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RVing in winter in Kentucky
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My husband for 36 years and best (worst-sometimes) friend for 39 years passed away while traveling in our RV earlier this month. We have been FTing after my retirement in May 2015 and PT after 2012. As he had suffered 3 strokes since 1991 and was physically disabled, I am physically able to handle our...
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yroller
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Finally Fulltime
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Well, we finally did it. We are Fulltime. Woohoo... Have to finish working until February next year. Then who cares where we go. So glad we did this. Everything fell into place. The house finally sold and off we went. The first couple of nights the Fifth Wheel lost power. turned out to be a transfer switc...
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Gloves for set-up
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I wear tactical gloves during set-up for a variety of reasons. Today, I forgot and of course I opened the power pedestal and wasps descended on my hand and stung me. One of many reasons to wear gloves. I also keep a can of wasp spray in the power cord compartment which I quickly used to dispatch the swarm. ...
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Best Route to Savannah
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Does anyone have any suggestions on routes from Harrisburg to Savannah other than 95? Thanks!
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GeorgiaKS
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How to show you residence while full timing.
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We are going full time in April of 2018. We live in Florida and want to continue as our state. We own 5 rental properties there and have lived in Florida for 36 years. When it comes to renewing drivers license and voter ID's how do we go about it?
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Reunion Rally
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Was I dreaming (get it) or was there some talk about a Reunion Rally in Pahrump Nevada in March some time. I did a search but nothing came up.
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Hdrider
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Building a Port Home in Mt. Olive Shores North Polk City-BUT need advice on the ceiling material options in the Port.
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We are so excited to be making progress with our Florida RV home. As every stage starts, there is usually a new hiccup that needs some research. We only saw a couple of ceilings when we were looking for ideas but really do not know if different ones serve different purposes. Our builder priced a less expe...
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WendyLee
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Hiking the Grand Canyon!
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https://ramblingrvrat.blogspot.com/2017/09/inner-grand-canyon-three-day-hiking.html?m=1
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bigboomer
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Well my 1st "newbie" mistake... UUUUUGGGGG!
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Bought tire covers and put them on... no biggie... I noticed though that on the slideout track underneath that passes over the tire covers... The cover was getting grease from the wind blowing it up against the track.. SSSOOOOO thinking I'd be smart and place a rag on top of the cover to keep it clean a...
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Please Help-getting weary!
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My wife and I purchased a used 2012 Open Range Light 5th wheel in January of this year and have been full-timing for three months. A little background-I am a travel nurse and it has been our dream to travel the country to see new places and meet new people, so we finally downsized and have taken to the open r...
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Hurricanes!
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Hope everyone who tried to ride out the hurricanes and storms is safe?? Roll Call!
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PIEERE
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Anyone Going to the Hershey Show?
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My wife, Amy, and I were at the spring rally in Tennessee and have decided to attend the show in Hershey. Anyone else from that rally (or not) going to be at the show? We are still looking for a 5th wheel and will likely buy sometime next year and either retire then or in the summer of 2019.
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Dan Knowles
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Four Year Anniversary on the Road
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Starting year five! Some stats: And some year 4 stats: Miles traveled - 8,610 States visited - 8 .. New States - Number of times camped - 62 Average days camped per stop - 5.89 Campground fees for the year - $1,258.38 - that averages just $4.18 per night Highest average camping fees Month - $476.28 --...
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Fergizmo
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Oh, Man!!! The Millers are Going to Move Yet Again!!
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Yeppers... ...we've been here in Oregon now for about 16 months at this retreat and reunion center as ranch hosts. (Those of you that know us know that we were in the Colorado Springs area for 20 months before moving here.) However, for several years, I have been wanting to get to Southern Utah to see a...
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Terry and Jo
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We're back...
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I haven't been around much lately and miss all my RV-Dreams friends! Being stationary I feel like I don't have much to contribute here. We do live in a community with lots of RVers and I still sell real estate especially for RVers -- think FHU and like minded folks... But no RV in our life right now. 😞 W...
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Ckerr
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Rethinking full time
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I went full time April 2016 its not what I imagined it would be. I'm single most of the time (I have a girlfriend that meets up with me sometimes) when she's with me its better I get out do stuff but when she goes back to her home I sit in the rv I don't like going places alone (restaurants, site seeing, ect.) I'...
