Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

Hi John,

Good question! I know it's a bit controversial but we carry the genny in the back of the TV under cover (Yamaha Cover). Never even noticed it the entire trip. It had a full tank when we left and 3/4+ when we we returned. I used it for a total of two hours maybe, if that. My battery setup was a pleasant surprise - dual 230 AH GC2s. The longest dry camp we did on this trip was five nights and batteries did just fine. We are careful and spent most of the time exploring outside of the pod. No Television but did run CPAP 12v. every night. The only reason I even fired up the genny was for wife's hair dryer - really. The rest of the trip, we were towing pretty long distances between stops for batteries to recover or had hookups. I carried a new 2 gallon gas can, but never used it.

An aside, a five gallon bucket with a lid was invaluable for emptying grey water tank as needed as was a couple of collapsable 5 gallon tanks for filling fresh water. We consistently used 10 gal fresh water per day with showers and 15 when wife washed her long hair. The five gallon bucket was a great way to measure usage. Yeah, we were not as careful with water as we were with electric.