Date:         Tue, 24 Dec 2002 12:03:32 -0700
Reply-To:     Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      To each his/her own
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Or, re: full/half camper, lights, etc.
Or, "Keep the Lights Down Low".
I just returned from another week of stealth camping in and around the beaches and
parks of San Diego. I have a full camper '90 Westy that just turned over 150K miles.
Since I am not always on level ground (physically, geographically or mentally), I
don't use the fridge, instead use a large, old Coleman cooler that has a separate ice
tub that holds 20LB of ice. Yes, it takes up a lot of room, but so does my 75LB black
Lab, who has learned to curl up in one of two spots, and growl, but not bark, at
things that go bump in the night. I never pop the top, but the extra headroom,even
when it's down, helps, because I eat breakfast, lunch and sometimes dinner, fully
inside. Who knows what goes on behind closed doors and curtains? Only the Shadow
knows! Oh yes, that's the dog's name.

This time I found a new use for an Everready LED light which cost less than $9.00. It
has two LED's, but can be used on only one so the batteries last 200 hours. Lay it in
the tray above the sink/stove, and it casts a cool, blue, indirect lighting off of the
ceiling. Enough to eat by and avoid stepping on the dog, but invisible from outside.

For meals out, I found a restaurant in La Jolla where I can get a huge plate of lamb
stew, rice, French bread, butter and coffee for less than $9.00. Salmon stuffed with
spinach and cheese, about $1 more.
No menu, point and choose, European style.

Let the bombing, er....uh, celebrating begin.
And keep on trucking in, a, well, next year.
Jerry