Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / July 2007

This group starts with the old setup, and has a group of images from start
to finish.
http://www.bobhatch.com/MotorhomeModifications/TV_install/index.htm

Somehow I've lost the ability to limit line length on
my posts. In order to keep it within the "borders" I've
had to revert to hard returns. I'm using Mozilla 1.7.13
and am getting ticked.

I usually camp on the weekends with a small group of 4 MH's consisting
of 8 people and no kids.  Breakfast and the evening meals are shared
and everyone is suppose to bring a dish. That being said, last weekend
one couple never furnished one dish for 4 meals they ate with us. One

I'm GONE until Monday. Have fun, everyone.

I have a 1999 Ford V-10 Southwind.
All was OK. In the last 6 months, I started to notice that the starter would
barely turn the engine over when I first turned the key, but if I held it on
for a few seconds, it would begin to turn over normally and start right up.

When does weather become climate?  When it gets to be a habit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/05/us/05cnd-heat.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
"The National Weather Service issued an excessive-heat warning
for the area west of the Rocky Mountains. Temperatures are

I just got off the phone with USAA.  This is after spending over an hour wading my
way though their "improved" (NOT) security sign-up on their website, only to learn
that I can't add a vehicle from the web.
I just learned that USAA is no longer writing insurance policies for RVs.  ...

How would you like to have bought this property?
Imagine you're going to live in Portugal.  
You find a lovely   farmhouse set on a decent plot of land.  
The place has been empty for 15   years... While exploring your new

Had our second blown tire in 2 weeks, third in three months.  Different
location each time, both tire and highway.  This one was the left front
on the 5er, on I-25 Northbound one mile from the Colorado/Wyoming line,
and 10 miles from our destination.  The last remaining tire is ...

I recently picked up a new 14' awning from someone that had ordered the
wrong size for their rv, to replace my old wind damaged one, and
installed it this evening. Although I had not done this before, it
seemed simple enough so I just want to make sure that I did everything

My wife and I have been travelling with RV for the last 4 years but have
only recently heard of PASSPORT AMERICA.
It looks like an amazing savings. Is this for real?
Is there a catch? Like all of the participating campgrounds are dumps or?

What on earth is going on with good old polite, quiet alt.rv?  It's
full of trolls!  yech!
Ginger

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