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01-05-2022, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Originally Posted by Doug2000
We’re so close but so far. I just hosed my truck down to get the salt off, It’s about 3C, just above freezing here in London Ontario!
I would rather be in Quartzite right now, but instead watching updates on YouTube by RVerTV!
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Hi: Doug2000... Down here is south wet Ontario we're not hibernating in our 2 Carnation... just staying indoors. Took the truck to the Dr's office in Hyde Pk., yesterday to thaw it out. The doors would only open on the sunny side!!!  Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie 
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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01-05-2022, 03:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Parksville, British Columbia
Trailer: 2014 Escape 17B
Posts: 148
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BC Rockcrawler. I second your emotion, same in Parksville. Waiting patiently for Parks Canada res system to open Jan 21.
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2016 VW Touareg TDI
2014 Escape 17B "Glass Cabin"
2019 KC the Beagle
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01-05-2022, 05:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Emerson, Manitoba
Trailer: 2016 Escape 5.0TA, 2022 F150 2.7EB
Posts: 1,848
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Quote:
Originally Posted by escape artist
Hi: Doug2000... Down here is south wet Ontario we're not hibernating in our 2 Carnation... just staying indoors. Took the truck to the Dr's office in Hyde Pk., yesterday to thaw it out. The doors would only open on the sunny side!!! Alf
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Surprised you're not heading to FL this year All now you can. We postponed our AZ departure until tomorrow, cold, snowy, blowing here. But trailer is packed except for the things that'll freeze. Can hardly wait to get outa dodge!
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We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
Robert Louis Stevenson
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01-05-2022, 07:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Sudbury, Ontario
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA
Posts: 349
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Wow Jon, I am really envious. That looks like an awesome setup - wish I was there.
That is a lot of solar panels; I know you've discussed this before but remind me how much total battery you're feeding with those panels?
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01-05-2022, 11:21 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Mount Vernon, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15 B. Room4Two
Posts: 443
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Snow was washed off for one day.
Snowing now in Mount Vernon WA
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01-06-2022, 07:09 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Kenedy County, Texas
Trailer: 2019 Escape 21
Posts: 521
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Originally Posted by Perryb67
We're in the SE corner of Minnesota, about as far from you as possible (830 km driving to Emerson), but still in Minnesota.
It got -2 F this morning with a high of 4 F. Tonight will have a -12 F low. For years we had friends living in Bagley, MN that we could gloat about our balmy temps. However, they now live in Inverness, FL.
We head south on January 15! 
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I've read that International Falls has the coldest temps in the country during winter. I don't know if this is fact or fiction. If so, what is it about the area that makes it so?
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Putting a smoke detector in my chimney wasn't such a good idea.
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01-06-2022, 08:49 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Lanesboro, MN, between Whalan and Fountain, Minnesota
Trailer: 2016 Bigfoot 25RQ - (2018 Escape 5.0 sold)
Posts: 2,174
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RangerMan
I've read that International Falls has the coldest temps in the country during winter. I don't know if this is fact or fiction. If so, what is it about the area that makes it so?
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I was told that when the Norwegians came to Minnesota they stole some cold temps and brought them with to the New Country. The Swedes were very upset!
Enjoy,
Perry
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01-06-2022, 08:56 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RangerMan
I've read that International Falls has the coldest temps in the country during winter. I don't know if this is fact or fiction. If so, what is it about the area that makes it so?
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Because 2 of my ex-wifes live there....... 
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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01-06-2022, 09:07 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Burlington Twp., New Jersey
Trailer: 2010 Escape 19
Posts: 7,146
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Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Because 2 of my ex-wifes live there....... |
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01-06-2022, 09:32 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cpaharley2008
Because 2 of my ex-wifes live there....... |
Hi: cpaharley2008... That sounds a lot like "Frostbite Falls" Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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Quote Bugs Bunny..."Don't take life too seriously, none of us get out of it ALIVE"!!!
'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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01-06-2022, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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Quote:
Originally Posted by marsman
Wow Jon, I am really envious. That looks like an awesome setup - wish I was there.
That is a lot of solar panels; I know you've discussed this before but remind me how much total battery you're feeding with those panels?
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2 130 watt panels on the roof & a 300 watt flexible portable. Connected through a Victron 100/50 to 3 Battleborn 100 amp hour lithium batteries under the rear seat.
Maximum output was 538 watts, minumum 52 watts.
Here is an image of the Victron 100/50 display for the last month. White is bulk, the thin line is absorption, and the dark blue is float.
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01-06-2022, 06:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Madison area, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2016 Escape 19 Chevy 2012 Express 3500 Van
Posts: 1,759
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Location, location
Quote:
Originally Posted by RangerMan
I've read that International Falls has the coldest temps in the country during winter. I don't know if this is fact or fiction. If so, what is it about the area that makes it so?
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Int. Falls sits in the middle of the continent, far, far away from oceans, which can moderate temps. It's also near a cold part of Canada, eh? It sits in the path of Canadian high pressure systems moving South to the tropics, eh? It may be in a low spot, which can decrease temps. I found this about cold sinks:
https://weather.com/science/weather-...cold-explained
It's up North, way up North, ya?
They're not talking Polar Vortex with this current cold snap here in the Midwest. Just January weather, and -8F predicted here tonight.
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03-28-2022, 02:58 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2021
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Trailer: 19 - 2021
Posts: 168
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vermilye
Well, as long as everyone is showing snow covered photos, I thought I'd all one taken here at Quartzsite. Still cooler than usual, but no snow.
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Do you have to travel with a ladder in order to get up there?
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03-28-2022, 04:48 PM
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#34
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Oswego, New York
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21C, 2018 Ford F150
Posts: 5,373
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Yes. I carry a double folding 6' ladder in a 5" fence post I added next to the sewer hose storage container.
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