Cheers all. Our first extended trip is done. Ten nights base camping and hiking in Jasper, Banff and Robson parks with a side trip into David Thompson country to avoid the weekend crowds. First night in an overflow campground in Jasper at Snaring River. Had to run the car as a generator as the fridge had drained the battery on the drive up. Lucked into a powered site the next night (cancellation) at Whistler campground in Jasper. Moved to an unpowered site for night 3. Moved to David Thompson country to a rustic campground for 4 nights (3 klicks. from the Banff eastern boundary).
Very comfy trip although the T@B systems did not perform flawlessly. Minor stuff, likely inexperience as much as system failure. Noisy water pump, sounds like air in the system but having trouble solving this one. Not much hot water from the Aldi although the heat works (3 degrees c one night). Aforementioned fridge draining the camper battery and fridge not staying lit while travelling on propane (altitude maybe?). Battery lasted for 4 days at Thompson creek, although we were very parsimonious with electrical use. Even used the AC during our stay just outside Robson park at the Yellowhead campground in Valemount BC (33 degrees c). First campground with power and water. Leaving the AC fan on over night drowned out the hwy. noise, bonus.
I've included some pictures of where our T@B took us. Great setting up a base camp and using our car to get around to our hikes and side trips. Aggregate mileage for the trip was 11 litres per 100 klm.
Over flow campground, Snaring River, Jasper National park
Pup Tent
Pooped pup
Nice rustic campground at Thompson creek. Yay no fire ban!
The places we get to see before going back to our great base camp.
Getting high on life in the Canadian Rockies!
Sunday brunch in the Rockies. Egg scramble with fresh veggies and spicy Tofurky sausage, with home made bread for toast.
Kinney lake and Whitehorn mountain. Robson provincial park BC.
Getting a bit smoky so we are heading home early.
Stopped for lunch on the road home.
Cheers, hope you enjoyed the pictures. We are hoping to get out a few more times this fall. All depends on the weather. Freezing night time temperatures can happen any time now and while it is not likely to snow here for a bit the mountains are another story.
Happy camping!
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TV: 2006 Chevy Avalanche LT Z71 aka: WhiteWolf, or 1972 Chevy Custom10 P/U aka: SnarlingWolf
Spokane, Wa.
Eric aka: Lone Wolf
The car may not be able to keep you frig cold on 12V while driving. It may even drain your car battery. Altitude could be an issue with the frig, but if your Alde was working well on propane, I doubt it. Sometimes, you have to light the stove for a little while and then try to light the frig. Your thermocouple may need a little adjustment so it's in the flame. See your literature.
Your trip sounds WONDERFUL! Sounds like some great places and hiking. I love your furkid companion. Love the pictures too! I agree, I like the white noise of the fan and A/C fan to drown out campground noises.
As for your problems, we've had similar. Our water pump makes a lot of noise too, but does have good pressure. We don't have the mixing valve on our model, so our water is too hot so you have to use sparingly when showering. Our Xterra has a fairly large alternator, but I've found our battery drained when running the fridge, so we now keep it on propane, never had it go out while driving, and I run up to 70 mph. We were camped at 5200 ft. and had a little Alde noise while making hot water to shower.
Our dual golf carts never got below 12.5v this week, and we only used an 80 watt solar panel for about 6 hours total. Highly recommend this mod, if you're going to be boondocking. We were still miserly using electric, just a couple lights for a bit each night, and the water pump.
Our only issue was running low on propane, fridge was working hard as the temps were high 80's low 90's. Going to get a small propane tank to carry, so we can refill the large one easier. We were in a remote primitive campsite, so it was a long drive to refill.
2011 T@B
Rockingham, NC
Yellowhead RV park in Valemount about a half hour west of Robson Park. Power, water and nice clean wash house with showers and laundry.
Cheers and have a great trip.
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2016 NuCamp 320 T@B Max S
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