Here's a link to the desert ......might be perfect in another week or 2 or 3....kinda like those "leaf-peeper" folks in New England....but a Vanagon is perfect for all seasons that's for sure!!

 http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca_abdsp.html

Rich

--- On Mon, 3/8/10, RiffOil <riffoil@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

From: RiffOil <riffoil@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Ice Cream Camping
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Monday, March 8, 2010, 7:34 PM

Also an extrem ice chest or marine grade cooler with better insulation
will keep it frozen longer
Some chest rated at 5 to 7 days to keep ice cold so these should keep
ice cream frozen for 24h
Thank you for the Anza Borrego Desert idea I was tired of Los Angeles
beach , I may be heading to the desert this weekend
Any advise or good spot to visit on Anza Borrego Desert

Thank you
EL

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On Mar 8, 2010, at 7:03 PM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Dry ice is pretty easy to find in cities, I think (I've only bought in
> Boston).� A few lumps in your cooler will keep your ice cream very
> frozen
> for at least 24 hours, probably more.� I've bought it in order to
> Fedex
> people ice cream from time to time.� The ice cream arrived the next
> day hard
> as a rock with lots of dry ice still steaming away.
>
>
> Joy
>
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Just go down to the Fudge Factory on the main street when you are
>> done
>> looking at flowers.� See Lee and the gals and have a cone or some
>> other
>> sweet thing and sit at his nice outdoor tables and watch all the
>> other
>> flower gawkers drive past...
>>� Don Hanson
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Richard Koerner
>> <rjkinpb@sbcglobal.net
>>> wrote:
>>
>>> Just had a brainstorm....what if I got a small 2 serving little
>>> plastic
>>> container, packed it with ice cream, put that container in bigger
>>> container, filled that with water, and froze the whole thing so as
>>> to
>>> encapsulate the inner container in a thick layer of ice (say about
>>> 1 inch
>>> thick or so)?
>>>
>>> Good enough for the first night out when packed in the cooler?� (My
>> Vanagon
>>> has no refrigerator, just a plastic Coleman ice chest...which
>>> meets all
>> my
>>> needs.)� Seems like it should work just fine.
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anybody has tried such a thing, or has any
>>> tips.� And
>> to
>>> inspire others.� (Going to Anza Borrego Desert park (southern
>>> California)
>>> this weekend for the spring wildflowers, daytime temps 76 F,
>>> nighttime
>> temps
>>> 50 F, new moon coming, lots of stars to watch)
>>>
>>> Rich
>>> San Diego
>>>
>>