You went to a town called Hot Water and you were expecting a pleasant stay?
Only kidding. Yeah, I couldn't imagine anything over 100 degrees. I don't mind 105 degrees when I'm outside, but inside I like it to be a good bit cooler. If I'm sweating inside, it's too hot. I love the great outdoors, but when I step indoors, I like the comforts that go with being inside.
-Michael
Michael Girardo :: michael@ecxc.com
2009 Jayco Greyhawk 31FS Class C Motorhome
2006 Rockwood Roo 233 Hybrid Travel Trailer Four Green Feet
We live in Bakersfield and ususally go to a county park near a lake. Temps can reach well above a 100 and this is what we do. First pick a sight that provides some shade, 2nd we have purchased several sun shades and stick them in the window in the early am, 3rd we bring an Easy up and place near the small slide to block the sun from the kids bunks, 4th awning is out at all times 5th grab my lawn chair put it in about 2 feet in the lake and sit myself down. That usually keeps us cool. Now we are used to he heat and can tolerate the trailer into the 80's without feeling hot.
Almost forgot, we close the bedroom vents and use the dumping feature on the A/C. We have a 34' 5th wheel with the 15K A/C.
After living in the humid south we love Tucson! There are mountains about an hour away where the temperatures are more favorable or we go where there is water. The air conditioner keeps us cool in the afternoons. I am now a "morning person". I get outside and enjoy the day while it is still in the 70s; in the afternoon I work inside. After the sun goes down, it starts cooling down. We are definitely acclimated. We used to live in Michigan but now we don't think we could ever move back there because of the freezing weather.
I thought we were prepared. 5 day campout over 4th of July, at Lake Havasu. My 22' LazyDaze MH. I bought 2 sets of those patio misters and mounted them to the awning.
Lots of water, sodas, beer, margeritas to keep us hydrated. 2 boats for partying.
Well then it happened.....115*F in the shade daytime, 100*F at 4am.
I about died, literally got heat stroke. Took me 3 weeks to stop feeling weak and sickly. We sat in the lake up to our chins as often as possible. Thank God the AC worked in the MH.
Those misters were the only reason we could sit in the shade under the awning at night.
Some of the people that were camping with us in tents had to go rent rooms at hotel to survive.
NEVER EVER again. Lake Havasu is an Oct-April place.
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We go to the lower Colorado River near Blythe all summer long to camp & jet ski. For us, anything under 100 degrees is TOO COOL for River camping! See, when at the river, I WANT to be wet; swimming, jet skiing, boating...if it's not triple digits, it's not as fun/comfortable to be in the water all day. AFAIC, 105-110 is perfect. Hotter than that really doesn't make much of a difference; 115 doesn't feel any different than 110.
We use misters on the RV awning, run the A/C 24/7, set up an EZ-up at the edge of (or even slightly in) the water. And we drink plenty of beverages and play in the water!
Several years ago, we were there when it actually hit 127 degrees! THAT was hot, but we just moved the EZ-up fully into the water and stayed wet the whole time!
We don't stop playing because we grow old...We grow old because we stop playing!
Desert dwellers get used to the climate after a while.
A RV is a very poor choice for desert "camping" because it is a hotbox in the sun. Actual camping would be more feasible, you put up a big fly to create a spot of shade with air flowing through, and do your camping in the shade.
It still doesn't work if not acclimatized. You have to be used to 100-115 F air temperatures, and then you have to find shade.
4x4van wrote: We go to the lower Colorado River near Blythe all summer long to camp & jet ski. For us, anything under 100 degrees is TOO COOL for River camping! See, when at the river, I WANT to be wet; swimming, jet skiing, boating...if it's not triple digits, it's not as fun/comfortable to be in the water all day. AFAIC, 105-110 is perfect. Hotter than that really doesn't make much of a difference; 115 doesn't feel any different than 110.
We use misters on the RV awning, run the A/C 24/7, set up an EZ-up at the edge of (or even slightly in) the water. And we drink plenty of beverages and play in the water!
Several years ago, we were there when it actually hit 127 degrees! THAT was hot, but we just moved the EZ-up fully into the water and stayed wet the whole time!
That actually does sound like fun.., if you can stay in the water the whole time. The TT wouldn't fair well though unless I got a "tent" for it to perhaps get it out of the sun some how. I just may look into something like that for those "uh-oh" camping trips.
Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know much, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.
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