RVing In The Desert Southwest

Above, The Beast dry camping at the Chiriaco Summit Campground behind the Gen. Patton Memorial Museum. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Many people from the northern parts of the country head down into the Southwest during the winter months in their RVs. These people are known as "snowbirds".

While the climate in the southwestern deserts is warmer, there are some things that people should be aware of.

A couple experienced wintering in the deserts of the Southwest and have learned a few things and Do It Yourself RV has their story.

It begins with:

This is my third winter living full-time with my husband in our RV. Like most full-timers, we choose to spend the colder months in a warm climate. For the first two years, that meant wintering in the Desert Southwest. 

As native New Englanders, we didn’t have experience living in this part of the United States.

Our expectations included blowing sand and scorching temperatures. We also thought of all the rattlesnakes and giant scorpions that would surely be around every corner.

Thankfully, those expectations turned out to be mostly wrong (well…there was that one rattlesnake). Instead, we found a comfortable climate, perfect for our RVing adventures. 

Since our first winter there, we’ve learned a lot about RVing in the desert. Here are the top five most surprising things we figured out along the way.

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