Great Smoky Mountain National Park (No Power

rbpru wrote:
I would think you would charge batteries during the day and run off batteries at night. This would not be much of an issue.

The heart of the matter is they are trying to preserve the wilderness spirit and still accommodate the RVer.

The farther you get from the RV full hook ups, the closer you get to Camping. There are times and places where we are cooking, eating and living outdoors and my RV is little more than a really fancy tent to sleep in. :B

The biggest problem I see is charging my battery. We will be up and gone prior to 8am most days. I don't want to leave the generator running while I'm gone, because I think that would be rude. We will try to be back to the campground around 4-5pm most days giving us 3-4 hours of charge time. It will also give us time to cool off the trailer if it is a little hot prior to quite time. Some days we will not be back before quite time. I am thinking everything will be fine now with the new lights, but the refrigerator will still be running using 12Vs to start the flame. I will need power to start the flame on the water heater and run the water pump. 4 people will be taking showers etc.