2021-02-06, 11:57 PM
I have to relate my only story with dry ice.
My future wife and I were taking a trip from LA to Brice, Zion, north rim of Grand Canyon, south rim, Sedona and Phoenix, and back to LA. We stopped overnight in Las Vegas, and noticed our ice in our ice chest had already almost ran out. Knowing that our opportunity for replacement ice would be getting slimmer as we continued, I decided to get a decent amount of dry ice in Las Vegas.
On our way, somewhere slightly north of St. George, I asked my wife to grab me a soda. Already, everything in the ice chest was frozen solid, and most of the sodas has exploded. Of course, much of our produce was also ruined, and the meat ended up with the funky taste previously described.
I quickly learned not to line the cooler with dry ice!
I think if I end up in the future taking multi-day trips to the wilds, I will A) buy a fridge or B) use dry ice sparingly, in combination with block ice and/or separate coolers for certain foods.
David Bricker / SYR
My future wife and I were taking a trip from LA to Brice, Zion, north rim of Grand Canyon, south rim, Sedona and Phoenix, and back to LA. We stopped overnight in Las Vegas, and noticed our ice in our ice chest had already almost ran out. Knowing that our opportunity for replacement ice would be getting slimmer as we continued, I decided to get a decent amount of dry ice in Las Vegas.
On our way, somewhere slightly north of St. George, I asked my wife to grab me a soda. Already, everything in the ice chest was frozen solid, and most of the sodas has exploded. Of course, much of our produce was also ruined, and the meat ended up with the funky taste previously described.
I quickly learned not to line the cooler with dry ice!
I think if I end up in the future taking multi-day trips to the wilds, I will A) buy a fridge or B) use dry ice sparingly, in combination with block ice and/or separate coolers for certain foods.
David Bricker / SYR
DV Rat. Live upstate NY, play Death Valley, retiring to Hawaii. '95 Cherokee, barely.