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MEXICOWANDERER
May 21, 2016Explorer
I purchased a Grade 3 (Maximum) Thinsulate comforter so I could avoid a tarpaulin heavy electric blanket. In 50F weather the Thinsulate 3 cover is not enough warmth. I blame this on my advanced age. If I get a chance, I'm going to invest in a California King size northern goose down comforter. And I'm sort of lost when it comes to finding a really really really warm robe to wear to the night time facilities. Looking like the Grim Reaper or a Warlock is not a problem for me. I need little bunny slippers too. I could never get away with this foolishness 20 years ago but now that I am a frail old buzzard, I run around in the daytime with green pants, orange shirt, and no socks. But I am quite serious about the robe. Thermal underwear irritates my skin to utter distraction. I've already forked over enough dough for a thick mattress, gel memory foam topper, microfiber sheets and king size pillows.
And here 55-years ago I remember waking up in the bunkhouse in Ennis Montana and finding 5" of water in a glass frozen solid. I had kindling set for the pot belly stove. Immersed in candle wax, then split lodge pole pine 12" sticks. I had that bunkhouse at 100F in minutes, coffee boiling on the stove and the dog stretched out, tongue protruding and snoring. Nothing like clipping a lifeline to a rope to get back and forth to the outbuilding. Now the stupid Madison River is 100% catch and release.
When are they going to put escalators for door entry, and spring loaded recliners that when triggered, pitch the occupant right into his dining room seat? They already have gizmos that pitch a brewskie from the fridge to the recliner.
RV'ing today is more luxurious and lazy than a penthouse suite was at the St Francis hotel in SF in the forties. "Connect With Nature" means finding The National Geographic channel on Dish Network. "A View" means looking out your window and into another seeing your neighbor washing dishes.
And here 55-years ago I remember waking up in the bunkhouse in Ennis Montana and finding 5" of water in a glass frozen solid. I had kindling set for the pot belly stove. Immersed in candle wax, then split lodge pole pine 12" sticks. I had that bunkhouse at 100F in minutes, coffee boiling on the stove and the dog stretched out, tongue protruding and snoring. Nothing like clipping a lifeline to a rope to get back and forth to the outbuilding. Now the stupid Madison River is 100% catch and release.
When are they going to put escalators for door entry, and spring loaded recliners that when triggered, pitch the occupant right into his dining room seat? They already have gizmos that pitch a brewskie from the fridge to the recliner.
RV'ing today is more luxurious and lazy than a penthouse suite was at the St Francis hotel in SF in the forties. "Connect With Nature" means finding The National Geographic channel on Dish Network. "A View" means looking out your window and into another seeing your neighbor washing dishes.
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