Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / November 2006

We are thinking about a trip back to New Mexico, with a 5th wheeler, in
December / January.  Planning to travel around, for sure in Taos area,
not sure where else.  Any recommendations for campgrounds?  Thanks in
advance,

We will be leaving from Okla, to go to the Rio Grande valley after
Thanksgiving, and need to find a rv park in Fredricksburg that is fairly
close to town. Thank you.
Enjoying lake Eufaula

If you would have to choose between the Monatan or Cedar Creek, which
one would you choose and why? Are they comparable to living in full
time? What are your thoughts comparing the two? Does anyone happen to
know what the insulation is with the Cedar Creek? We know what it is

BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 -- Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was found
guilty by a special tribunal Sunday of crimes against humanity for the
torture and execution of more than 100 people from a small town north of
Baghdad 24 years ago. He was sentenced to death by hanging.

Carl,
I finally checked out all of the photos on your site.  Those are some
beautiful shots.  You really have an excellent eye for photography.  What
camera did you use for those shots?  The colors are great.  I'm going to

Ok, we plan on a bit of a travel adventure, but it's a work in
progress.
Today, we bought the truck.  We ended up with a left over 2006 Dodge
Ram Quad Cab SRW 3500 laramie 5.9 Cummins automatic, 373 rear end.

Morrison worries Pelosi will be the democratic majority leader in the house
Dear Editor:
If the polls are correct, on Jan. 1, 2007, Nancy Pelosi will become
Speaker of the House, a position that would make her third in line for

*Soulless' Kerry Lacks Honor, Patriotism*
by John O'Neill
Posted Nov 01, 2006
As a member of what John Kerry called in 1971 an Army like that of

These 2 items may or may not be related:
1) I have been told to not keep shore power hooked up to my motorhome when
it is not in use, as this is supposed to be bad for the house battery.
True?  Not?  Comments...

for will the curmudgeon sill and lon the expert of all things van
ostran.
   i took a leisurely two week drive (oct 14 - oct 29) across  upper
michigan, wisconsin, minnesota, n dakota, montana, idaho, washington,

I think it's common knowledge that Carolyn and I do a lot of "casino
camping". In fact, it's one of our favorite ways of keeping camping
expenses low.
We generally figure if we can keep our losses lower than the comps we

After taking Neon John's advice, I searched around for a Chicom genset just
for charging the batts when boondocking. I've got a PD 9100 series, and
first installed the Charge Wizard. The PD 9100 is a single source converter,
unlike the dual source cheapos usually put on RV's.  The ...

Can people here please clear up my total confusion?  I can't seem to get it
straight what happens. (more coffee not helping) I thought (wrongly most
likely), that increasing the tire diameter would lower my gear ratio and
thus lose some GCWR on the truck, or else it would lose some ...

Full info on operation and testing of Marshall propane regulators:
www.shleggitt.com
I mention this since I had a new experience on recent SW trip I'd not run
across in 25 yrs of trailing. The "changeover indicator" went down to 1/2

I plan to rent a rv in Seattle for 4 weeks from 11/18 to 12/18 to
travel along the coast (Olympic, route 101) down to California and back
by route 5.
I know, I optimisticaly expect 23 hours a day of rain in Olympic park,