When making plans for this summer, I didn't have specific plans for Fruita, but it seemed a logical place to stop between Dinosaur and Gunnison, Colorado -- two other places where I had plans to stop. I found the state park and made reservations -- I don't honestly remember much other about it. I couldn't get a full hookup, but we'd be okay on electric/water. Either I didn't notice that the electric/water sites were 30A, or I thought that the weather would be cool enough that we'd be okay without 50A service. I wasn't anticipating temperatures in the upper 90s and near 100 -- this is Colorado! Oh well... it is pleasant early in the day!
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| Our first morning, we walked around a little in the campground -- beautiful view of the mountains that make up the Colorado National Monument (of which I had never heard before booking our camping in this location!). |
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| Naturally, the Colorado River flows right by the campground. There is a boat ramp and bike/walking paths and day-use areas available as well. |
We can survive with just 30A service. We need to consider how many things can be running at the same time -- our general rule is that each heating/cooling appliance takes ~10A, and the refrigerator can kick into its defrost cycle at any time, usually the worst possible time -- so that's 10A that could hit at any moment. When an air conditioner starts, it starts with a large draw, so we don't figure that we can run more than one at a time. So, refrigerator + one air conditioner takes 20A -- so one other appliance for cooking. Keep the water heater off except when we want to take showers, and then use the diesel burner.
Meanwhile, see what we can see here -- trying to do things in the early morning and stay cool in the afternoons!
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