Cold Weather RV Life

Bundle up. Summer is over!

In mid-September, we stopped travel and headed to our home base and stayed at my sons house for about three weeks. It was hot. The temperature would not break out of the 90s.

We caught up on minor fix-it projects and ordered a few bits and bops. I had a chance to catch up with my kids and spent time with my grand-pups. Happy momma 💓

Around the second week, I started getting homesick for road travel. Can you get homesick for road trips? That’s my term. We both realized we love being on the road. We were missing our beds. Our routine was out of sorts. We felt a little lost and out of place. We were sleeping in our old house bed, and we both woke up every morning with back and shoulder pain. I don’t know what happened to me. One morning, I woke up with a pain in my right side. It was so painful I could barely move. I panicked and thought about my appendix. Is it happening again? I never did go to the doctor. I rested. During the day, it was manageable; at night, it was painful. After a week, it went away. I associated it with not sleeping comfortably and too much sodium. Tacos and nachos on the same day. They were so good. My daughter thought maybe it was kidney stones. The pain is gone and hasn’t come back.

I had planned to stay in the area until January. Birthdays and Holidays are all clumped together. I booked us into Boulder Beach Campground at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. I was surprised that I liked the campground.

We were there for about eighteen days, with no hook-ups; it’s dry camping. And it was still hot. We were two weeks into October, and the temperature would not break. We were able to run the generator for the air conditioner during the peak heat times. Then, a new issue: our batteries would not hold a charge. We sat in the dark at night. It was annoying. We have a decent solar system and have not had any issues before. We hadn’t driven the motorhome for over a month, and the batteries didn’t have their proper charge and stabilization thingy they do. Hubby tried explaining the process. All I took from that was the batteries were missing road travel, too. 🙂 All the campgrounds in the Mount Charleston area were closed due to the “hurricane” that came through Los Angeles in August. The heavy downpour of rain washed out roads, and every campground was closed.

It was time to head to cooler weather. Northern Arizona has 70s in the day and 40s at night. It looked like a good idea. At that time…

Cooler? Yes. It is cooler—more like freezing and windy. The temperatures have changed and are down into the 30s at night. The daytime temperature is excellent, except for the wind. Nighttime, It’s too cold. We have a small space heater that we use when we are connected to power. It doesn’t warm up the rig enough. I thought I’d run the motorhome gas heater. Except when I turned it on, nothing happened. Bummer. Not working. The issue to be dealt with at another time.

We are heading south today. Not sure where. Somewhere in the 80s during the day and 50s at night. In my younger days, I hated being cold. Now, in my senior age years, I can’t take the heat. I prefer it to be cooler. But this is too cold. I have also discovered I don’t like air conditioning. Yeah, it’s never a happy temperature.

It was a long travel day of less than a two-hour drive with several stops. We have landed in the southern region. The wind is blowing about 35 miles an hour with 45-mile-an-hour gusts. That made for a prolonged drive. The motorhome was rocking. We had Wyoming flashbacks. We took it slow with the hazard lights flashing. We arrived safe and sound. There is a wind advisory tonight and tomorrow, with temperatures in the 80s. I’ll take the wind with warmer temps.

I know some RV’ers are not bothered by winter camping. Not this gal. What are your thoughts about cold weather camping? Are you yay or nay? Let me know in the comments.

Have a great week. Stay warm or travel to warm temps and sunny skies. 🌞