Cold weather camping

[float5]

Well it is now official - February was the coldest month ever in Syracuse, NY (9°F average temperature). And just for those thinking of using this as proof there is no Global Warming, according to NOAA, January global temperatures were the second warmest ever (54.99°F).

We still have between 1' & 2' of snow cover, and Lake Ontario is iced over as far out as you can see. I'm really looking forward to our first official sign of Spring - the opening of Rudy's fish stand on the lake. (Scroll down for some 2012 opening photos, and no, they don't serve Poutine!) They are going to have to do a lot of plowing; right now you can't even see the lake from the road.

Just ordered Rearview cameras from NY and Fed-ex said there could be a problem due to storms.

 

[Buddy-ESC]

Pulling the "Toaster" out of storage and heading down to Palm Springs in two weeks. "Why wait for spring do it now".....

 

[rbryan4]

Some of us are trying to Escape winter.
Here is a good reference...

Climate Prediction Center - Forecasts & Outlook Maps, Graphs and Tables

I notice that the map is changing from mostly blue to mostly red!

--
Alan

With apologies to our friends north of the 49th parallel. Apparently the world ends there.

Well if the map is correct Alan, we have a 30 to 40 percent increased probability of above average temps during most of our trip. Good news.

 

[kvermeulen]

Pulling the "Toaster" out of storage and heading down to Palm Springs in two weeks. "Why wait for spring do it now".....

Just curious, why are u leaving now when the southern season is almost over.

be careful u dont get run over by all the returning birds.

ken

 

[BCnomad]

As a follow up, for non-lower foam trailer owners at FUP campsites:

As mentioned here by several, being "slightly" below freezing is no problem, especially if daytime highs go up above freezing by a margin. Dennis expressed an opinion that over night lows going down to the single digits Celsius would be acceptable, if there was night time heating of the trailer space (darn right!) .... this assumed that days got into the teens to warm up the tanks.

Stronger measures for lower average overnight temps, as per CPAHarley's (and others) posts, would be in order.

I have had no problems so far with my exposed pipes to an estimated -5*C. (knocks on wood).

 

[Buddy-ESC]

Just curious, why are u leaving now when the southern season is almost over.

be careful u dont get run over by all the returning birds.

ken

Just a short trip, about 3 weeks. Have some friends in Palm Springs who invited us down, wife signed up for the Laughlin 1/2 Marathon so we will make a trip out of it. We have not done the snow bird thing yet but maybe this will entice her a bit..... Besides, it has been a pretty mild winter for us.

 

[Jim Bennett]

What the heck is the FUP I keep seeing? Have I been kept sheltered all these years? LOL

I too have camped down below -5°C, with daytime highs near 10°C, and have had no problems with tanks freezing. One time at Thanksgiving (the Canadian one), on the last morning I went to drain tanks to begin the winterization, and the drain hose was sorta frozen. I warmed it with my hands a bit, and waited a short while, and it freed up.

 

[BCnomad]

FHU = FUP = Full Hook Up

Here you go

 

[gbaglo]

Here you go

OK, I get it, FHU is Full Hook Up
So how does FUP become Full Hook Up?
Full Up? No sites available?

Acronyms.

 

[Jim Bennett]

Here you go

Okay, that made no sense. Well, the FUP doesn't part anyway. I think we have too many folks trying to look hip with all the anagrams being made up around here lately

Acronyms.

 

[Ron in BC]

I think we have too many folks trying to look hip with all the anagrams being made up around here lately

Acronyms.

WDUM, STIP (What do you mean, saves time in posting) .;D

Ron

 

[Brian B-P]

Yeah, "FUP" isn't an acronym for anything sensible, but I can see a listing using it as some sort of symbol... although I would write it as "FUp" if I decided to use those letters. I think the RV.net practice is to use "FHU" (the acronym"), anyway.

 

[padlin]

FUP was a new one to me but not to tough to figure out. Like Robert mentioned, if you were in IT (Information Technology) for long you get pretty good at guessing acronyms. Unfortunately you also get accustomed to using them, probably too much.

 

[Dave Walter]

Yeah, FUP is not easily interpreted. Maybe it is my imagination, but it seems to me that our American friends rely much more heavily on acronyms than we do in the GWN.

 

[rbryan4]

Acronyms are fine if they make it easier. When you have to decipher them, not so much.

 

[Jim Bennett]

... in the GWN.

Yay!!! I figured one out easily.

It takes a mere second to type out most acronyms in full. Heck, just the time many of us have spent discussing, would have been enough time to spell out a years worth.

Basically, if it takes more time to explain what it means, than to actually take the brief moment to fully type out......why?

Some do become commonly used in discussion, like AWOL, A/C, ASAP....just starting with the As.

 

[BCnomad]

Apparently Google doesn't know what the word means either. I will banish it from my posts from now on. Carry on.