Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / December 2004

I am thinking about taking a trip later this month along the California
coast and camping at some of the state parks along the way - Morro
Strand and Carpenteria in particular.  I understand that fees have been
substantially increased since the governator took power.

Thought I'd hit up the experienced drivers for advice. We have to take a
trip down to NC the week after Christmas. I want to take 84 to 81 to 77,
brings us right to Huntersville, NC. Wife thinks we should take 95 because
the 81/77 route goes through the mountains and could ...

You old pros ought to get a kick out of this.
When I asked about winterizing, I mentioned that my '90 Southwind 36-M did
not have a water heater bypass, that I knew of (no owner's manual/couldn't
find one).  I had previously looked and felt around in the hollows of the

Don't know if y'all are familiar with Dish Network, the satellite TV service
recommended by both Good Sam and Escapees RV Club as the preferred provider for
RVers.
Dish's DVR is the receiver.  With the top package, there is no extra monthly

Hi gang,
Well Patti's TiVO is installed, the dual LNB is also installed.
The thing is awesome. I want one!
The question is, will Directv install knowing it's for an RV?  I know some of

Ben mentioned that the PNWCO9 meeting will be the weekend on May 13 in
Washington.
Are you thinking about attending?  When would you be leaving Florida?
I am planning to head that way via San Francisco and Portland, leaving FL

We're headed to Los Fresnos, TX for a month mid-december. Planning on
spending several days in Memphis on the way. We have a few extra days before
our reservation in TX so we're thinking of going to New Orleans for a few
days. Can anyone recommend a nice campground close to the ...

Happy Birthday Linda
                    I want to wish you a Happy 40th Birthday Linda I
wish I was 40 years old I sure would do things a lot different than I
did but you know wishing is kinda like fishing some days you get one

Some of you may remember I lost my HD in my Dell I8200 a while back.
I'm trying to recover some photo files and used Gibson's SpinRite to fix the
drive.
The program ran over 42 hours and it appears the drive might now work,

Hi Gang,
This is the funniest travel/trailer journal.... I had to share....
http://homepage.mac.com/dangreen/trailer1.html
Enjoy....

Hey Bob, I know you're down here in AZ somewhere... I read yer
bitchin' about how cold it was back around Thanksgiving week.  Drop me
a line and maybe we can make arrangements to get together before you
leave.

After a few hours when the heater ties to light it makes a loud pop sound.
If I turn it off and wait it sometimes will work properly for a while, then
it pops again. It sounds like the igniter isn't lighting right away an gas
is building up before it lights. Has anyone had this ...

I've got several new interactive panoramas of Big Bend National Park
since my last post.  My latest is the Balancing Rock at the Grapevine
Hills, a new Santa Elena Canyon, a new Homer Wilson Ranch house view,
Glenn Springs Graveyard and several others to come...enjoy!

I'm considering replacing my existing deep cell batteries with AGM
batteries.  I noticed that Costco had Optima AGM batteries for about
$140 each.
Has anyone had any experience with Optima AGM batteries?  Are they a