Propane…. More than you ever wanted to know.
On my way home from the truck emissions test, I stopped by the hardware store and filled up two propane tanks. I don't use much propane when I'm living in the driveway, because I'm plugged into the house. But I'm anticipating spending some time boondocking in the mountains. It's good to start with both my tank and spare tank full, so I don't have to worry about running out of propane while boondocking and will probably need to do a little heating in the morning with temperatures in the 40s.
I usually don't worry about heating the camper at night because it'll retain the daytime heat for a while. When it starts getting chilly, around 9 p.m., I'll crawl into my warm bed, so I don't need to turn on any heat. By doing so, my 5-gallon propane tank typically lasts about two weeks, and with two tanks, I can generally go about a month before needing to refill.
Propane is still four dollars a gallon. I was hoping it would be a little cheaper by now. However, Denver is usually where I pay the most for propane, and it's often considerably more affordable in New Mexico and Arizona. Quartzsite, Arizona, almost always has the cheapest price. Of course, the places I buy propane in Quartzsite probably sell more propane in a day than the Ace Hardware store where I'm living sells in a month.
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Duck decoys at the Bass Pro Shop. When my oldest son was a duck hunter as a teenager, we had several huge bags of duck decoys that we would take out into the water to entice the wily ducks and geese.
Personally, I preferred to take pictures of the ducks and geese, but since my son was a competition trap shooter, hunting was another way of keeping his skills sharp during the winter
The Lance camper parked way in the back of the Bass Pro Shop parking lot.
Another Victorian house in Cripple Creek.