Roses are red, violets are blue, why not click a pic or two? Boondocking sunrise
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Judith
2/12/2021 08:08:56 pm
Hm. So it comes down to no AC on a van and lack of space. The former can be taken care of, but the latter....um, not so much. I look forward to tuning in tomorrow.
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Tom
2/12/2021 10:37:59 pm
Yeah that's about it. I probably wouldn't put an AC on a van, I would just adjust my life so there was less chance of me needing one. That's the reason we full-timers live in a home with wheels, radically adjusting our life takes only as long as hitching up and leaving. Which is what Barney had to do, hitch up and leave.
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Judith
2/13/2021 08:08:31 pm
Ha. Yes. I will be looking forward to some sunny pictures. My husband was from the Panhandle. I kind of liked it up there, but went only in the spring, summer, fall. He had grown up in Wyoming,so it didn't seem a big deal to him to have winter in the Panhandle. But sure seemed like it to me. cold and wind. The both.
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Tom
2/13/2021 09:32:21 pm
Ask and ye shall receive. There will be sunny warm pictures tomorrow, hot off the presses, I just took them today.
TX Sasquatch
2/13/2021 07:02:56 am
My upcoming van conversion project is a '98 E350 long chassis former church van. I kinda like the passenger van style because it has rear AC, but I had to cover all the windows in perforated stick on vinyl film on the exterior glass.
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Tom
2/13/2021 09:33:13 am
You call yourself a procrastinator? I'm the king of procrastination. I put off being born till I was 13. And I'll put off dying when the time comes. I'll gladly have a procrastination contest with you anyplace, anytime, as soon as I get around to it.
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OFM
2/13/2021 10:47:24 am
Yep it was the heavy clouds for three days straight that ran me out of a boondocking spot. I am not sure what I will do about that . That is the first time in 12 years of boondocking for a couple of weeks or more each year that my batteries did not get a full charge during the day. Those stupid heavy clouds are still covering the area today. From the weather report it looks like I will get to roll back south the 40 miles to the county park on 2-19 and have some sun for a change.
Tom
2/13/2021 12:40:23 pm
I feel your pain Barney, and the solution is fairly straightforward, it just involves coughing up a few meager dollars that won't even be noticed by a man of your means.
Linda
2/14/2021 03:09:49 pm
On my extended length van I had an A/C plus 400 watts of solar. Had to skip the awning, though, to fit all the panels. I had a north/south bed 30" wide which was enough for even this fat old lady. That let me have the galley across from the bed where I could sit down if I needed to do so although me being short and my van being a high top that wasn't a problem as much as my bad back was.
Tom
2/14/2021 03:59:30 pm
If I put an AC on a van, and as little as I use one that would require a lot of thought on my part, I would probably break down and buy a generator just so I could use the AC in an emergency.
Linda
2/14/2021 03:11:48 pm
As to driving a billboard, some vans have an option of a suspension system designed to carry high loads. That helped a LOT! I had no problems at all once I bought THAT van.
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Tom
2/14/2021 04:01:19 pm
I always wondered how people deal with that. These new vans you can stand up in really do give the wind something to hang on to, it's good to know there's a solution.
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Linda
2/14/2021 03:15:02 pm
I also had a counter top installed along a side wall to be a desk/table where I placed a truly comfortable office chair. It also faced a window where I could pretend I was outside when computing. :)
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Tom
2/14/2021 04:02:26 pm
That sounds like a good idea. My problem is any flat surface like a table ends up being a catchall which becomes too cluttered to sit at and do anything.
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Linda
2/15/2021 01:19:47 pm
Clutter gathers less in your daily driver. :)
Tom
2/15/2021 03:37:25 pm
And that's very true, my truck is usually a lot neater than the Arctic Fox, except right now when my backseat has a 5 gallon water jug, and 8 or 10 empty one gallon water jugs. When I'm in Quartzsite I live like a lot of the other Desert Rats do with a truck full of water jugs. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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