Whats the coldest you've camped w/o problems
Were planning on a camping trip next weekend. The high for the day is supposed to be 47 with a low temp of 26. The campground has already shut off half the parks water because of the cold temps. Wo...
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GordonThree wrote:
The Canadians have anyone in the lower US beat when it comes to cold.
I recall this spring chatting with a young couple who lived in central B.C. somewheres... I had mentioned Michigan being in the North (from my point of view) and the man exclaimed quite correctly we don't consider that North :)
Back to the poster's question ... This January I camped for a weekend at a state park, it was about -15F (-26C) at night, and around 0 to 5F during the day.
My electric heater ran 24x7 and the propane furnace would cycle on and off at night. My fridge was off, the water lines winterized. I had a bucket in the head and a 5 gallon water container in the sink for drinking, hand washing, etc. I cooked soup and such for lunches, but went into town for dinner, didn't want to dirty up pots and pans and such, without the sink to wash them.
If I may ask a parallel question - many of you mention using your water systems in these temperatures... keeping the waste liquid seems a small challenge compared to getting rid of it. so I ask, are you dumping your waste tanks at your site or the side of the road? Every single licensed septic around here closes in Nov, and by January the little ports and their padlocks will be buried under feet of snow. I suppose there are pit toilets that stay open here and there, so is walking the honey wagon to the outhouse a daily activity?
Yes we do! I camp as many nights in the cold as some in the summer :).
I use a Flojet Macerator and empty my tanks at home. Provincial Park dump stations are closed after Halloween or when a good freeze is expected. You can dump into the privy's but its a little bit of a pita.
