I have camped in Billy Bones at 0 degrees F and used a small 1500 watt heater. With the top down, it stayed at about 50 degrees in the center of the bus. Near the rear hatch it was 32. Sometimes at the Ice Climbing Festival in Ouray, CO, in January, I do "open bivy" camping, which means I put my sleeping bag in a bivy sack and sleep out in the snow with no tent, even though a perfectly good Westy is parked nearby. I know it's crazy, but so is climbing 110 foot frozen waterfalls. But when you get a lot of people doing it, it is mass craziness, which is fun, I think. Speaking of winter weather, here in Colorado it's snowing. We just measured 5 inches on the picnic table out back. Seems like a good night to get in the hot tub! Warren L. 88 Westy "Billy Bones" |
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