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RE: Topsail FL in January
It's just so nice to be able to have a short quiet walk to the beach anytime you want at Henderson Beach SP. The beach is much wider and nicer than when I went to Topsail. The crowd on the beach is much less. People are more spread out than concentrated at the end of the boardwalk at Topsail. As for the ammenities, it's just the DW and I and we are self contained. Don't need the other stuff, and the crowd. Plus the Henderson Beach SP sites are individually isolated from each other by vegatation. We like the privacy. Topsai reminds me of when I didn't have an RV and stayed at high rise condos. Everyone dumped out of their rooms onto one concentrated spot on the beach. The trolly reminds me of lugging everything down the elevator. Combined with the convenience of the Destin merchants, Henderson is my choice.
I agree - stay away from Topsail...
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/21/09 01:11pm |
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RE: Maintenance Overkill?
Google Results of about 4,810 for K&N can ruin your engine. (0.31 seconds)
I read a few of the hits from your link. Some where about engine wear and indicated the wear problems where not caused by K&N.
Other about how the K&N Cold Air Induction packages aren't worth it for a performance gains.
Most of these seem to be opinions an not much scientific fact.
BTW - I don't use K&N filters, but I don't see any reason why you can't use one for a street vehicle. But then again that's just my opinion that not based on scientific fact...
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/15/09 11:49am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Maintenance Overkill?
service the generator twice per year.
With only 500 hours on the generator, that does seem like overkill. We have just under 500 hours (in six years) on our generator so it only requires yearly maintenance.
I follow chassis manufacture recommended maintenance interval which is once a year (unless I exceed 15K miles for that year) for the things you mentioned.
Overall I'd say the maintenance your doing is overkill, but to each his own...
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/15/09 11:34am |
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RE: Motor home payments
Life is too short, enjoy it and let the democrats figure it all out when we die. :) They'll pay for all of it, no worries :)
Snotty political comments really don't belong here.
I don't know about that. I like those comments, especially when it's true...
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/11/09 11:25am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Passport America
We had PA for one year and used it once during that year. We've ended up using state parks and COE more.
Nothing wrong with PA, just that it doesn't meet our needs right now. When we retire then we'll try it again...
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/08/09 01:11pm |
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RE: Yellowstone-Stay Inside or Out?
Is Fishing Bridge a parking lot? Well not exactly. If you are in need of, or just want FHUs then that's the place for you inside the park. Our motor home is just at 40ft. I didn't have any problem with getting into our site, neither did our friends have any problems getting into their site with a motor home with three slides.
Tight spaces - yea a little, but been in tighter campsites. Just remember, almost all of your time will be taken up sightseeing. Fishing Bridge worked fine for us. Here are some photos of our site. You can decide if it will work for you.
Yellowstone Fishing Bridge
Site 336 - Our site
http://inlinethumb18.webshots.com/44113/2483619060083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
Site 335 - Typical site
http://inlinethumb03.webshots.com/44226/2823821880083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
Surrounding Area
http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/27964/2997419080083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb25.webshots.com/42136/2320604210083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb02.webshots.com/43329/2518611900083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/08/09 11:27am |
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RE: Motor Home Comfort
If Your Dash Heater/AC is manufactured by Evans You may have an Electronic Valve that Restricts the Water Flow! I discovered by the "Elimination Process" that Ours blocks over 50 % of the Water going through the Front Heater..
Your Electronic Valve might not be restricting your flow, it might not be functioning correctly. It sounds like your valve is only partially opening.
You did not state what year your motor home is. Evans was have problems their electronic valves earlier this decade. We bought our diesel 03 motor home in 03. During that first year the dealer had to replace the Evans valve 3 times before they got one that worked. Evans admitted they where having quality problems during that time frame.
BTW that valve is still working great to this day. Tons of hot air out of the dash heater.
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/04/09 11:52pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Bluewater Key Resort, (Again)
This was the site we stayed in two summers ago. Cost about $115 a night and worth every penny of it!
http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/41572/2438441620083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/40839/2245326070083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/22321/2750831670083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/40131/2633709530083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/41982/2066711210083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
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ThunderingQuiet
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12/01/09 09:47pm |
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RE: Why doesnt this unit sell ?
Real ugly comes to mind.......yellow interior ugggggggggggggg
Yellow Interior?
Looks beige to me..
http://app.mrvadealers.com/MRVA3WebService/InventoryUnitShowImage.aspx?DGUID=0A864E96&InvID=133&ImgID=3
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/24/09 02:56pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Love's no more
If you were on the truck side they have all have a different price for cash vs credit. That is why flying J would not take visa credit cards at the truck pump for a while since the card companies do not like the different advertised price.