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mike54
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Looked at houses today
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We have been full time for a little over two years. From the start, we agreed to keep our eyes open for a potential future residence and today looked at properties in the North Georgia mountains. Over dinner, we talked about what we saw and what we want to do since our original estimate was to full time f...
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Gpndavid
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TOTALITY is awesome
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We drove up to Albany, Oregon (from Sutherlin) this morning to enjoy the total eclipse at a small city park with about 50 other people. This is a definite checkoff for out bucket list. It was everything they talked about and if you missed it this year, try for 2024, Texas, through Illinois, up into Can...
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plugging 50 amp rig into sticks and bricks
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OK, we are parked on the driveway and want to run the A C in the rig I got an adapter, plugged it into a 14 g extension cord ( 50 ft) and found what appears to be an isolated outlet, nothing else on the line I only turned on one A C unit and after a few minutes the 15 amp circuit breaker in the house tripped Am I aski...
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Cookie Dough
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2017 Total Eclipse
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Anyone needing an RV site...we are offering 175 RV Spots...for $50.00 per night. (Non-Refundable) You come in after 5:00pm on Friday, August 18 and have to leave by 5:00pm on Monday, August 21st. We are located within 1000 yards of a 2 minute 40 second TOTAL eclipse in Carthage, TN. The sites are in a sc...
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It's never too soon to purge
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OK , I didn't want to title the post confessions of a hoarder. Not like on TV, but I am realizing that I really could have gone thru this stuff years ago. Biggest example, I just retired, I found my notes from school dated 1978. I also found a lot of memories, but I didn't organize it, some stuff got ruined,...
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Cookie Dough
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2017 "Bucket List" event, Mark you calendars!!!!
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It's a few years away, but what an event for RVers... August 21, 2017, A total solar eclipse will cut a path across the USA. Here's a link to the path of totality... http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/maps/whole-us.jpg It will start at the Oregon shore near Lincoln Beach and Fogarty Creek State Pa...
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TPMS success story
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I thought I'd share this for the benefit of anyone who does not have a truck-grade tire pressure monitoring system. One of the first things we did when we got our rig was to purchase a Truck Systems Technologies TST 507 Flow-Thru TPMS. (One of the many things we learned about at the 2015 RV-Dreams Spring...
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David and Cheryl
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Rambling RV Rat - North Rim, Grand Canyon, AZ
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https://ramblingrvrat.blogspot.com/2017/08/north-rim-grand-canyon-az.html?m=1
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TPMS Success story.
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Today my TPMS system paid for itself. Driving thru the rolling hills of Tennessee between Memphis and Nashville, I got a low pressure alert on my right rear tire of our 5th wheel. The alert began at 95 PSI just as it was set to do. It took us about 5 miles to get to an exit and by the time I got it parked in the...
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RonC
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Did I miss something?
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I have noticed that the journal has not been updated for almost three weeks. Is everything OK with Howard and Linda?
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Dave and Denise
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Old owners manual
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Just purchased a 2002 used Cameo by Carriage 5th wheel. (private sale) It's in good condition, just needs minor cosmetic work. I am familiar RVing but I been trying to find the owners manual for this RV. I have searched for hours online and cannot find any links that I would consider trustworthy. A...
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LouLava
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The beginning of our 5th year on the road!!
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4 years ago today we drove away from our house for the last time and I’m so happy to report that this year is ending differently than the previous year. Year 3 ended with the news that my corporate work from home job was being eliminated. 3 months after my old job ended, I started a new job with a different...
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NWescapee
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Sleep Number Mattress Questions
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We are seriously interested in purchasing a Sleep Number mattress for our Landmark Key West. For those of you who have a Sleep Number bed, I'd like to know if special sheets are needed, or will standard sheets work?Also, we have two small shelves on each side of the bed that overlap the mattress. It see...
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Barb and Frank
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Our Camping Style Is Changing
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We just celebrated the completion of our fourth year of retirement. It is interesting to look back and see the changes in our style of travels during those 4 years. We began with a busy pace of moving every few days and covered 11,000 miles that first year. It was a blast and we loved every minute of our...
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Russ Ranger
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