a half-morning in Quartzsite

I was poring over the next move and decided to make a trip into town.  I wanted to see if the flea market vendor with the mattock was present I am slightly (15%) concerned about a food run due to increasing political unrest, and that concern increases the closer we get to inauguration.  In case

electric kettles

Wifey wants an electric kettle. There are, generally speaking, two ways to boil non-trivial quantities of water in a campervan: propane – a $40 method that works all the time.  Also accepted:  butane. off-grid electric – $1000+ method that works some of the time You’d think this would be a no-brainer, but “electric kettle” comes up over

decanting propane

My stash of 1lb propane bottles was getting low, so I refilled them off the tank with the little adapter thingy.   It finally started to run out and it made me wonder when I exchanged the tank last. Turns out it was in Tucson in early February.  So this tank lasted about 3.5 months.    I

cold weather experiments

  propane stove heater experiment I use a standard Coleman camping stove with 1lb bottles for my indoor cooking, due to ease of deployment and easy on/off.  But the lowest setting for simmer is too danged high, and stuff kept boiling over.  I figured I’d try a flame tamer doodad to attenuate the heat a