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RE: The Not-So-Well-Known National Parks
And 5 of them aren't exactly RV friendly, unless your RV floats or flies. :)
Isle Royale
Virgin Islands
Gates of the Artic, AK
American Samoa
The Dry Torgugas
But shame on me. I haven't been to the other five, either.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 10:23pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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News from Los Angeles
Just saw on the news that LA City Council is banning the use of plastic bags in grocery stores and forcing customers to buy paper bags for 10 cents each. Paper bags will still be legal, but not waterproof.
So, if you don't mind bending over, you should be able to shop right in the parking lot. Damp produce, meat in leaking packages, dairy products and anything else out of the freezer or refrigerator sections should be laying on the ground in abundance as the bottoms of the paper bags get wet and burst. That's what happens when city council smokes that legal whacky tobacky in council meetings.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I never toss a plastic grocery bag in the trash unless it has garbage in it. I keep them for all kinds of uses.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 10:00pm |
Around the Campfire
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RE: What's for Breakfast?
There's always the 7 course breakfast and its really easy. A six pack and a nickel bag of peanuts. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 09:14pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: Just bought our first RV - Would welcome comments/advice!
Ron's post makes good sense. Do your first camping in a local CG with full hookups, but take a few gallon jugs of drinking water from the grocery or home, to use for cooking, coffee and drinking and tooth brushing/rinsing. Take a notebook and take notes from the campers around you - especially before dumping tanks for the first time. Also write down what you needed and didn't have and had but never needed. I haven't met anybody yet that knew everything on their first night camping. Have met a few that thought they did. They're fun to watch.
Most campers remember when they started and remember the neighbors who helped them. When you get home, tell us how it went.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 04:11pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: RV Campgrounds discount/saving clubs
Here's the info on the America the Beautiful senior pass for those 62 or older. One time fee of $10 and good for life. It's good for free entrance fees in any national park and may be good for discounts on other fees on a site by site basis.
And Here's the info on the KOA Value Card.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 03:34pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Parking my Camper While a Disney Cruise
Good Grief! I just looked up campsite prices at Ft. Wilderness. Dec '13 ranges from $77 to $127 per night. And parking at their lot for the cruise (TV only) is $20/night in addition to the cruise price. That's one greedy mouse. Sounds like Uncle Scrooge is running the business.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 02:48pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Questions for you money gurus
1. When do you think the interest rate for CD's will climb?
2. Do you think it will ever get above 3% ?
3. We have a CD maturing in October and would like to reinvest it in something. Would a piece of land be a good investment?
Jack L
Only when they have to in order to compete with other institutions that sell CDs. CDs are gravy for banks. You can't touch it for a defined amount of time without penalty, and banks have a room full of experts moving your money and that of the other CD holders around for a higher yield - for them.
Land may or may not be a good investment. Depends on its location and whether or not the land is subject to zoning regulations. If it is, get a copy of the zoning regulations and/or talk to the zoning administrator before you buy. You may have a small parcel in the middle of land that's prime for commercial development or a parcel that's surrounded by agricultural land that won't ever have anything on it but crops.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 10:19am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Parking my Camper While a Disney Cruise
Here's the info directly from the mouse's mouth.
Check in at Ft. Wilderness and drive the truck to Port Canaveral. They have a secure parking lot.
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Jim Shoe
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06/19/13 06:44am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Motivating the DW
A couple of thoughts based on my folks travels after retirement. They started with a TT, and my Mom constantly feared that the trailer was going to come loose. Not rational, but a fear nevertheless. When they swapped for a 'C', my Mom felt like she had some room to move around, and my Dad helped with the cleaning and cooking so that she felt like she was on 'vacation' too.
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Jim Shoe
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06/18/13 07:09pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Hello folks!
This question pops up on here from time to time. No offense intended, but usually from folks about your age. Here's a few items you need to consider before you start.
Unless you're independently wealthy, you're going to have to get a job, and after you build a work history of short stays in one place doing entry level jobs, that becomes more difficult. The nationwide unemployment rate is currently 7.6%, so employers have some flexibility in who gets hired. And they can hire entry level people for minimum wage and zero benefits right off the streets.
If you find such a job, where are you going to park? Do you plan to drive your home to work every day? What about utilities, like electric, water and sewer? At some point you're going to have to reload water, dump tanks and at least re-charge batteries. That means an RV park for at least a night. Every three or four days. And you'll need to consider traveling down south in winter and north in summer because that's the only way you can control the temps inside the RV without hookups. And what's your GF going to do all day in the parking lot while you're working? Class Bs get really small, and the scenery in the parking lot isn't very exciting.
Please think this over.
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Jim Shoe
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06/18/13 05:25pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: List of places to visit, recommendations?
