{"id":874,"date":"2009-01-23T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T21:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=874"},"modified":"2009-01-23T13:08:30","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T21:08:30","slug":"so-how-did-we-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/23\/so-how-did-we-do\/","title":{"rendered":"So, how did we do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm. I bet you are wondering how we did without any hook-ups last weekend at <a href=\"http:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/22\/dry-camping-at-thornhill-broome-state-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thornhill Broome State Beach<\/a>, huh? Well, we did just fine! I&#8217;m still alive and blogging, ain&#8217;t I?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/3212760573\/\" title=\"Our site by udannlin, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3123\/3212760573_84a90fb01e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Our site\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We tried our best to be Mr. and Mrs. Conservative on this two-night trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water<\/strong><br \/>\nWater-wise, we did great. We washed our dishes and brushed our teeth in gentle streams of water and we didn&#8217;t take showers in the Airstream. But we did take showers at home. <em>No, we did not go home just to take showers. Geez.<\/em> We aren&#8217;t huge wussies. We went home because we forgot to pack Ava&#8217;s sleeping tent and I could no longer take her sleep kicks and punches at night&#8230; and Dan was sad that he was banished to the couch. So, I guess, that makes us little wussies. <em>I&#8217;m okay with that. <\/em>Our gray water tank was still empty after three days according to our usage indicator. <em>I think I may pat myself of the back right now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Power<\/strong><br \/>\nElectricity-wise, we didn&#8217;t do as great. I did my very best to not turn on lights. We used Ava&#8217;s mini-lantern when we could and I even washed our dishes in the dark. I must have really looked ridiculous because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airstream4fun.com\/Site\/Welcome.html\" target=\"_self\">our new friend David<\/a> stopped by and offered his generator so I can wash dishes with the lights on&#8230; like normal people.\u00a0 I kindly refused because I was on a mission to see how long we could last on our own. By the end of the second night, our usage indicator was flashing red. Bad news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe overall experience was great. I think we can last a long time water-wise but our two batteries will only allow us to boondock for two nights before we need a recharge from the van&#8230; or those generators and solar panels that Dan keeps sending me links to from Craigslist.<\/p>\n<p>The next time we need to boondock for more than a night, we won&#8217;t be as apprehensive. I just hope the view from our Airstream is just as nice.<br \/>\n<a title=\"View from our site by udannlin, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danlin\/3213705222\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3110\/3213705222_69379cdabc.jpg\" alt=\"View from our site\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>the end,<br \/>\nmarlene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm. I bet you are wondering how we did without any hook-ups last weekend at Thornhill Broome State Beach, huh? Well, we did just fine! I&#8217;m still alive and blogging, ain&#8217;t I? We tried our best to be Mr. and Mrs. Conservative on this two-night trip. 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