rope lights

"sorry to all those that must sit in complete darkness!"

Just an FYI, I have never been in a place that was "complete darkness" and I've spent hundreds of nights boat and land camping. Even during a new moon, it is amazing how much starlight reaches the ground. There are very few places in this country anymore that are considered black sky areas and in those areas, the stars and moon are more than enough to see the terrain. If it is cloudy, terrestrial light bounces off the clouds (that's what gives the night sky its red color). One of the most beautiful things in life is watching the universe slide across the sky. Turn off your lights for a while and go outside. There is an entire world out there.

Always carry a light at night when you are camping out west.
Out west you always keep an eye on the ground to avoid stepping on a snake, scorpion, tarantula...whatever. Having said that, we have yet to see any of these at our campsite in the past five years of camping in Arizona and California. (I still hope to see a bear some day!)

Some very interesting ideas compared to what I have seen I think we will play around here at home with some type of lighting Thanks for all the explanations.

D & M wrote:
Nice ....I see what you guys are doing, working the outside light light rant into a dog******rant. Now we just need to work Walmart and guns into this and we are off to a ten pager. :R

Yeah, we've got the mandatory complaint about people posting their complaints. :)

double post

D & M wrote:
Nice ....I see what you guys are doing, working the outside light light rant into a dog******rant. Now we just need to work Walmart and guns into this and we are off to a ten pager. :R

You beat me to it....amasing how some can work the angles of their "PET Peeves"(pun intented) into any topic. Its so refreshing! NOT!!! :(

If I do not have the awning out OR have the LEDs on white they are very bright and would offend the neighbors. So I choose a dark color and dim it all the way down. I also turn them off during quiet hours if we are not sitting outside.

Here is pic of the blue led's under the awning,mounted on the trailer and 40' under the trailer.

We have one string of blue rope lights. Mounted under the awning, out of direct sight,they give a nice ambient light without lighting up outside of my immediate area. Lighting up like it is Christmas is just plain tacky.

Some people like them and some don't. I like the dark myself but that's jut me.:C