Thursday, October 18, 2012

Our next camping installment (and maybe our last for the season) was at Cape Lookout State park. October is considered "Discovery Season" with the Oregon State parks which means the camping rates are discounted. We decided to really test out our new house battery set-up this time and utilize the tents sites offered at this park. We arrived after dark so took the first site available. Here is a shot in the morning of our initial set-up
We chose this park due to it's proximity to the ocean as well as the sunny forecast for the next 2 days. You might notice the steam on the windshield due to the outside temperature dropping to the 40's overnight. After biking around the park we discovered a perfect site that was literally 20ft from the ocean so we moved off to our second camping day.
Our site was on a corner and only $13 with the beach right on the other side of the bluff!

There were a few hiking trails to the end of the cape and although we originally thought we could bring our mountain bikes we soon found out that they weren't allowed (not to mention impossible to navigate). Here are some shots we took along the way


10 miles round trip and 5 hours later it was time for some frisbee and a beautiful sunset to end another awesome camping experience

After 2 days, I did find that the house battery did not have enough power to charge my laptop for the second full movie and had to start the camper for a while for it to re-charge. I might look into adding a second or larger battery in the future. Interior mods for this month are the new front door speakers and a new Shur-flo water faucet which worked great!



1 comment:

  1. One thing to realize is that converting from your 12V to 120V via the inverter, in order to then charge your laptops/etc. is extremely inefficient. I also have an inverter, but try to avoid usage.

    Instead, you could get some 12V power-adapters for your laptop(s) and other USB devices, and have a much more efficient charging mechanism for your gadgets.

    Of course, ultimately without solar to keep your house-battery maintained, and also due to its small capacity in Amp-Hours, even the above tips may not help much.

    Love the LED lighting and ambiance!!!

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