Recently installed a solar set up to power an on board dorm fridge. Running a panel up in luggage rack to charge the camping battery to power my inverter. This is a great, great thing to have as I now always have something cold to drink at all times. We also can put eggs, butter, etc., in there for eats!
Children were out of school last week so the wife and I took them and went on vacation. Left Atlanta on Sunday around 0630 and rolled back roads to Savannah, 95 to Daytona and A1A/Hwy 1 to Cocoa Beach (our destination). We spent three days there bodyboarding and ran into a Vanagon owner over at Ron Jon's...
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Wednesday we left and headed up A1A into Cape Canaveral. Decided to do the Kennedy Space Center thing before setting up camp in a real nice, quiet, shaded parking area on the Indian River overlooking the tall NASA building. There we also were able to watch the bioluminescent plankton at night glowing up the river.
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Continued Thursday morning up A1A into Daytona to drive on the beach and grab some lunch before settling down just outside the city at an RV park overlooking the ocean. That was very cool.
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We then continued up AIA into Jacksonville then veered off to Savannah where we stayed with my wife's aunt before coming back to Atlanta on Saturday (yesterday).
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Thirteen hundred mile trip, averaging around 17.5 mpg. Mr. B ran like a champ the entire trip. Only downside was left side HID went out on the way home. This was also a good test run for the newly installed solar set up on there and my fridge never got above 46°.
What a time we had.
