Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / January 2008

We're planning of taking a trip to the Grand Canyon this summer and
looking for some information from folks who have had experience at the
various campgrounds in the area, including those off the beaten path.
We're also historic Highway 66 buffs and plan on taking the Mother

A few days ago someone asked about the performance of that little $100 Chicom
generator that I mention quite often.  I often operate my little electric saw on the
generator and the OP was also curious about that.
Today I braved the cold mountain weather :-) to run some tests and ...

I didn't receive any responses, so thought I'd give it one more
try.... here is my previous post.  Any comments about the Flair would
be very welcome.
My friend is selling their almost-new motor home, with only 700 miles

Any other Hughes.net subscribers get one of these or is this more sneaky
stuff from the Landfill Troll?
Anyway, I sent it to Hughes to be checked out.
LZ

In our search for the motorhome, Mama became distracted and
subsequently interested in a fifth wheel trailer she saw (she
especially liked the "penthouse" bed arrangement) and I had to explain
that today's monster 5-ers just wouldn't work with out little Ranger

Has anyone here taken their RV on A1A along the east coast of Florida? I
see a couple ferries on Streets and Trips, which might make it
interesting. Besides the obvious traffic problems, is there a good
reason to avoid doing so? It looks like it might be a really cool trip.

Steve,
A few weeks back you gave a few web sites for finding dogs to adopt
online. I can't find that info. Could you repost or email those links?
Thanks

Here is a generator that is very inexpensive and one that provides
some nice wattage for a very low price, but, of course, it is a
Chinese gen and some have a built-in aversion to that.
However, if your generator needs are quite limited, it would be pretty

My friend, who recently bought a Casita wrote me this...
"tomorrow I get to take it in to the RV shop because my brand new
battery has gone dead in the last three weeks, and I'm not sure why.
I've had the trailer plugged in to shore power this whole time to run

Some friends of ours are planning a cross-country trip, maybe in May,
and they asked me to post a question to the RV group regarding
membership in groups that could help them along the way with
campgrounds, reservations, costs, etc. and they said they'd heard

http://palmerind.com/
I do not think these carts would be to heavy to put on a platform behing
a 5er or TT.
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Some friends of ours are planning a cross-country trip, maybe in May,
and they asked me to post a question to the RV group regarding
membership in groups that could help them along the way with
campgrounds, reservations, costs, etc. and they said they'd heard

Hi Gang,
Lookie here, this is the same kind of bus that was in the movie "RV"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1947-FLXIBLE-CLIPPER-COACH-BUS-MODEL-25C1-47-VINT
AGE_W0QQitemZ140199854287QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140199854287
I want it...

1)  Do you believe the earth's climate is warming?  if yes, continue,
else See ya later.
2)  Do you believe any such warming is partly or totally man caused?
3)  What is the basis for your belief?

The Hydro Flame 8535-11 furnace in my RV has developed a squeak when
the fan runs.   I need to try something temporary, so I can run the
furnace to prevent the pipes freezing tonight.
The squeak starts low and then gets very loud.  I took off the cover