Forest Service proposal to reduce senior discount
I found this over in the
Open Roads Forum Truck Campers
Forest Service proposal to reduce senior discount
If you don't read the other forums, go see this one. Everyone here might want to take 30 seconds and make a comment online about not reducing the discount. Here is the direct link
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Regs/home.html#documentDetail?R=0900006480a60f36
RE: Batteries in a Roadtrek
Mar, have you bought a roadtrek yet? We have a 96 roadtrek V and had the existing house battery compartment made bigger (by an rv guy) and it now holds two 6V batteries and the guy said he'd never do another because it was really tight.
But they work fine and we run the tv and vcr all the time and mostly boondock. We never hook up to power.
In regards to the inverter, it depends what and where you're going to use it.
We have a 400 watt inverter hardwired under the passenger seat for the laptop; cell phone charger; camera charger, etc.
We also have another inverter wired to the house battery in the back for charging our segways as we drive down the road.
Nelda
RE: Seattle area Class B Breakfast-this Saturday Oct 10
I agree the annual class b is a great event, having attended the very first one.
But I live 70 miles from the Pacific Ocean and New York is just abit far for us!
I think Oregon is a great place to gather if anybody is interested..
So far, we have about a dozen going to meet up!
Nelda
Seattle area Class B Breakfast-this Saturday Oct 10
Seattle area Class B Breakfast-this Saturday Oct 10
This just developed as an inpromptu get together for anyone who wants to meet other class B owners. It started off on a Roadtrek forum but anyone with a class B is invited to stop by and meet new friends, compare rigs and maybe make plans for future campouts for those in the Pacific Northwest.
Farmhouse Restaurant
Saturday, October 10. 9:30 am
13724 La Conner Whitney Rd
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Phone: (360) 466-4411
This restaurant is about 10 minutes west of Interstate-5 exit 230. You can go to their website for exact directions.
It is at the corner of SR 20 and the LaConner-Whitney Road. This is a
busy weekend for the area being the Skagit County Festival of Family Farms.
Please rely by private message if you wish to attend, so that it doesn't bore all the others here!
Nelda
RE: Seattle overnight camp locations
I've got a great 'overnight' site for you. We stayed here two months ago on and off for several nights while in and around Seattle.
A huge parking lot, the largest I've ever seen at a Walmart. Park at the far end away from the store. No one will bother you and it was quite safe. The fun part was watching the parking lot fill up with a dozen cars and people actually sleeping the night in their cars, along with rv's and campers. We walked over and got dinner at Panda Express, did some shopping at walmart and got great tv reception. It's right at the I-5 freeway and 164th St. Lynnwood. Enjoy.
Wal-Mart Store #2594
1400 164Th St. S.W.
Lynnwood, WA 98087
(425) 741-9445
Nelda
RE: Olympic National Park campground questions
I have a couple of suggestions. They are not on the beach but last year on our trip around the Hoh; in the smack dab middle of Forks, a free stop to stay overnight, a complete empty parking lot that welcomes overnighters. It's not a place to stay but we used it for a quick overnight sleep.(great thrift shop just north of there). Also a free dump station at the north end of town at the Tesoro gas station.
Heading north on 101 is a free DNR campground called Bear Creek and if you blink you will miss it. It's next to the Hungry Bear Cafe, a little east of Sappho.
The campground we enjoyed the most was Klahowya National Campground.
This is a typical National Forest campground. They are not much on facilities, but what they don’t have in facilities they make up for in privacy, location, and that “back woods” feel. This campground has flush toilets, a fair amount of space between camping spaces, an overflow area for large RV’s, sites right on the Sol Duc River (if you look hard you can see the river through the trees behind the table), and a lot of tall trees with the sun streaming down through them. There is a 30’ maximum trailer length suggested.
The Olympic National Forest Campgrounds are operated on a first come first served basis.
Campsites are $10.00 and $12.00 there are 30 tent sites and 30 tent/trailer sites.
The entrance is right on US Highway 101 at mile post 212. They are 8 miles east of Sappho. We stayed here several nights while going to Sol Duc Hot Springs.
Also, on the way into the Hoh, there is a free campground on the north side. It's not large but may work. We never have reservations for anywhere we go. We just go.
RE: Fort Stevens SP,Ore
I just gotta ask-
We've been camping at Cape Disappointment for many years-
How in the world do you pay only $6.00???
I have a state park pass than entitles me to 50% off but that was still $12.00 for full hookup in 2008.
These are the new fees for 2009
2009 Fees
An additional $2 per night is added to the basic camping fees listed below at this high-use park. Basic camping fees are:
Standard campsite, $18.
Full utility campsite, $25.
Partial utility campsite, $24.
Primitive campsite (accessible by motorized/non-motorized vehicles) and for water trail camping, $12
