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Cold Weather RVing: Winter RVing In Freezing TemperaturesCold weather RVing requires preparation. Many of those preparations have to do with the RV or camping unit. Others, however, have to do with the attitude. RVing and camping in cold weather is not for everyone. It’s mid October and I’m living in a motorhome in Alaska. When I recently told someone I was staying here for the winter, she asked the obvious question. She wanted to know why we don’t take the motorhome south. South to some place warm, such as the typical snowbird states – Arizona, Texas, or Florida. We’ve wintered in those states. And thoroughly enjoyed it. We also have cold weather RVing experience. We spent one winter living in our travel trailer the Black Hills of South Dakota. We’ve RVed through ice storms in Oklahoma. This will be our fifth winter in Alaska. We’ve had frost and had to scrape ice off the windshields. Yesterday, we drove in freezing slop. Friends in southern Georgia asked us to come and spend the winter with them. Yesterday, that invitation seemed mighty appealing. This morning I walked outside into a winter wonderland! The view was spectacular. Glistening snow thickly frosted last week’s barren trees. It looked as though Mother Nature had spread dollops of fluffy whipped topping on the spruce branches. Once again, I looked around in awe – and knew at least one of the reasons we enjoy cold weather RVing. Cold weather RVing and camping takes some planning. Because we’ve wintered in several RVs, several places, and under varied circumstances, we’ve prepared for RVing in cold weather in various ways. On following pages, I’ll share with you more about the joys and tribulations of winter RVing in freezing temperatures. I’ll also explain how we deal with water and septic, heating, and other RV systems.
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