Dry Camping Tips please

Hi Larry:

What's the portable sewer (tote) to which you refer?  Is it a Port-a-potty like we used to lug along on whitewater raft trips? 

Don't forget, most tow vehicles will charge the battery. In a pinch you can run the TV for a while to partially recharge the battery. Not the most efficient method, but it works and a lot cheaper and lighter to haul than a generator.

If you're like me, a single 50-something with no kids who goes camping to get away from the city, the people and the noise, then it's all about dry camping.  Where there are electrical hookups, you will have the "livingrooms on wheels" and the kids, their bikes, and everything else that can possible make noise.  I search out the unimproved areas with no power, haul my own water, and stay as far off the grid as I possibly can.  However, I do carry a weather radio and a 12-volt TV so I can stay up on the weather forecast (which got me out of the way of an ice storm a year and a half ago).  Instead of the AC, I have a 12-volt fan, and I use a large cooler and ice for my perishable food.  If it's chilly, the propane heater works great, and I conserve fuel by cooking over coals when possible.  I adopt my tent camping experience to the RV, which seems luxurious by comparison, so it's also a matter of what kind of mindset you have.