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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Accomplished a couple of things re this today.....gen is perfectly ok up until 10:00 PM and after 7:00 AM. The site we picked is a bit out of the main line of traffic and only 2 other sites on that side of the road with a good spread between. Definitely we will be aware of the noise factor.
Re tent camping....neglected to mention that we were in our early - mid 20's then....tack on 50 years and it has a different slant. In our HTT we camped into the 20's and even with the PUGs it got a bit chilly at times, so socks and sweats are a priority. We're well supplied with blankets and really don't think we'll freeze to death....hope. BTW, with the tent, we did use the propane lantern as long as possible and it was helpful. That was in the time of the HEAVY green canvas tent. Ours was something like 12 x 16 and weighed a ton! Lots of happy memories from that time, but not gonna give up Rocky for that green monster.
The issue some missed is that this month everything that could possibly break down or go on the fritz did so which = $$$$$. UGH! Somehow I just don't see DH getting excited over another battery for his birthday when we never - except this time - camp without W/E. The budget just is not going to cooperate. He was thrilled with the portable ice maker a few months ago, but a battery.....not so much.
Weather in West TN......your guess is as good as mine. Some years it's shorts and a t-shirt, other years it's sweats and a jacket or raincoat. The way the weather is bouncing all over the place, we'll just take our chances. "They", meaning TWC, says we're in for a colder and wetter winter than usual and in West TN that = ice.
It's a bit too early to try Camp Driveway and have a good chance of being close to accurate, but we're going again in a 3 weeks and that will probably give us a better idea. Thanks for all the ideas.
Re tent camping....neglected to mention that we were in our early - mid 20's then....tack on 50 years and it has a different slant. In our HTT we camped into the 20's and even with the PUGs it got a bit chilly at times, so socks and sweats are a priority. We're well supplied with blankets and really don't think we'll freeze to death....hope. BTW, with the tent, we did use the propane lantern as long as possible and it was helpful. That was in the time of the HEAVY green canvas tent. Ours was something like 12 x 16 and weighed a ton! Lots of happy memories from that time, but not gonna give up Rocky for that green monster.
The issue some missed is that this month everything that could possibly break down or go on the fritz did so which = $$$$$. UGH! Somehow I just don't see DH getting excited over another battery for his birthday when we never - except this time - camp without W/E. The budget just is not going to cooperate. He was thrilled with the portable ice maker a few months ago, but a battery.....not so much.
Weather in West TN......your guess is as good as mine. Some years it's shorts and a t-shirt, other years it's sweats and a jacket or raincoat. The way the weather is bouncing all over the place, we'll just take our chances. "They", meaning TWC, says we're in for a colder and wetter winter than usual and in West TN that = ice.
It's a bit too early to try Camp Driveway and have a good chance of being close to accurate, but we're going again in a 3 weeks and that will probably give us a better idea. Thanks for all the ideas.
