#13 Life on the Road ~ Coast to Coast (SV Sundowner) 

This comment made me giddy!! Glad you are enjoying them.

It was funny enough to get a grin.

Our pleasure.

It's been a nice treat for us, especially me as I've barely traveled the country...until now!

Probably so yet still annoying. oh well, we can't complain too much.

+brad kuntz oh cool! What is your hometown?

Hey John! We are thinking of seeing the Black Hills after Badlands but I believe it's in South Dakota. We don't yet plan to do Wyoming etc...where are we going next?? To be revealed in the next video:) Why a Class C and not a Class A? We LOVE the motorcycle...this trip wouldn't be nearly as fun!!

That's ok..there's actually a TON of debate even among sailors about the treatment of eggs. We just know what we've done. Please don't hold back if you see us doing something stupid!

Will give it a shot!

We had heard about the increased gas in Alaska...I didn't know that!

I am not really a pole fisher, just spear fishing. I might try to hookup with some local spearos on the west coast when we get there.

There is no equal to a nicely charred piece of sausage or boudin!

Roll tide roll, around the bowl and down the hole, roll tide roll!

Sundowner Sails Again LOL

I know!! It's really sad for all those in the industry. We know many people in Louisiana as well who haven't fared well. What's good for some isn't good for others.

Hi! I love the head thing, lol. Now I don't go grocery shopping or out to dinner with it on but you know. The fridge does run on propane but really we are cheap amd try to save where possible. See below for more in depth explanation.

I see :) , the humor is great as always lol :) , happy traveling :)

+Jerry Dimond Which tank are you referring to?

Top half of the gas tank and the propane tank

+Bill H Hi Bill. We pretty much enjoy living off the grid and not in pay for camp grounds so the parks with power are a no go for us. We don't really have any income, we are living off our savings and the country has plenty of free and beautiful places to park. We spent almost 10 months in the RV and never paid for a nights stay. So with that in mind the fridge and ac draw power and we didn't outfit the rv with a big battery bank. Just enough for charging and led lights. The fridge probably could have run in propane fine but I guess we like punishment, lol. We are currently back aboard our sailboat floating near tropical islands with 500 watts of solar, led lights, hand pumps for water and a hot water kettle for hot water. We can stay for a long time.off the grid this way, which we prefer. But staying at camps and parks is also nove if you want that and have the money. Thanks for stopping by.

Went out for a great hike this morning...Honestly we don't have enough stuff to refrigerate to make the usage worth it especially when we are traveling in the cold climates at the moment and not knowing how long we'll be out far away from propane. Tate had read about the fridge being efficient and said we could use it but honestly the easy storage space is more valuable to me and we didnt want to run into issues where the perhaps the propane would run out, malfunction or the batteries would die leaving us to deal with food defrosting/spoiling. Also we are super cheap where we can be and we bought the Yeti used for $250 so we save the propane fill ups when we can. Thanks for looking out for us!! We appreciate any advice as we are new RVers.

+Don Leamon I agree. I have had a few campers over the years and have run the fridge and freezer off of propane for months off of one tank. Its the most efficient appliance in an RV or camper. The furnace is what really sucks the battery and propane. You could run your fridge for years off of $250 in propane.

I thought it brought out my eyes, LOL. Thanks!

+John Gerhart That Norcold fridge in the coach runs off of LP gas OR AC shore power. It uses hardly any DC power when off grid. I'm still just scratching my head on this one. Hope they respond. :-) And no, a decent 12v overlanding fridge/freezer like Engle, ARB or National Luna will be closer to $1,000. But for the price of that Yeti they could probably run that gas fridge for well over a year.

Hi John! We bought the Yeti used for $250. We considered getting an Engle like we have on the boat but they are roughly $1,000 and ours drew 50 amps a day onboard. This would mean that we'd have to set up a bigger house bank for the batteries powered by the solar panels and we didn't want to spend any more money than we needed to. On the boat a couple of cloudy days and we'd have to turn the fridge off...And we had 4 giant batteries then. We just went with the easy and cheapest route:) Also this trip is only till the end of the year so we dont need it to be whole hog. Don't worry Sundowner is fine.

+Don Leamon BUT...we can resell the Yeti but can't resell the used propane;)

+Sundowner Sails Again 😀 OK you got me there, but of all the things on an RV, the fridge is probably the most efficient. You could still keep dry goods in there as most stuff is fine with lower temps anyway. I lived full time in a 28' trailer for over a year on site when we were building our new home. I don't think I went through a LP tank a month for running everything off grid. LP is the best bang for your buck compared to all the other RV costs! Safe travels and umm fair roads?

+Don Leamon Haha, true! But fulling up the propane is about $20 and with our free income around $700 right now we'd rather save it of possible and eat at wafflehouse twice

We have lots of experience not refrigerating eggs. Whether they have been refrigerated before or not. Every two days you flip them to keep the inner shell lubricated and air tight, also you should smell them and put them in a glass of water to make sure they don't float before you eat them if they are questionable.

OMG, HI MARTY...YOU ARE CELEBRITY!!