RV's too old to park in their campground???
I bought my motorhome with the intention of leaving CT, and spending quality time with my family who has relocated to the outskirts of Indianapolis this year. I was paying my rent here in CT yesterday...
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rjxj wrote:
I will do anything other than rv in the winter extremes again. We had to stay a little longer than planned in Denver during November 2014 in a 30 ft FW. There was a cold snap that took the temps down as low as 7 degrees. The furnace never stopped and burned 30 pounds of propane a day ($26.00 for 30#). I was also running an electric heater along with having boxed in the area under my holding tanks with 1/2" black celotex panels and ran another electric heater under there at night.
I see that you recently bought your RV and if I'm understanding your whole situation, is there some other way you could visit them? Could you stay in north Fl and fly up to see them? Yes, north Fl will see cold temps but it then warms up for the day. It's not the same as states that have a foot of frost in the ground and you are on an ice cube all the time. The desert in socal hits the 30's at night but it's 70 during the day.
It's 34 degrees right now in Denver and my furnace is set at 63 and keeps coming on every 6 min and runs for 6 min. The floor is cold and the dog is whining to get on my lap. We are leaving on Sunday and working our way west and south. You mentioned that you want to just get out there and experience it, well in the case of using an RV in the north in the winter I'm telling you right now it wont be fun. I'm a mechanic and I was a little nervous as to what might happen like the furnace conking out or burning a wire connection etc. I had solvent on hand and was ready to winterize and bail out quickly. I had bought an extra elec heater to have on hand.
We had gone to Denver to help our son with major home remodel issues that were more involved than expected and then I also ended up going to physical therapy. Never again. I will sell my house and every chainsaw, boat motor, weed eater, dirt bike, Carhart coat and pot and pan, but I will never do a northern winter in an RV again.
Edit: OMG, I just looked out the window and there is frost on everything.
You paint a grim picture, my friend. I guess my stay in IN will be shorter than expected. Maybe I can spend Thanksgiving with them and then get to warmer places. That will be a long enough visit.
Thank you to everyone who shared their personal stories. I'm learning so much from them. I will have plenty of my own down the road, but I'm still so new at this.
