Exactly what I did after waking up one fine morning in the Eastern
Sierra's without any propane to make coffee. AND I MUST HAVE MY
COFFEEEEEEE!!!!! We packed up and I drove us two grouchy campers to the
nearest cafe in Lone Pine. Good news is that it was less than 2 miles
away. Ever since then, I have packed a 1 burner portable stove and a
bottle of propane for backup. Later, I added a camp light and another
bottle of propane so I could cook outside and have some light.

Keith O

On Jan 18, 2007, at 9:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:48:53 -0800
> From:    Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Gauging propane level
>
> Having had the misfortune to run out of propane not only once, but
> twice in
> the short time I've been camping in a vanagon, I have insurance now: A
> single-burner propane stove, and a couple 16.4 oz bottles of propane
> in the
> closet.  I can heat water for coffee or tea, or even fix a passable
> meal of
> fajitas on it.  No more long drives in stony silence to get to a
> propane
> source.
>
> Ellen
> Lola, 1985 Vanagon ASI