Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:52:36 -0400
Reply-To: Don Hundt <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
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From: Don Hundt <dhundt@BENDBROADBAND.COM>
Subject: Re: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
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Craig,
This cooler http://www.savvyboater.com/m-4-yeti-coolers.aspx is about the
best I've seen. I have several fly-fishing guide friends who use them. They
hold ice for many days, even in 110 heat. Expensive, but worth every penny.
The "Roadie" would probably fit between the front seats, and keep your
root-beer cold for days.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "craig cowan" <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: Nevada- A/C or No A/C?
> Isn't that what the Dometic fridge is for? : )
> I have my doubts that it would perform adequately in a desert for sure.
> So,
> any reccomendations on a "GOOD" cooler? I planned to stick a Igloo "Cube"
> behind the passangers seat, but i'm open to ideas of some miracle cooler
> that has hit the market and i don't know about.
>
> Furthermore, i understand the dry heat and dehydration thing. I'm glad to
> hear it's so heavily reinforced. A misting bottle is a clever suggestion.
>
> Thanks guys for the great input! Since i'll be in the Reno area, i'm told
> the elevation will help quite a bit and it shouldn't be "as much" of a
> concern. I plan to visit any list members that would like to meet up that
> happen to be located in that area. So if your in that area, let me know!
>
> Furthermore, I am now that much more confident that i probably won't die
> just by taking my vanagon rather than a ford contour with reasonable AC.
> My
> main concern is that i would have substantially less fun in the contour. I
> plan to drive I80 from Ohio to Nevada, sleeping in walmart parking lots
> along the way. If anyone lives particularly close to I80 in just about any
> of the states it passes through, I'd be welcome to pay you a visit. : )
>
>
> Thanks again!
> -Craig Cowan
> '85GL turned WESTY
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:32 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 3/22/2009 7:16 PM brions cars wrote:
>>
>> Craig,
>>>
>>> Summertime in the desert I travel with at least two quarts of water and
>>> drink from them regularly. The dry intense heat will dehydrate you in a
>>> short period of time. I also have a portable misting bottle. That will
>>> cool you down greatly. The other must have item to keep in your ride,
>>> is the best cooler you can afford for your cold and frozen purchases.
>>>
>>
>> Second those two. 1. Al "Pensioner" Knoll handed me a misting bottle when
>> he met me northbound in the central valley on my escape from California
>> last August. Saved my butt. Thx, Al. 2. A $4 styrofoam cooler, though
>> fragile, will keep a bag of ice and several bottles of water or soft
>> drink
>> nice and frosty.
>>
>> If it's getting over 100F, both highly recommended.
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> Bend, OR
>> KG6RCR
>>
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