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anyone that knows me, knows I say I’m too damn tropical for bull shit weather any time it gets below 60*
:laughing: Snow Sasquatch sighting


 
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in southern cal…weather is nice, couldn’t tolerate much of anything else. So I’d be more of an Arizona guy…not much I don’t like there. Regardless…anyone that knows me, knows I say I’m too damn tropical for bull shit weather any time it gets below 60*. And heat heat and more heat is my gameplan as soon as I can.
my brother from another mother.
They say fat boys dont like heat - this one much much prefers heat.
 
Ill take 10 degrees over 100 degrees any day of the week.
 
I don’t like to be hot. But after being in southern UT and feeling 104° heat that IMO was not very humid at all, I didn’t mind it at all. I don’t like our kinda heat where I’m just sticky and leaking the whole time.

We do not plan to be in cold weather next year, we will try to winter somewhere on the gulf coast or southern AZ, NV, TX area.
 
Been full time in the camper almost 2 years.
Heated water hose, reflective bubble style insulation round the hook up area and if gets below 20* i use a very small ceramic heater in that area.
I use over over head ac/heater for the rear room on its own service, and 2 forced air ceramic heaters in the bedroom and living room. Only thing I do different is close my drain valves when super cold.

Next summer I plan on doing a dual head mini split. Have a couple of buddies that have done it and its been money well spent. I am running on the same 2 tanks for a year this way.
 
my brother from another mother.
They say fat boys dont like heat - this one much much prefers heat.
Ill take 10 degrees over 100 degrees any day of the week.
I'm not a fan of real cold or real heat but my thinking is when its cold you can add more clothes. When its real hot you can only get so naked.
 
I'm not a fan of real cold or real heat but my thinking is when its cold you can add more clothes. When its real hot you can only get so naked.
No joke, I remember having this logical argument with a teacher in middle school who keep the classroom too hot. She couldn't refute the logic, but still kept the temp too high. :laughing:
 
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in southern cal…weather is nice, couldn’t tolerate much of anything else. So I’d be more of an Arizona guy…not much I don’t like there. Regardless…anyone that knows me, knows I say I’m too damn tropical for bull shit weather any time it gets below 60*. And heat heat and more heat is my gameplan as soon as I can.
X2 on AZ. I’ve spent a fair amount of time there. I could live there if forced to move out west.
 
I'm not a fan of real cold or real heat but my thinking is when its cold you can add more clothes. When its real hot you can only get so naked.
My thoughts exactly. I can always wear another layer or grab some hot hands. But there's o ly so much I can take off in public before the cops show up!
 
No joke, I remember having this logical argument with a teacher in middle school who keep the classroom too hot. She couldn't refute the logic, but still kept the temp too high. :laughing:

Rock solid logic, and something I used to say. I used to be a 'cold guy'...shorts year round, but since turning 30, I'd rather sweat my balls off all day, rather than shiver for a couple minutes.
 
I’ve spent a considerable amount of time in southern cal…weather is nice, couldn’t tolerate much of anything else. So I’d be more of an Arizona guy…not much I don’t like there. Regardless…anyone that knows me, knows I say I’m too damn tropical for bull shit weather any time it gets below 60*. And heat heat and more heat is my gameplan as soon as I can.
Not what I expected from someone built like a polar bear. The shop has not hit 55 all week except today. I had to take a layer off.
 
No joke, I remember having this logical argument with a teacher in middle school who keep the classroom too hot. She couldn't refute the logic, but still kept the temp too high. :laughing:
Logically I get it.
I’m just saying - I can be miserably hot and still function albeit a tad slowly.

But man when it gets bone cold - I just shut down. Can’t get warm. And in theory you scan add more clothes but in practice I don’t have the right clothes I guess .
 
Logically I get it.
I’m just saying - I can be miserably hot and still function albeit a tad slowly.

But man when it gets bone cold - I just shut down. Can’t get warm. And in theory you scan add more clothes but in practice I don’t have the right clothes I guess .
Man folks are so different. I recon real cold is real bad. But like when it hits the nineties and we have the standard humidity I do what you do cold. SLOW isn't a standard. I work maybe some slower but at the end of the day I'm exhausted. Some days the next can be a complete wash as in zero chance of productive labor. Cold, I sleep better regardless but never have I ever woke up the next day like I went to battle and lost. Heat stroke makes some people a lot less tolerable for heat, I believe I am a prime example.
 
Man folks are so different. I recon real cold is real bad. But like when it hits the nineties and we have the standard humidity I do what you do cold. SLOW isn't a standard. I work maybe some slower but at the end of the day I'm exhausted. Some days the next can be a complete wash as in zero chance of productive labor. Cold, I sleep better regardless but never have I ever woke up the next day like I went to battle and lost. Heat stroke makes some people a lot less tolerable for heat, I believe I am a prime example.
Isn't your whole profession centered around literally making things really hot?
 
Isn't your whole profession centered around literally making things really hot?
that irony doesn't fall short.....the question of my choosing this path and sanity has crossed between my ears many times.
 
I definitely couldn't be in Arizona very long. I was out there this time last year for work and I'd wake up in my hotel room during the middle of the night about to die for some water. It's tooooo damn dry.

I also have a very narrow operating temperature. After a few heat related episodes, I can't take the heat like I used to. Whores in church sweat like me, not the other way around. Too cold? Nah. Can't function in that either. 60-85 is my window of usefulness.
 
Here's the video of our winter prep. I changed several settings on my phone and my upload settings trying to get the video to not be blurry. Doesn't seem I was able to accomplish that. My wife wasn't wearing a mic and we realized after the fact that she could barely be heard. I also had a few bad transitions, but hey I'm learning.



Here goes nothing. This will be the coldest I've seen in a long time, maybe ever.

Also, I watched this back and really struggle with if I want to put this much of my life out there or not. I don't know I guess I just feel a little weird about it.
 
Currently 50° under my camper. So glad we took the time to skirt it. All the camper groups we are in on FB are blowing up with people in similar temps (some far more extreme) are froze up, with split tanks, and hoses.
Hardly anyone else seemed to have made preparations, a few camper with giant ice forms under them from bursted pipes this morning.
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I noticed several in the video around you. I was wondering about those builds and the season ratings. I bet a few thought you was being a little over zealous. Did you get any local comments or feedback as you was prepping? My wife is a people watcher. If she was beside ya'll I would have gotten a play by play and a gazzilion questions. At that very moment it would be two decisions......Yes dear them folks is a little off, or yes dear I am heading for the store. LOL.

Glad yall warm.
 
I noticed several in the video around you. I was wondering about those builds and the season ratings. I bet a few thought you was being a little over zealous. Did you get any local comments or feedback as you was prepping? My wife is a people watcher. If she was beside ya'll I would have gotten a play by play and a gazzilion questions. At that very moment it would be two decisions......Yes dear them folks is a little off, or yes dear I am heading for the store. LOL.

Glad yall warm.

They seemed to think we were overreacting but it worked well for us. The people directly beside is must have stayed somewhere else. Haven’t seen them since yesterday morning.
I can't believe people would leave water in tanks in this weather. If I knew it was gonna be this cold I would have drained everything. Don't most campgrounds have public bathhouses?

There is but it actually froze up and is unavailable.
 
Just watched both. I think you are doing fine Philip. Kudos to you and the wife and kids. Merry Christmas!
 
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