That's not the reason FlyingJ refused Visa cards awhile ago.
There was a problem at the truck lines when using a Visa card, that at times the user of the card would go over their 'limit' after the initial approval. When this happened Visa would not pay FlyingJ. FlyingJ was loosing too much money and their recourse was to quit accepting Visa for payment of fuel a the truck islands.
BTW it is very common here in the southeast (and most places we have traveled to in the west) that major truck stops charge anywhere from 5 cents to 7 cents a gallon more to use your credit card instead of paying for fuel with cash.
Solution: Carry cash or get on the Check Cashing approval list. Most major truck stops use NATSO as their check cashing approval list.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/23/09 02:07pm |
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RE: Getting to Henderson Beach State Park from I-10
If you are taking Hwy 331 there is a new section of 331 that bypasses taking into Freeport and having to make a left on SR 20 to get back onto Hwy 331. It's four lanes and is a straight shot to Hwy 98.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/20/09 04:20pm |
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RE: You ever stay in a Walmart parking lot?
RVing, love it or leave it. It's a lifestyle, the same as fulltiming is a lifestyle. Nobody tells you how to do it...
Hum?
By all the anti Walmart camping/resting posts here, it sure sounds like someone it trying to tell you how to do it...
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/16/09 10:08am |
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RE: You ever stay in a Walmart parking lot?
18 pages that essentially question a marketing decision by the country's largest retailer.
If Wal-Mart didn't WANT RVs parked overnight, they would be evicted. Unless local ordinances forbid it, they see it as a marketing tool.
Why would anyone not involved in the management of this company care?It is Walmarts policy to welcome RVers. Just chech out their website.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/15/09 10:25am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: boyds camp ground key west
Thunderingquiet,
I almost forgot just how beautiful the bay side sites were at BWK... We stayed a few weeks on the canal side a few years ago. We definitely want to get back down to KW soon..
Thanks for the picsIt's one of our favorite places to stay. Wish we could get there more often.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/15/09 10:13am |
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RE: You ever stay in a Walmart parking lot?
This is great, a 17 page post on overnighting at WalMart. Could be a new record.
Not a chance for that to happen.
About six years ago there was a thread just like this one. It ran for over a year and over a THOUSAND pages in length before the topic was closed.
I haven't seen ANY thread here that has come close to that.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/14/09 10:55pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: A thread about your favorite iPhone apps...
I just downloaded this last night. I haven't had a chance to try it. But it got good reviews. There are to versions of 'DishPointer Augmented Reality (iPhone Satellite Finder)' one for $9.99 and $19.99
I sometime have problems setting up our satellite antenna, but this looks like it has potential for finding satellites and helping with aiming.
DishPointer Augmented Reality (iPhone Satellite Finder)
Then there is a 'Perfect Browser' cost 99 cents. Loads quick, has tabs and a hyper scroll option. It operates more like a conventional browser than Safari.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/13/09 09:32pm |
Technology Corner
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RE: Silver Leaf Electronics
Cons:
Need a laptop/tablet/netbook to run it
Need mounting set up of some sort for same
Or if you have an HDTV overhead TV you can run the output from your laptop to the TV.
That's what I've done - our HDTV doubles as a 32 inch computer monitor for my dedicated micro AT computer that sits under the dash. Also works great as a 32 inch GPS system.
Just one HDMI cable to the TV is all it takes for a simple hookup.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/13/09 08:46pm |
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RE: You ever stay in a Walmart parking lot?
Got a DROID last week. One of the first things, was testing its ability to find Walmarts. Touch speak icon, say Walmart, up pops a GPS localized google search, with the closest Walmart at the top of the list. Touch map clicky for directions/map and/or touch the Walmarts phone number clicky and it'll automatically dial Walamrt. Great tool for making camping reservation.
iPhone - There's an app for that....
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/13/09 08:34pm |
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RE: boyds camp ground key west
The park that I couldn't think of is in fact Bluewater Key RV Park. Key West is a must see. We,ve been there 4 times now. You may pay a little more at Bluewater rather than Boyd's, but the experience at Boyd's could ruin your taste for Key West. IMHO.
This is a typical site at Bluewater Key. Boyds can't hold a candle to this. We've stayed here 3 times. Driven through Boyds - EXTREMELY small sites.
http://inlinethumb37.webshots.com/41572/2438441620083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb08.webshots.com/40839/2245326070083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb50.webshots.com/22321/2750831670083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb04.webshots.com/40131/2633709530083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/41982/2066711210083169129S600x600Q85.jpg
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/12/09 11:27pm |
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RE: Campground Recommendation - Oregon Beaches
Thanks everyone. This is exactly the information I was looking for.
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ThunderingQuiet
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11/04/09 11:15am |
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