Wolfman,
The trip was on November 6th through the 10th. We took along our down bed cover but opted for the less insulating fibre fill cover as the overnight temps never dropped below freezing.
This trip just reinforced our desire to not camp in campgrounds. There are just too many downsides to having a small city of strangers to deal with. The fact that Rangers now carry is a good indication.
This is why a TC is a good choice for a couple who want to be alone in a quiet and beautiful surrounding. It is more difficult for any other mode to get as far out in the outback. I did not have to turn the hubs on for this trip, but we did get the locked rear axle wheels a-churning coming up a snow-covered steep pitch.
We did get some entertainment value out of watching campers set up their rigs upon arriving at camp. A couple guys in their 50's took at least 45 minutes of picking-em-up-and-laying-em-down to erect their Fleetwood, off-road-look, tent trailer. It's the one with the long tongue and diamond plate sides and high clearance. Get the thing level and crank down the four stablizing jacks. Block the wheels and tongue wheel. Crank it up a bit and fiddle with the canvas and then raise it some more, over and over. Finally, they took a long time to get the pop out to work, constantly working the canvas where it hung up. It was like an endurance contest. It was good theater. I hope they were there for at least a week to warrant all the work on set up. I hate to think of the tear-down. Pulling down the steps and using a lift block or two if the site is not level is about as much as we do. Oh, set up two captains chairs and the Weber are options. To each his own.
We saw several Mercedes Benz tall, narrow motor homes that looked interesting, if not big-bucks. They are supposed to come out with a diesel/4WD version this year for domestic (USA) use.
jefe
