One of the above posters sparked a camping memory for me, so I'll go ahead and share. If you are a coffee drinker, or your spouse is a coffee drinker, then be sure to take a secondary coffee making device that does not depend upon electricity.
True story! In our previous camper, we had every kind of camping gadget known to mankind for the prospect of camping with electricity and without electricity, with water and no water, park anywhere, do anything! We had STUFF!
When we purchased our current camper, and after years and years of camping now, our style of camping has pretty much settled into a routine. We primary camp with electric hook up and always have access to water, or enough hose to reach a spigot, and a blue tote to dump anywhere!
So... OUT went the non-electric items, that took up space we we quit using. We don't cook over the fire pit any more ... so one item that got tossed out was the old style coffee pot. My wife is an avid coffee drinker! (not me, I'm an avid Coca Cola drinker).
Well, all was well the first year of ownership of the new camper. But second year, we were happily set up at one of the State Parks in Indiana when the power went out in the campground! Oh no! Now what! So we waited, had water in our fresh water tank, could use the battery, Summer, so no need for heat, we'd just wait it out.
Well, come morning guess what? No electricity! Nothing worse than waking up to a roaring bear who wants her morning coffee! And no way to make it!
I ended up heating water on the stove, put a coffee filter in a cup, added the coffee grinds to the filter and slowly poured the hot water through the coffee and into the cup!
Well, she had her coffee, was extremely happy. The "bear" quit roaring! and life was OK. It took several more hours before the power was restored.
It was that same day, we took of, found a WalMart, and purchased one of the blue metal old-style on-the-stove-top coffee percolators! ... and you guess it! It's NEVER been used as we've never had a power failure anywhere, ever again! But! Sometime, it's just THAT important to have an item that you'll never use, just in case ... the old bear (oops... "dear wife") starts growling (oops ... whispers sweetly into your ear, "honey .. can you do????") ... yea! Like for real?
Carry an extra manual coffee pot if your a coffee drinker and don't depend on electricity as your only source for food (and drink) preparation.
A happy wife is a happy life!
