White Gas available in the camp stores?

[Lil' Lisa]

I really don't think trying to bike to a WalMart is a good idea. The roads are not designed for both bikes and cars and I don't ever remember seeing a bike on 535.

Larry

Actually Larry, we saw bikers on 535 when we were on our way to Wal-Mart in September. It is a state road, not a freeway. As far as I know, there is no law against riding a bike on a state road, even if it is busy.

Maybe you could help them modify their bike for a safer ride!

 

[frankp01]

I really don't think trying to bike to a WalMart is a good idea. The roads are not designed for both bikes and cars and I don't ever remember seeing a bike on 535.
Larry

Larry:

Don't worry. Since I wrote that, I've done some research on where we'd be able to ride, other than the campground and to the Wilderness Lodge. And I have found: essentially nowhere. Since I don't own a car, and commute by bike in a big city, I'm quite accustomed to riding in traffic. That said, I remember now how narrow the WDW roadways are. I don't think I'd have a problem once I got out of WDW, but getting to the state highway would be the issue.

Phil

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Larry:

Don't worry. Since I wrote that, I've done some research on where we'd be able to ride, other than the campground and to the Wilderness Lodge. And I have found: essentially nowhere. Since I don't own a car, and commute by bike in a big city, I'm quite accustomed to riding in traffic. That said, I remember now how narrow the WDW roadways are. I don't think I'd have a problem once I got out of WDW, but getting to the state highway would be the issue.

Phil

No guarantees, but I bet that you might be able to find someone here who would be able to help you get to Wal-Mart or would be willing to pick it up for you. When is your trip?

 

[frankp01]

Lisa:

Our trip isn't until Feb 12th. I was just trying to get a jump on nailing down some of the logistics (because, not driving down is going to mean a whole bunch of planning, shipping in advance, and careful packing). I have a good friend who lives in Kissimmee, and I can call on her, if need be. We have lots of time to get things squared away over the next few months!

Phil

 

[LarryJ]

Actually Larry, we saw bikers on 535 when we were on our way to Wal-Mart in September. It is a state road, not a freeway. As far as I know, there is no law against riding a bike on a state road, even if it is busy.

Well my main comment was that I did not think it's a great idea to ride a bike along 535 near I-4 and unlike you have never seen it in some 26 years.

Larry

 

[Lil' Lisa]

Lisa:

Our trip isn't until Feb 12th. I was just trying to get a jump on nailing down some of the logistics (because, not driving down is going to mean a whole bunch of planning, shipping in advance, and careful packing). I have a good friend who lives in Kissimmee, and I can call on her, if need be. We have lots of time to get things squared away over the next few months!

Phil

Aaah... That does give you plenty of time to work things out. I'm a planner too, so I totally understand the early ramp up. I'm already planning and our next trip isn't until next August. You have fallen in with a great group here. We are kind of goofy (some of us more than others ) but we live to love Disney and the Fort and there is an answer (many times several answers) for every question. If you don't find what you are looking for, you can always bribe us with beer or kungaloosh. That usually shakes the fiends out of the trees...

Well my main comment was that I did not think it's a great idea to ride a bike along 535 near I-4 and unlike you have never seen it in some 26 years.

Larry

It's kind of like Santa and the Easter Bunny... Just because you haven't seen it, doesn't mean that they don't exist!

 

[frankp01]

A quick update...

Thanks for everyone's very useful suggestions and research. As it turns out, after weighing all the options (i.e., the regulations in flying with a camp stove, the logistics in getting fuel, and the issues in shipping the stove home again) I think we're just going to default to an electric hotplate. They're cheap enough, and I'll probably just offer it to one of our campsite neighbors at the end of our stay. Using a hotplate won't be quite the same as 'cooking with gas', but it'll be a whole let less hassle.

Phil

 

[chartle]

A quick update...

Thanks for everyone's very useful suggestions and research. As it turns out, after weighing all the options (i.e., the regulations in flying with a camp stove, the logistics in getting fuel, and the issues in shipping the stove home again) I think we're just going to default to an electric hotplate. They're cheap enough, and I'll probably just offer it to one of our campsite neighbors at the end of our stay. Using a hotplate won't be quite the same as 'cooking with gas', but it'll be a whole let less hassle.

Phil

I'm sure the people in their half million dollar rigs around you are not going to point and call you a "Poser" for not sticking with your gas stove.

We gave up gas years ago, I can still hear my father pumping up the stove every morning, lighting it and flicking the little lever around a thousand times hoping to get the perfect blue flame.

 

[frankp01]

hoping to get the perfect blue flame.

I must be lucky, because I get a great flame every time. And that's with both our little backpacking stove as well as with our vintage Coleman. In fact, it's just not going to be the same setting our percolator onto a hotplate!

Phil

 

[Lil' Lisa]

What about something like this?
Coleman PerfectFlow™ InstaStart™ 2-Burner Stove

It uses the little green propane tanks and I think they sell those at the trading post.

 

[chartle]

I must be lucky, because I get a great flame every time. And that's with both our little backpacking stove as well as with our vintage Coleman. In fact, it's just not going to be the same setting our percolator onto a hotplate!

Phil

You are going to have bring some sort of white noise maker to simulate the sound your stove makes. Because I'm sure thats part of it.

 

[frankp01]

You are going to have bring some sort of white noise maker to simulate the sound your stove makes. Because I'm sure thats part of it.

Ha! I think you may have just put your finger on it!

 

[frankp01]

What about something like this?
Coleman PerfectFlow™ InstaStart™ 2-Burner Stove

It uses the little green propane tanks and I think they sell those at the trading post.

That's a good looking stove. But I'd still have the hassles of either shipping it, carrying it on, or checking it as luggage. And a stove is a stove. The TSA is supposed to allow them, but there are cases where they get confiscated. Unfortunately I think a hotplate is what it's going to have to be.

 

[retired and happy]

You have brought back memories of me cooking on an old Coleman in 1969 when Hurricane Camille swept across the MS Gulf Coast. We cooked on that thing for a month and managed to survive using Amoco Premium White Gas. We also were able to flush the toilets using buckets of water from our above ground swimming pool. We had a huge block of ice in the fridge given from a train that came through Long Beach every few days. We eventually got power, water, and gas restored and went back to a "normal" life. Fun times.

 

[big kahuna1]

White gas has been banned ever since political correctness took over. White Gas is RACIST!!!