Welcome, Kim. Hated to hear about your propane cover. I know some have made metal covers.
I believe you can use the heat pump for temps above 40 and then would need to switch to the furnance. Also be careful with the airbeds, as they take on the temp of the ground. If it's cool enough to use the heat pump, you may want to consider putting them on cots. You may want to research the topic.
We love our add-a-room, although it can be a pain to set up. The newer ones are a bit easier, or so I hear. We have to feed our poles through sleeves, and the newer version uses clips. However, if we're staying more than one night it's definitely worth it. Here is a link to our T@B pics showing our room.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fivebakers/4966356792/in/photostream/
Sounds like you're enjoying the trip of a lifetime!
Crystal and Daisy T@Baker
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Kim Barke" <kbarke@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the group. I met another T@B owner in Seattle and she told
> me about this group. I've been traveling for the last month from New
> York to Seattle with my two children, and now we're on our way back,
> currently outside of Rapid City, SD. We've logged over 5200 miles so
> far with quite a few more to go. We're towing with a 2004 Toyota
> Highlander and have had good luck, but not the greatest gas mileage
> (10-12).
>
> So far our only problems have been that the propane cover has cracked
> on the bottom in a few places. We lost a bolt somewhere along the line
> and although I tried to replace it, the replacement fell out too.
> We've also managed to break the shade in the front, but that's because
> one side had somehow gotten into the screen track and it broke when I
> tried to move it back. I'm also not sure that my propane furnace works
> at all, but the heat pump has been keeping us warm when we need it at
> night.
>
> We've only seen two other T@Bs on our trip. Where are all the rest of you?
>
> Most nights my kids sleep in a tent with an air mattress, but if we
> have a long day, or it's raining we all sleep inside the trailer.
> They're 9 and 11 and still relatively small. We sleep head to toe to
> make more room across and it's not that bad. We thought the tent room
> would work out for us, but it's not that useful really. Too much
> trouble to tie down at the bottom.
>
> We've kept track of our trip on a blog:
> www.writingandmothering.blogspot.com for those of you who are
> interested. I'm a little behind as you'll see.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Kim Barke
>
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