Re: camping

[Tara Wheeler <harpy@io.com>]

Title: Re:  camping

> Carla Lawson robcarla@bellsouth.net
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> concern is how are we going to keep warm if the temp drops. We will be
> staying in our trailer. It has little insulation.  I told him we could run a electric heater until we had to turn the generator off.
> Well what about if it gets cold agian? I said we should have enough
> blankets and clothing that we won't have to worry...THIS COMES FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS TO SLEEP WITH THE HOUSE 60 DEGREES!!!
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> Running a generator after 8pm. . .  Yep.  Sudden death.
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> I have this problem in Central Texas, only it's with needing cool.  I charge the battery in my trailer and run a fan.
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> If it's really bad, I have a stealth generator (a cute little Honda)  that I run in the horse compartment (with all the vents open and all the hay and shaving cleaned out) that makes no more noise than a quiet air compressor, that will run a much bigger fan.
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> Actually being cold while camping out on a ride has never been a problem for me.  Wool army surplus blankets, a down-filled sleeping bag and as a last ditch effort, one of those thermal tin-foil blankets.  And we're talking in the back of a pickup truck, under a camper shell for my first five or so rides.  I also use a futon (both when I was back in the back of the truck and now in the LQ of my horse trailer) so there's a good eight inches of insulation right there.
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> You neither need nor want a heater in an enclosed space.  You get into carbon monoxide and smoldering fire issues.
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> Wear long woolen underwear and snuggle.
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> Just be sure to have your clothes close to hand for when you need to get up and pull them under the covers for a few minutes when the alarm goes off.
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> I put mine under the pillow for the next morning.