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Posted By: SilverPompadour on 02/14/17 11:28am

I've got a little better service today so I'll give it another shot.
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Arches NP

Red Rocks Canyon NCA

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Six Mile Cove on Lake Mohave

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70F and sunny. Good wind, clear water, primitive facilities, dumpster, mountain bike trails and occasionally cell service.

This place is a madhouse in the summer but a winter paradise for boondockers. Keep it hush hush.

BTW averaged 16.5mpg coming west at 70mph.

On the list for next season: more solar and a high efficiency 12v fridge.

1968 Avion C-11
1993 Dodge D250 LE Cummins

Posted By: D1trout on 02/14/17 02:31pm

Silver, now I'm really jonesing to get out into the desert!

Posted By: SilverPompadour on 02/14/17 04:31pm

I haven't seen any hummingbirds here but google says it's only 9hrs from San Francisco. I've even had the beach to myself for the last day or so.

Posted By: garryk6 on 02/14/17 06:52pm

We really love our Engle 12v fridge/freezer. Only downside is that it is either a fridge or a freezer not both at the same time. And it is a chest style so it would not fit the same as a traditional wall mount. Hope this helps! It doesn't draw much at all. We have been running a single 12V battery for the past 5 years and only since adding the furnace have I worried about not having enough juice for the long haul.

Garry in Kodiak

Garry K
Wife + 4 kids
Retired Military Family.... Alway's on the move....
2002 F350 CCSB 5.4 6spd 4x4 in AK
1966 Avion C-10 Truck Camper

Posted By: cajunavion on 02/15/17 10:16am

Howdy!
Thank you Silver. I really needed that!
(I am feeling much better now)

Posted By: 67avion on 02/15/17 02:44pm

Silver, on the fridge. I may have mentioned that I have a 2.4 CF Nova Kool that fits perfectly into the cabinet. It saved my marriage (just kidding). But, honestly, its an incredible fridge. We have around 200 watts on the roof and two AGM 31 batteries. We can stay out several days, at least. Everything stays nice and cool.

Posted By: 1968 C11 on 02/16/17 12:28am

@Silver
you are Looking for a Fridge
Means you have no Fridge in there?
Or you want to replace yours?
I am looking for one.
The Dometic absorber series, you can not change the doorshinges.
You have to buy a right or a left one.
How does your door open?
On the c11 the friege is behind the backrest of the u shaped bench opesite of the bathroomdorr.
I am thinking, if i open it towardss the backrest, i can not walk arround, its harder to grab something when you are in the kitchen.
when i would open it towards the entrance door, you can´t grab a beer when you are outside.
so c11 owners.
how does your fridge open?
any pix

Chevy Pickup since ´95 (c10, R33, K3500)
Fleetwood Elkhorn, Sportcam, Palomino 1000 sl
Now a Avion 1968 c11 Needs to be restored

Posted By: SilverPompadour on 02/26/17 11:07am

The original ammonia fridge was one of the first items I got rid of. I have been using a small cooler (ice chest) since. Ice and cold food are the only things keeping me from going the full BLM 14day limit without resupply. The Engel, Nova Kool and Whynter are the current front runners for me.
300w of solar would be ideal but I'm reluctant to permanently mount anything on the roof due to snow and ice.

Posted By: cajunavion on 02/28/17 08:48am

Howdy!
Bon Mardi Gras!
Laissez les bon temps rouler!

Posted By: 67avion on 03/11/17 08:33pm

I'm sitting at a campsite at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in the bottom of Arizona and next to California. I have in my hand a Canebrake Beer from Cajun Country. We're having crawfish ettouffe tonight and it's 89 degrees in the shade.

As usual we had our challenges. The hot water heater sprang a leak. The passenger side tie down failed, tearing out of rotted wood and leaving a Torklift Fastgun on the side of the road somewhere.

But I genuinely feel blessed. Wherever we go there are smiles from the RV folk. They like the fact that a 50 year old camper is on the road. And we enjoy the comfort of our Avion.

Life is good.

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