Lovely!  I wanna' camp!  We have *stuff* to do for the next six weeks,
so I can only camp vicariously.  :-(

Our Dometic fridge has gotten persnickety about staying lit when we
get ready to start out.  So it probably wants a tune-up.

And, I'm delighted to hear about another good campground!  Please,
everyone, post yer reviews!  I have not yet found any  campground
review site that understands campervan needs and concerns as well as
'our own' site (many thanks, Roadhaus!!!):

http://www.roadhaus.com/campsubmit.php

B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc'
SoCal

On Sep 22, 2008, at 8:06 AM, Ed wrote:

> I spent the last couple of weeks getting an old westy galley
> installed into my 87 Country Homes Camper. Finally got it in and
> running after the nerve-wracking task of cutting a hole in the van
> for the flue vent on thursday! Friday I filled the propane tank,
> fired up the fridge and headed out for the Brazos River in Glen
> Texas for a weekend of camping with a few of the Dallas Air-Coolers
> Gang. The fridge got down to about 42 degrees fairly quickly and
> stayed around that temp for the whole drive down, about 2 and a half
> hours. Outside temps wer around 90 degrees. I dont have the DC
> connection made yet so propane was my only option while driving, and
> I was not able to pre-cool it on AC power so was pretty pleased with
> the propane performance. No problems staying lit while on the
> highway either.
>   Once on site I went to AC operations and the fridge really went to
> work. When I woke up saturday morning it was 65 in the Van and 24 in
> the fridge!! My milk had ice in it!!
>    I have to say I am very pleased with the performance of the old
> Domectic, and the stove worked very well also. I feel I have the
> perfect set-up for my needs, the roominess of the full width back
> seat/bed and the Westy galley makes it a very nice camper.
>  The Camp and Fish Ranch in Rainbow, Texas is an awesome out of the
> way private campground, lots of shade, full hook-ups, nice hot
> showers and good river accs for $20 a night. A very nice weekend was
> had by all!
>
> Ed Maikranz
> Abilene, TX
> 87 CHC
> 84 Rabbit Vert
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