low, we just stopped at a grocery store and bought more jugs of water. Worked fine for us.