Jim_Shoe
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Re: What do you wish you bought sooner?
I carry an extra power, sewer and water hose. Don't need them often, but if you're a foot too short... For entertainment, I have a roof mounted satellite antenna that searches the sky for a connection. I use Dish, because they have more than one satellite transmitter. The only time I couldn't get a signal, I was about half way north in Alaska. Caused by the earth's curvature. DVDs filled in for it.504Views0likes0CommentsRe: Rv bootcamps?
My parents were RVers. My folks bought a TT and traveled the country after my Dad retired. That sounded like a lot more fun to me than traveling around the country for the company I worked for, traveling in planes and rental cars and staying in motels where you had to keep your socks on to avoid sticking to the filthy carpet. And by golly, it was and still is.549Views0likes0CommentsRe: Campgrounds near Yellowstone
I've stayed at Grizzly a couple of times. 3 blocks from the west gate and they have free coffee in the morning, at least when I was there. My advice is to set up camp before visiting YNP, then enter through the west gate early in the morning before the newcomers arrive to get their passes. I don't know if you still can, but I bought my National Parks pass at an American Express office in Cincinnati, before I ever left home. And I didn't need an American Express Card to do it.802Views0likes0CommentsRe: Funny stuff happens
Here's mine. I'm a single RVer, driving a 'C and pulling a Jeep toad. Although I have a bathroom on board, I have to park somewhere first. I pulled into a Wally World and parked in the back row since I need two pull through spaces. While I was using the bathroom, I heard noise next to me. When I finished, I looked out the side window. There was a guy that had rigged his Class 'B' with side doors open and a shower curtain attached between them. Buck naked, taking a shower. I briefly considered blowing my horn while pulling away, but I waited until he was finished and dressed. I'm not sure it would have bothered him.114Views0likes0CommentsRe: Trying again
I'm an only child, never married, and its never bothered me. I may have some cousins somewhere, but I've probably outlived them as I'm now 70 and I was the youngest of the bunch. My parents were part time RVers in a travel trailer after my Dad retired, and they kept in touch with letters. Sounded like fun. I was able to take early retirement because I could afford it. I still have my home, but I travel in a Class 'C' MH and pull a Jeep toad. Its a lot easier to drive the Jeep up to the MH by myself than backing a tow vehicle up to a trailer by myself. My house was built to my specifications, and included low point water drains and a stand by generator. No worries about coming home to a freezer full of frozen, but spoiled, food or broken water pipes. If I want to meet people at a CG, I've found that setting a couple of chairs under the awning with a cooler full of beer and pop between them seemed to be the answer. I've been in all the states but Washington and Oregon, including Alaska, and most of the provinces in Canada. In my opinion, RVers are the friendliest bunch of folks around. We all have something in common, as well as things to see and do. And campgrounds and attractions to visit and some to NOT visit.286Views0likes0CommentsRe: quick question,
I've driven from Cincinnati to Florida several times, in a Class C pulling a Jeep toad. As you all know, the right lane exits and a new lane opens all the way to the left. Nobody wants to drive behind a MH, so they speed up to close the gap. Not fun. So one year I planned it to go thru Atlanta at 3 AM. Traffic was light until I ran into a traffic jam. When I was almost through, I went past the problem. Some guy had been in the jam for so long, he fell asleep in the left lane. No horns. Everyone just waited until they could merge and went on their way. Now I go through Alabama to Pensacola, FL. and then head east to I-75. It doesn't save any time, but my blood pressure remains stable.183Views0likes0Comments
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