How long do your batteries last with the 12v frig?  Is it the type that they sell in Walmart with the coolers?  The coleman one? 

I have to 2nd morning star (the original patties not the maple syrup ones) are super and I'm not a vegetarian by any one's definition.

lol Retento lol.  The sausage is great!  Better than most meat - based sausages.  The hamburgers are good too.  I did have the misfortune of having a vegetarian version of a Polish sausage of the grill once, and that's a whole 'nuther story.  lol

Bells, I accidentally bought some maple syrup ones once and, well I don't like sweet in my savory and I thought they were awful!

I have to smile when I hear maple sausage.  My aunt is known for being a great cook and once when making biscuits and gravy, she accidently put in powdered sugar instead of corn starch.  When it wasn't thickening she finally figured out what she did and said don't tell Uncle Jim. She told everyone it was sweet because of the maple sausage in it and everyone believed her. 

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How long do your batteries last with the 12v frig?  Is it the type that they sell in Walmart with the coolers?  The coleman one? 

I just saw your question, boy has this one taken off, and the sausage thing now is great!!!!!

Anyways, no it's not like a Walmart one. It's an actual one they use for RV's, long haul truckers, dorms, boats, etc. The longest I have camped with it plugged in was three days, then figured I should just give the battery some more juice for a short charge, with my little quiet honda generator, charged the battery which works independantly from my truck, and was good to go till I left the next day. I keep cheese, lunch meat, conditments, stuff like that in it. Stuff I don't want to get wet, and even sealed with whatever the stuff will get wet in an ice box. Drinks just go in my ice box (cooler, ice chest.)

Be VERY careful with dry ice in an enclosed area.  My BIL almost bought the farm after getting into a vehicle closed up with coolers of dry ice overnight.  Block ice works well.

Maybe low tech/simple is an antidote for the world we live in.  The glitz and glamour, air conditioned indoor arena, run run run world.  At 52 I have seen the progression from folks camping in the truck seat or tent,  and riding all weekend with baths in the neighboring streams, to massive trailers just dripping with luxuries and HUGE trucks to pull them...  If it isn't the expense, its the stress of driving that rig in a rainstorm or over a mountain pass, and then there is the carbon footprint.  A riding pal said it best - pretty soon we are just going to install a hitch on our house and haul it along for the weekend..

Anyway, back to the future for some of us...

My favorite low tech conveniences are truck bed tent,  mr. buddy heater, horse trailer mounted shower bag/portable sink (plan now to feed it water from newly ordered roof mounted water tank) and cook stove.  Clothes and gear go in plastic bins for  easy to move in and out and stay dry.  And, of course,  a porta potty that is comprised of a 5 gallon bucket lined with trash bag  with a custom toilet seat http://www.cabelas.com/p-0009518.shtml and some shavings and lime from the barn.  OK,  there,  have now shared my red neck side... 

Some tips - line a cardboard box with heavy plastic/freeze and there's my block ice for the trip. A bit hotter/longer trip?  Try a bigger box.    Longer trip with electric - take along the dorm fridge its light and easy to move and plug in.   Slides right into the truck.  Please share any ideas for a light easy to move LARGE sink as I could use one of those.

Last weekend I was camping at a well known horse camp.  My 2 horse DR Sundowner next to a huge living quarter trailer with a new "semi" to pull the trailer.  As I was getting back from a full day of riding on a perfect day, the couple proudly showed me their rig.  I was very impressed, it had everything.  The couple were extremely nice people.  At the end of the conversation they asked me about the horse trails.  They had been camping there for three days and had not ridden except around the campground.  They had two horses and one was a mare that was too moody from her cycle, so had decided they wouldn't ride much.

Different strokes for different folks.  Some people enjoy the horse riding part, some the luxurious rigs, a few enjoy both.

 thank you for this one, I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've slowly "decked" out my Featherlite 3-horse slant, with a 4-ft shortwall.  Had electricity added, insulated and panelled about 4 years ago.  Added an awning the next year.  This year I had a 5,000 btu window air conditioner mounted high enough up so that it back end doesn't interfer with a horse in the first stall.  I'm lovin' every minute camping in it.