Travel Forum / Travel Types / RV Travel / May 2008

In September we are going on a European adventure.
We are going to Fly to Frankfurt, Germany.  There we will pickup
(rent) a small RV/camper and tour Southern Germany for about a week.
We will go down the road that runs along side of the Rhine River and

Well, that was interesting.  I just got off the phone with one Anne Kadet of
Money Matters Magazine.  She interviewed me for an article she's writing about
the increasingly annoying practice of stores like Walmart shaking you down at
the door, demanding a receipt and prowling ...

Will Sill is just fine. Computer virus.
Lon

Dropped a hint to the guy at my hometown newpaper in Minnesota.  Take a
read.
http://sleepyeyenews.com/articles/2008/05/28/features/feature1.txt

and a few other items, means a trip to Cody. The distance is still the same,
76 miles one way to Wal-Mart.
There is still lots of snow on the way up, and at the top of Sylvan Pass.
Sylvan Lake is still frozen solid with about 3 foot of snow covering the

Ever wish you could link a picture file to a pushpin? It's easy, and here's
how it works.
With Streets and Trips open, place the pushpin where you want it on the map.
Now, lets say your picture is in C:\My Documents\My Pictures\Our Picture at

Article Last Updated: 05/21/2008 10:38:42 AM MDT
RV owners who registered in Montana convicted for tax evasion
By Kirk Mitchell, kmitchell@denverpost.com
                             State authorities brought civil and criminal

Simply put, the stuff is amazing. Takes out black streaks with no
rubbing. Leaves a nice shine and the big plus is that it can be used
when you can't use or have no water spigot. I used it this weekend when
I was dry camping.  I let a camping neighbor try it on his black steaks.

... what it's called when you camp overnight in a Wal*Mart parking lot? Is
that called boondocking or homesteading? Thanks.

I saw a post last week about the recall on Dometic two door units and
checked my serial numbers.  I have one of the recalled units in my RV.
The recall info I found doesn't give me very clear instructions on how to go
about getting the fix installed.  Do I go to my selling dealer? ...

    --Works fine for maybe 5 min then shuts itself off for no
discernable reason. RV is level side to side but tipped a bit down forward.
No shortage of lubrication. It's a 4kw Onan of '93 vintage. Only load is a
microwave oven and the heater. Is that enough info to 'ballpark' an ...

All of us have been in a campground situation with barking dogs.
Several questions come to mind:
How many BPH Barks-Per-Hour are acceptable from one campsite?
Realize  that one campsite may have multiple dogs thus multiple dogs

Thought some of you might be interested in this.
-Dot
Connecting to the Internet on the Go
By DAVID POGUE

Hey, RORTers --
I heard the interview with our friend Don Lampson on KCBX last night.
Nice job.
I recorded it on my computer, and I have a 24mb MP3 file if anybody