JRtraveler8
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Remember when you use the furnace, you will drain your propane tank.
Think about using the generator and ceramic heaters to take the chill off. We left yellowstone last year around the middle of July and when disconnecting our water, cable, and electric it was 38 degrees.
Have a great trip.
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pkunk
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JRtraveler8 wrote:Remember when you use the furnace, you will drain your propane tank.
Think about using the generator and ceramic heaters to take the chill off. We left yellowstone last year around the middle of July and when disconnecting our water, cable, and electric it was 38 degrees.
Have a great trip.
Wouldn't it depend on the size of the tank? Most A's & C's have a built in tank of roughly 20 gals. I can go 2-3 weeks in cold temps without running out and we have birds to keep warm so heat is always at 60° or better.
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imon32red
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I agree with the other posters. We love Yellowstone and our favorite time to visit is May and September. Usually the weather is pleasant during the day and cold at night. The crowds during the summer can be unbearable so traveling in September is ideal. Plus there is something special when the seasons are changing. All the birds and animals in the park will be on the move at this time and you will see things that you wouldn't see during the summer.
I would use your furnace as the other posters have stated. I wouldn't worry about your hoses freezing. If it gets cold enough for that to happen it will be pretty miserable there. I also would suggest warming the motorhome up at night, and then turning the heat down while you sleep. At least do this the first night so that you can monitor the battery drain. I would be more concerned about battery drain in a motorhome that you are unfamiliar with, than the hoses freezing.
One of our favorite places to camp is the High Uintas in north eastern Utah. Last August, the hottest month of the year, it got below freezing every night we were there.
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imon32red
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JRtraveler8 wrote:Remember when you use the furnace, you will drain your propane tank.
Think about using the generator and ceramic heaters to take the chill off. We left yellowstone last year around the middle of July and when disconnecting our water, cable, and electric it was 38 degrees.
Have a great trip.
I don't think that you will have any problems staying warm for 3 days in Yellowstone. Your tank should be plenty big enough for that. Last summer we went on several trips. We didn't use the furnace every night but we did cross the Continental divide and used it a couple nights there. One of our trips was 10 days long. Not to mention we cooked every meal in the oven or on the stovetop, and the hot water heater and fridge us LP too. Anyways, we only used about half of the tank after all of that.
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+1 on the sweatsuits for sleeping in, but add 'hooded' to the shirt... pulling the hood up over the head will let you sleep even warmer if it's cold. I've got a cheap K-Mart zip-up hoodie that's got a waffle-weave inner liner like thermal long johns. The most likely freeze-up may be the shower drain's J-trap... it's probably under the floor, and outside the heated area. Since it has a lot of surface and not much volume, it might freeze before any tanks. Consider dumping some RV antifreeze (pink, non-toxic) into it at night, or some salt. Most likely there's no danger of freezing damage, but ice is pecular.
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We've done visits dry camping in mid June, which is roughly the same as mid September, temp averages wise. We've also done high altitude camping, say almost 10,000ft, where it's very cold in June (probably 25F at night).
Through all that, just sleeping bags at night, we don't run the furnace at night. If needed, we turn it on in the morning (first one up braves the cold air long enough to turn on the furnace) and take the chill off. No one was freezing at night either, and our sleeping bags are rated to just 30F, nothing extreme.
Running the furnace at night will potentially use up the house battery power running the furnace fan.
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Oldtymeflyr
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Some cheap sleeping bags will do the trick with pajamas and a stocking cap.
We do not run the furnace unless we absolutely have too, which is seldom. Yes, it will get into the 40's in the rig and it will be chilly, good, that's the way its supposed to be.
Start up the stove in the morning for some coffee/tea and hot chocolate and in a few minutes everyone will be ready for the day.
Have a good time.
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mini99
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Thank you all for your comments and time for responses. It is so nice to hear we should be fine and your suggestions are great. So excited now. Only 60ish days to go! Whoo hooooooo! :-)
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Fortkentdad
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Well be heading home via Yellowstone in the middle of September at the end of a 30 day tour through the States. We'll be in the deep south, Mississippi & New Orleans at the end of August - cool nights will be a welcome change from what my southern family tell me to expect there the last week of August. I've been planning on staying at a campsite just outside Yellowstone and unhooking the trailer to do the circle drive in one day, so we'll have one day of pulling the trailer through Yellowstone (Dubois Wy to West Yellowstone) Its 280 km (160mi?) so lots of time to sight see on the ride in. Looking to stay at a place called "Campfire Lodge Resort". Next day we drive back into Yellowstone and do the circle route or parts of it anyway. Then we move on to Lewis & Clark to see the caverns the next day - then we head home to Alberta.
Nothing is booked - so change is possible. Any advice to offer, we'll be camping in a 34 foot travel trailer with our adult daughter joining us.
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Fortkentdad wrote:Well be heading home via Yellowstone in the middle of September at the end of a 30 day tour through the States. We'll be in the deep south, Mississippi & New Orleans at the end of August - cool nights will be a welcome change from what my southern family tell me to expect there the last week of August. I've been planning on staying at a campsite just outside Yellowstone and unhooking the trailer to do the circle drive in one day, so we'll have one day of pulling the trailer through Yellowstone (Dubois Wy to West Yellowstone) Its 280 km (160mi?) so lots of time to sight see on the ride in. Looking to stay at a place called "Campfire Lodge Resort". Next day we drive back into Yellowstone and do the circle route or parts of it anyway. Then we move on to Lewis & Clark to see the caverns the next day - then we head home to Alberta.
Nothing is booked - so change is possible. Any advice to offer, we'll be camping in a 34 foot travel trailer with our adult daughter joining us.
Heat and humidity in the South are a bad combination. The cool nights in Yellowstone will be welcome.
Since you only have one day in Yellowstone, I would pick a couple of sights to see and then take your time. Traffic will be at its peak also which means fewer parking stalls and slower driving through the park. Why not pick a couple of things to see and then everything that you see after that will be a bonus. I always find that I don't enjoy the places that I go if I am in a hurry.
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