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THANKSGIVING PLANS ?
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Wondering if some of you full timers have Thanksgiving plans for next month. Nothing for sure here but will be where its warmer. southwestjudy & Bob & 2blackdogs
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Scheduled Chat - Second Edition
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Well, the first scheduled chat went well. I have the transcripts and just need to figure out how to distribute them. So we will try a second scheduled chat. Scheduled Chat - Selling The House Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Time: 9:30 eastern, 8:30 central, 7:30 mountain, 6:30 pacific Currently w...
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TIME Magazine Article Is Out
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Well, I just got an email that the TIME Magazine with the article about full-timing is on the newstands today. It will be out for about a week. Here is the link to the online version: Home Sweet Motor Home Hey it's a major national magazine! Hard to say we're disappointed, but the article is sort of muc...
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RV-Dreams Photo Calendar
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It's that time of year again. Linda and I are going through all of our 2007 photos to put together our 2008 calendar. Sheesh. It's tough to choose, so we would like to ask your help. Is there a particular photo or two ... or twelve ... that stood out for you during this year? Post your vote here. We'll...
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Chat Room - First Scheduled Discussion!
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Okay folks. This is shorter notice than we will usually give, but we don't want to put this off any longer. We're going to kick off our scheduled chats immediately while we know we are available. Scheduled Chat - Choosing Campgrounds & RV Parks Wednesday, November 7, 2007 Time: 9:30 eastern, 8...
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Chat Room - Poll About Scheduled Discussions
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Hi Everyone! Lots of folks are taking advantage of the free-flow of the Chat Room and having a great time. But I want to crank up the use of the Chat Room. Our intent all along was to use it for live, organized information exchange and seminars. So here is what I want to know. What topics would our Foru...
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Goodbye Fulltiming.....for now...
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Well our fulltiming adventure is coming to an end much shorter than we wanted. Since we aren't traveling anyway, its not that traumatic. The Army has decided that they won't pay campground fees and are moving us into an apartment for the rest of hubby's assignment. So we will be moving in a few weeks....
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Happy Halloween
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Directory Of Festivals
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Does anyone know of good easy websites for finding festivals around the US?
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PUNKIN CHUNKIN
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Anyone in the Northeast area, don't forget this weekend is the annual punkin chunkin in Delware. We plan on being there on Sunday Nov. 4th. Anyone else going to Punkin Chunkin or in the area maybe we can get together for a visit.
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California Wildfires
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My heart goes out to everyone in, near or with family/friends in, near the wildfires in CA. The news is just staggering....the destruction & devastation is heartrending. One of the blogs I read is written by two camp hosts who are in the area. They are making preparations in case of evacuation. Th...
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Daddy deployed, fun RV things to do with the grandkids?
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Our son in law, a Navy Reserve Officer, has just been activated for deployment for a year to the war zone. He has two little boys, our grandsons, ages 3 1/2 and 5 months. Mommy, our daughter, is naturaly worried that the boys will miss their daddy terribly. We are stepping in to help out to cover the void, b...
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Sales Tax License Need some advice
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Ok, hubby and I have chosen South Dakota as our home state. We went and got our driver's license and set up a mail forwarding account. Next, I tried to get a sales tax license. I have an internet site and hope to sell some of my art work from time to time. I went to the Dept of Revenue and spoke directly with an a...
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Alaska Caravan
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Howard sparked my interest when I read in the journal about a possible caravan to Alaska. That is a place I have always wanted to visit. I have heard that the road is very rough to get there and GC doesn't want to take our 5er over it and have to repair everything that breaks! Someday, I hope we can do an A...
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Once house is sold then what!
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Hello All, we have our house up for sale Again!! Anyway, We do not have our fifth wheel our truck yet.. we will purchase once we sell our house.. Just wondering if anyone sold there house and then bought your new home on wheels.. What did you do before closing?Aside from selling your belongings, Has any...
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Chat Room Friends, Thanks
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For those of you who know me from the Chat Room, I just want to thank you all for the prayers and thoughts during my mother-in-law's illness. Every night that I could get to the chat room, you all expressed your thoughts and prayers, and then let me have a little fun and distraction, which was very much ne...
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Work Campers Needed Yellowstone NP
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We have friends that are camp managers at Yellowstone and are putting out a HELP wanted to anyone that would like to workcamp between April and Oct. Any length of time is fine. Go to www.xanterra.com to find out what is open. Not just Yellowstone but other parks are in need of RV'ers willing to work.
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Flu Shots
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For anyone who is Full-timing or traveling, and looking for a place to get a flu shot, check out this web site. www.findaflushot.com
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Finally Got Our Place Listed!
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I have been wondering if our Realtor was ever going to get a contract to us and get the For Sale sign out front! We started talking to her a month ago and it seemed nothing was getting done. So, GC took this morning off to talk to the people putting the foundation in and she brought the contract for us to sig...
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Welcome back!!
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Howard and Linda, Welcome back!!! Sounds like you had a great cruise.
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Thanks
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First I would like to thank Howard and Linda for sharing their trip with us all. It is just wonderful that you take the time to post the journal entries so we can keep up. Second, I would like to thank whomever donated to help defray the cost of the internet access during the cruise. Never thought an intern...
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New camperview website
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This is a brand new website and the owner has given permission to tell the world. This is unique in that it's a visual view from a remote control helicopter of campsites in the US. Please enjoy. There are more campgrounds posted as the owner travels. www.campersview.com
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Board games
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Ok, I don't post a lot, but I'm in the cleaning up and selling portion of our "getting ready" to fulltime. I just found several board games. I can sell, donate or take them with us. Now, if I take them with us, do people still play board games, like monopoly, Trivia, Yatzee, backgammon...
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Time "Couple of the year award goes to"
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Congratulations to Howard & Linda. We will vote for you as the "Time" couple of the year award. You deserve it and we are happy for you. It is a good way to bring this life style to the general public. -- Edited by jdensie at 13:18, 2007-09-26
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"Guess The Magazine"
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From the Daily Journal Sept 21: In the middle of my cleaning Linda called. "Are you ready for this? You know that voicemail I had? Well, you'll never guess who it was. On Tuesday morning of next week, we are going to be interviewed by ____________ !" Sorry, but we're keeping the name a sec...
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Life On Wheels
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Does anybody know why Life On Wheels was cancelled in Pennsylvania this year? Mike and I were thinking that we would like to attend the LOW in Pennsylvania next year (2008) but I don't want to get all excited and they cancel again. Are some better than others? The timing in Pa is perfect for us. Thank...
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MSNBC Wants Photos
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MSNBC has a post asking RV readers for pictures of their rigs. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20841912/ Hmmm, wonder if this is related to Howard and Linda's interview today. Judy H.
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The Contract is Signed
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Well it's been four and a half months, NOW THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED, keep your finger's crossed that all goes well. We will close on October 19th if all goes well and since it's late in the season and getting close to the holidays we will remain in Maryland until December 28th. I will continue to work also un...
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Length of Workamping Committment
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Could those of you that have workamped give us an average length of time that you were asked to commit? We only have experience with hosting in a state park where you pretty much sign up for the amount of time you want to stay (depending on availability). A lady called us yesterday from a private campgr...
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FINALLY!!!
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I can hardly contain myself to write this. I'm so excited!!! We got an offer on our house and we accepted it!! WE ACTUALLY SOLD OUR HOUSE!!! It's been on the market for almost a year and a half. We'll be fulltiming by the end of October. God sure works in mysterious ways........
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