Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / October 2004

Could I get some options on which laptop travels the best in a camper? Thanks in advance. Clear skies and smooth roads

Looking for information about the weather along the Gulf Coast -- planning to
travel to New Orleans in December/January.  Thanks in advance,
Gwen in S.E. PA

I was in Office Depot today and spotted a WIFI detector/finder  for $25.
Any one ever use these things? This one was made by Kingston, had a key
ring on it you could carry it with your keys, it was that small.
What I was thinking, was if they are accurate enough, I could find out

Stop posting using HTML. Post in text only. It's usenet courtesy.
Laptop computers.
Sager. Period. Don't mess with any of the rest. Not Dell for sure.
http://www.sagernotebook.com

You on the job over there?  We just arrived in Double Adobe today
between Bisbee and Douglas.  Plenty warm here, is it safe to come to Ajo?
We should arrive there sometime late this week.  Keep all mail and any
prescriptions that might show up.

-- I have heard that there are TV Tuners that would allow me
to consolidate my TV and PC monitor allowing more room in my RV.
http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?ref=over&N=0&Ntt=tv%20tuner
&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=tv%20tuner&Dx=mode%20matchall

When you want to pull over for a few hours (when I  say a few, I mean 10-12),
does anyone stay at a campground? I don't know how many nice campgrounds I have
passed to get to a truck stop or rest area. I just love the smell of diesel and
it is hard for me to get to sleep without the ...

http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalStd.asp?loc=kabq&seg=LocalWeather&prodgr
p=Forecasts&product=WINDcast&pid=none&prodnav=d1_18
Anybody else using these wind forecasts?  They've been pretty accurate
except for last Sunday when they started about 2 hours ahead of schedule.
We've ...

anyone out there have a review on the THOR JAZZ (in particular Model #
2980BHFW? This is a new bunk house style 5th wheel approx. 30'.  It
appears to be a really nice trailer for the $$ but would like to hear
from others.  Also has anyone recently purchased one and what was the

I've never even been in an RV, but while planning my trip to Germany
for next spring I came across two companies that rent our RVs.
European RV Tours and Overseas Motor Home Tours.  When I added up the
cost of rental car and hotels this RV rental idea started lookinreally

I'm researching bed covers and ran across this one. What I
like about it is it slides out of sight, seems secure and
leaves the bed pockets free. I just wondered if anyone here
has one and how they like it. Thanks in advance.

THE NEW WORLD DISORDER
Bill Clinton
to run U.N.?
'He definitely wants

What does everyone anticipate changing about the RVing lifestyle because
of high fuel costs?
Can we expect the market for RVs to fall?

            A Desert Drowned
10/20/04
Lone Rock Campground
Lake Powell, Arizona

I have a 98 Ford F150 with the 4.6 V8 with a GVWR of 6000 pounds.
RV dealers say we should look at unloaded weight first; and to not fill it with
more than we can tow. That's pretty obvious, but figuring in some numbers:
a.)  The Ford dealer says that we should tow no more than 4500 ...