Date:         Sun, 4 Dec 2011 21:47:37 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: Oil recommendations simplified--morphed to camping/Big Bend
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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Richard,

You haven't camped in Alabama in July / August where the temperature is past
95F at night and the humidity is so high that without AC find yourself
laying in bed with the sheets off sweating.

Down here in July or August, if you don't have a generator or outside power
for your AC you are one tough SOB or nuts ( for those down here reading this
- classify yourself, please).

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
www.stir-plate.com
www.towercooler.com
www.kegkits.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Richard A Jones
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2011 8:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Oil recommendations simplified--morphed to camping/Big Bend

> In Big Bend National Park that has meant a few times that I've had to
> stay in the RVs allowed campgrounds rather than the better ones.  Ah,
> for the days when there were not so many of us, and we could just
> drive down to our favorite spot on a whim, and find it available.  Or,
> going to Big Bend National Park, drive all day, then sleep in the
> parking lot at Panther Junction after pulling in at 11:00 p.m.  Next
> day, pick up the back country permit.
> Nowadays, no overnighting allowed in the parking lot.

Little known secret.  Well, now out on the web....
Near Rio Grande Village on the River Road are the Gravel Pit
campspots--4 of them--primitive.  You can get there no problem in a 2wd.
Probably nobody else there.  You do need a backcountry permit.  $10.  Or you
should have a permit.  Rio Grande Village rangers have recommended it when
the campground is full, as an overflow.  Don't tell.

> Of course, I don't usually want to go into the most popular
> campgrounds, those with full hook-ups, allow generators, and so on.

My rule:  if there are generators, it's not camping.

Richard
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