We decided to dry camp at Alumafandango, so we never connected to electric or water (there was no sewer) while we were there – Tuesday through Sunday.
Our AM Solar power system kept up with our electric needs 100% – we had 100% battery charge when we left. We ran computers, espresso machine, microwave, Traeger pellet grill, hair dryer, flat iron, lights, TVs, music system, and charged hexacopter batteries. The lowest our batteries ever got during the week was 88%.
Our AM Solar system ROCKS!
Our fresh water was at 1/4 capacity when we left. We took four showers, washed dishes, brushed our teeth, etc.
Our grey water was at 1/2 capacity when we left (still in the "green").
Our black water was at 5/8 capacity when we left. We used less than a half-bottle of propane (7.5 gal bottles). The propane ran our refirgerator, stove, oven, and hot water heater.
As usual, fresh water was the most precious resource.
(Posted by Kevin)
Kevin, did you both shower in the Airstream while there? Did you use the campground toilets? I’m impressed how well you did boondocking. It’s something we have yet to learn.
Kevin, did you both shower in the Airstream while there? Did you use the campground toilets? I’m impressed how well you did boondocking. It’s something we have yet to learn.
@Frank,
Yes, we used the showers and toilets in the Airstream exclusively. We have gotten very good at water conservation. We can both take showers and we drop the fresh water by about 1/8 total. We can wash dishes with very little water. We use an Oxygenics shower head that feels like more water while using less.
We did a post on resource conservation a few weeks ago:
http://www.riveted-blog.com/2012/06/resource-conservation.html
Kevin
I’m glad you are practicing boondocking. I run into so many people who are afraid to try it, and as a result stay only in full hookup sites with pull-throughs. You miss out on a lot of great camping if you can’t conserve. Plus, going where the hookups aren’t available means less crowds, more privacy, more peace. Now take those new skills to Big Bend National Park or some other spot like that and have an awesome time!
Rich: We practice boondocking a LOT, actually. More than once we’ve camped on the shore of some remote, beautiful lake with nothing but what we brought in the Airstream for 10-12 days. We love it. We have mad skills, actually, and we use them often. 🙂 (I think we’re headed to Big Bend in a few weeks, too!
Nice! How many Airstreams showed-up? Did I miss the general, (everything besides boondocking) report of Alumafandango?