Our first

We went just a short distance to Leasburg Dam State Park on Friday in the RV. It is just 20 miles north of Las Cruses in Radium Springs.
Thursday was cold rainy and snowy day here, so it was not warm on Friday either. We arrived between 4 & 5 pm so we did not get a spot with electric. My first concern was no water, I only carry enough to flush the toilet a few times while we are traveling. We found water and hooked up twice for more.
As soon as the sun went down it turned cold in the high 30's. Got down to 23 overnight.
We put 3 blankets on the bed and went to bed about 8-8:30. I had the 12v propane heater on but turned it down to 50 inside. Getting out of bed to use the bathroom was a quick process. The heater both nights came on every 10 minutes.
Sat. I invited the motorcycle group to have lunch with us. 2 that said they were coming didn't, but Mark, Susy, Chris, Cristina, Mom and Helen did. It warmed up into the mid 50's, Linda cooked a great feast, and I did hamburgers on the grill. Great time. Before dark they all left. It did not get as cold Sat. night so we only had 2 blankets and I kept it warmer in the RV.
We only used about 30% of the propane tank with lots of cooking on the propane stove/oven. I had the run the generator 3 times in 2 days to charge up the 2 6v batteries that runs the lights and appliances.
So did we really miss not having 120v house power? Not really. The TV, stereo, computer (recharging) and electric heaters would not work but we all could survive without them. It was roughing it for us, still had lights (12v) and heat. There were 2 tenters in the park I would not do nor have done in 30+ years.
We only used about 1.5 gallons gasoline using the generator for 2 hours to recharge the batteries. Even with that we still got 8 MPG.
My new ScanGauge monitoring 30 engine functions works great too. Still debugging extra readings. It helped me find a sweat spot for holding the throttle in a fixed position for maximum MPG and got 11 mpg on the way home, after the 8 mpg fill up. The $131 spent will have a payback.
I was able to go for a 2 hour bike ride on Sunday morning. I drove up to Caballo dam and found many empty spots, so we could have had power. But it was 45 miles more north and our company may not have showed up Sat.
Good experience. We can stay anywhere now. But came home with a list of things needed if we dry camp again, also known as boondocking.
The Venture in the pic starts up in cold weather and after sitting for weeks. Love it too. It gets dirty fast behind the RV on dusty roads and in the rain.