I created a "States" folder on my computer and then did a search on "(state name) tourism" and created a sub-folder for each. I've found that most states like visitors (read:tourist dollars), so they have a pretty good list of things to see and do. I supplement the info with a visit to the first rest area as I enter a state. I can take a bathroom break, stretch my legs, ask questions of the counter folks about road work, and browse the wall of pamphlets for lesser known things to see in that state, and sometimes, free coffee. :)
More than once, I've spent more time in a state than I had planned.
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Jim Shoe
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06/18/13 10:11am |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: West yellowstone to I-90 West
191 is a piece of cake and beautiful scenery. I never tried 287.
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 08:04pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: cpap and drycamping
Mine operates on 12V and came with a 12V cord/cigarette lighter plug and also came with a regular plug that steps 120 down to 12V. Covers all the bases.
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 04:03pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: NEED ROADSIDE SERVICE PROGRAM
I had somewhat different results with Coach-Net. Twice.
First time, my awning began to unfurl - After calling for service, I sat by the side of the road for several hours and repeat calls. They couldn't find anybody that would come out on Father's Day or even tell me that all I had to do was extend the awning and roll it back up and re-lock it. I was afraid to try that as I feared that I'd make it worse. They told me to limp down the road to an RV park and they'd send somebody the next day. When he showed up, he pulled it out, rewound it, and taped the arms with electrical tape, which doesn't keep it from happening again, as I found out later. But I made it home.
The second time, I had a flat tire. I was already parked at American Heritage in Williamsburg, Va. Four phone calls later,a guy showed up about 11 PM to fix it. They told me they couldn't figure out where I was. Understandable since you hardly ever see an RV in Williamsburg. Yeah, right.
I now have Good Sam and haven't needed them yet. We'll see. Can't be much worse.
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 02:00pm |
Beginning RVing
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Jimmy Hoffa
I saw a story on TV this morning. They're currently digging in a suburb of Detroit on a tip that Jimmy Hoffa is buried there. I have it on good authority that they aren't going to find him there.
I've channeled Groucho Marx through a fortune teller, and according to him, Jimmy Hoffa is buried in Grant's Tomb. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 09:04am |
Around the Campfire
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RE: Williaton ND and route 2
Here's a quote from today's local paper in Williston, ND.
"No one up here was surprised when the U.S. Geological Survey reported last week that more than 7 billion barrels of extractable oil and 0.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are waiting to be collected from this oil patch that extends west into Montana and up to the Canadian border.
In fact, several experts expect those forecasts to double again as new fracking technology helps oil companies dig down to new formations deep below the Williston basin."
It doesn't say anything about the roads, but I imagine moving the huge equipment takes a toll on the roads, and there isn't much point in trying to replace them until the oil and natural gas is gone. At least they'll have the money to do it. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 08:04am |
Roads and Routes
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RE: Almost embarrassed to ask....
I doubt that you'll find more than a couple of folks on here that have had more than one or two brands. If we like our first choice, we'd probably buy another, if not, we'd probably try number two. If you didn't like either one, you might just give up all together. So you're not likely to find somebody on here that can recommend more than one or two.
OTOH, I wouldn't mind traveling in one of the horse trailers for the Budweiser Clydesdales. Those stalls look pretty comfy. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 06:34am |
Beginning RVing
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RE: why would you do that?
So why don't all of you just take out your shower and install something that would make sense to you? Wow...
We bought our fifth wheel with a full bathroom so we could use it...whether we have hookups or not
Well, good for you. But if an explanation will calm your mind -
I use the on board shower all the time, but it doesn't compare to the room in my shower at home. Or the amount of hot water that's available. Or the water heater that doesn't use my propane. I rarely use a CG shower except for the Cabela's CG in Sidney, NE. Private lockable shower rooms that are cleaned after each use, all the hot water you want and a dry place to dry off. And all of this about 20 feet from your RV with water, elec, cable and dump station for $30/night.
Oh - and a free corral for your horses. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 06:19am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Happy Father's Day & Cool Ride to Enjoy
Haven't seen a VW Microbus in years. Probably since the Mamas and Papas had one covered with painted flowers. I still wonder how they got Mama Cass in there without greasing her hips. California Dreamin'.
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 05:30am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Greetings fellow RV'ers.
Welcome and "good on ya', mate". We had a couple from Australia on the forum a while back. They were touring the USA in an RV for several months. If I remember correctly, they had trouble with some of their slang vs. some of ours, looking the wrong way when stepping off a curb and driving on the wrong side of the road from the wrong side of the vehicle. I had the same problems several years ago in England.
So, even though we speak the same language, if you don't understand something, just ask, and we'll do the same.
Thanks to our visitors, I finally understand Cricket, and they have a better understanding of baseball. :)
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Jim Shoe
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06/17/13 05:08am |
Around the Campfire
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