HELP! Needed to know this yesterday
DH and I want to go to our favorite CG over Halloween and (gulp) sorta dry camp. Don't know anything about it, never wanted to, BUT...they're having a big Halloween festivity and we'd love to go. So...
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go to the dollar store and get stick up lights. Put one in the bathroom, one in the bedroom, one over the kitchen sink. This will provide lighting at night when you need it.
Take a lot of wood and a couple of durologs. First thing in the morning, light a durolog in the firepit. Throw on some firewood and go back inside to boil water for coffee. Enjoy coffee outside by the warm fire. Also enjoy dessert/cocktails outside in the evening around the fire. The durologs just make fire starting faster and easier.
Leave the water heater off until you need it. We started it up on waking and let it run for 1/2 hour for morning showers and dishes. But, if there are campground showers, use them so you don't use the water pump - save the water pump for the toilet. Dishes can be washed in a dishtub or, better yet, use the grill and disposable plates.
We used to dry camp for up to 5 days on 2 batteries - 2.5 days per battery. October through March would find us in the Smokies, Shenandoah, or Assateague. We would set the thermostat on the heater for 55 overnight and park in a sunny site. The sun during the day would heat up the tt very nicely even when it was only 40 degrees. Cloudy days were rough (with no solar heating) and we spent most of the time around the fire.
Take a lot of wood and a couple of durologs. First thing in the morning, light a durolog in the firepit. Throw on some firewood and go back inside to boil water for coffee. Enjoy coffee outside by the warm fire. Also enjoy dessert/cocktails outside in the evening around the fire. The durologs just make fire starting faster and easier.
Leave the water heater off until you need it. We started it up on waking and let it run for 1/2 hour for morning showers and dishes. But, if there are campground showers, use them so you don't use the water pump - save the water pump for the toilet. Dishes can be washed in a dishtub or, better yet, use the grill and disposable plates.
We used to dry camp for up to 5 days on 2 batteries - 2.5 days per battery. October through March would find us in the Smokies, Shenandoah, or Assateague. We would set the thermostat on the heater for 55 overnight and park in a sunny site. The sun during the day would heat up the tt very nicely even when it was only 40 degrees. Cloudy days were rough (with no solar heating) and we spent most of the time around the fire.
