Snowbirding with a popup

When we had our pop-up, we did many winter camps (in the Northern States, Indiana and Illinois) and had a fantastic time. Our pop-up did have a furnace, no bathroom. So we had to cart in our own water anyway, and used pit toilets anyway too. We had some great times. Funny, I know it was cold, but I don't remember the cold. The inside of the pup was always nice and warm and comfy. Kids were about 9 - 10 years old then, somehow they always kept themselves busy.

I discovered the advantage of electric blankets .... AFTER we sold our pop-up and went to a regular TT. DUH! If only we would have though of that when we had the pup! Life would have been REALLY sweet as we always had electricity.

Southern Arizona No problem even in Tonto National forest or Lost Dutchman State park. Fiesta Grande in Casa Grande, Az and Pichacho RV park as well as other private RV parks will welcome you
IN Texas along the gulf you will have Galveston Island State park right on the gulf as well as many opportunities to dry camp right on the beaches for a night or 2.
Quartzite in January would be good for a night or 2. You basically pull out into the desert and set up camp. It is quite a show.
I did it in a tent for 2 months

We did a Late May trip to Lancaster, PA (Sight & Sound Theater) in our pup with no heater. Unseasonal cold weather was 50ish during the day, low 30's when the sun went down. It was to cold to sit around the fire...but a small heater (extension run below canvas out to the pole) kept us snug inside. We spent a lot of time watching netflix on a laptop that week.

There is a show on t.v. called "life Below Zero". One guy "camps" 65 miles below the artic circle in a framed canvas tent with a small wood burner. Many of the people on that show frequently camp out in tents with a small heater in sub-zero temps.

Point being....once the space warms up, it is just a matter of expending fuel to keep it warm. Propane gets expensive, but if electric is available a small heater can keep you comfortable at 70 degrees. It will run the entire time, but you paid for the electric site...right.

One winter we went to Kohler, Wisconsin for a few days, and stayed in a hotel, but for fun we thought we'd take a drive through the state park there (Kohler-Andrae), where we liked to camp in the warmer months. We were amazed to find a young couple camping there in a popup - in February - for their honeymoon or anniversary (I forget which). (They had a sign on their campsite referring to the romantic event.) More power to 'em! :)

Go far enough south and you may need AC more than heat. We spent Jan Feb and March in South Florida and ran the AC most days don't recall using the heat pump at all.

We used the furnace and electric mattresses, and stayed warm down into the teens in north Georgia.

The floor does stay really cold.

We used to love to winter camp in our pop-up in Georgia. We would use an electric heater and heated mattress pad at night. We would also put-up an easy-up shelter outside for eating and relaxing, and game night.

We dry camp in the Colorado Rockies in our pop-up starting in May. At night, the temps get down in the low 30's. We don't run heat at night and we don't run the generator for the electric mattresses.

The few times I have used the heat at night when the temps go into the 20's, the furnace almost never shuts off. I run the heat just to keep the water pipes from freezing at night. The heat just won't stay in the camper.

We use good sleeping bags and I crank the heat on in the morning to make it easier to get out of bed in the cold.

The daytime temps in May are in the 50's and 60's. It is worth putting up with a few hours of cold at night for the perfect daytime temps.


Larry